Advanced / Transformational Technology
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PentagonPentagon Awards $240 Million To Establish Eight Regional Microelectronics Innovation Hubs
The Pentagon has awarded nearly $240 million in deals to establish eight regional hubs across the country that will work on bolstering microelectronics innovation. The contracts for the “Microelectronics Commons” […]
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ArmyAfter Delay, Army Now Aims To Field First Hypersonic Weapon Battery By End Of Year
The Army won’t meet its aim to field a first operational battery of its Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) by the end of fiscal year 2023, with the goal now […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Awards ABL Space Systems Responsive Launch Contract
El Segundo, Calif.-based ABL Space Systems has received a $15 million contract from the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space (AATS) office for responsive launch, SSC […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency Solicits 54 Tranche 2 Tracking Layer Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) has issued a solicitation for Tranche 2 (T2) of the SDA Tracking Layer for first launch by April 30, 2027. “The T2 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNew DARPA Program Looks To Enable Drones To Complete Missions After Losing Connectivity
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking industry solutions for an 18-month program to develop the capability for drones to complete predefined missions when connections to an operator […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Expects to Make Skyborg Program of Record in Fiscal 2024
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The U.S. Air Force plans to make Skyborg–one of the service’s original Vanguard research and development efforts–a program of record in fiscal 2024, and for the Kratos [KTOS] […]
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Air ForcePrice, Capability, Vendor Numbers All In Play As Air Force Progresses Through CCA Program
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—As the Air Force moves toward autonomous drones conducting missions with manned aircraft, variables such as cost and affordability, production capacity, capabilities, and how many vendors might initially […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyGrady: Going After Drones Is ‘First Instantiation’ Of Replicator Initiative
Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reiterated on Wednesday that the Pentagon’s initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems over the next two years […]
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Air ForceCCA Classification Partially Due to Effort to Protect Potential Vendors from Cyberattacks
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–While the U.S. Air Force has budgeted $522 million for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) in fiscal 2024 and discussed the program in fairly broad terms, the future CCA […]
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Air ForceUSAF and Northrop Grumman: B-21 Raider Still On Track for First Flight This Year
First flight of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider is still a go for this year, the U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman said on Sept. 13. Six B-21s have […]
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