Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyShield AI Successfully Demonstrates Autonomous Teaming Of V-BAT UAS, Says Technology Ready To Deploy
Technology startup Shield AI on Wednesday said that it has successfully demonstrated its autonomous piloting technology in a teaming arrangement aboard three of the company’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS S&T Awards Prototype Contracts To 15 Small Companies
The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday said it has awarded $15 million to 15 small business to develop technology prototypes to help frontline personnel. The two-year awards were made […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyMicrosoft, Synthetaic Partner On Artificial Intelligence Data And Cloud Solutions
Artificial Intelligence technology startup Synthetaic on Tuesday said it has formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft [MSFT] that will allow the small company to apply its AI image processing tool […]
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SpaceNROL-107 Mission to Be Last Atlas V Launch for NRO
The Aug. 29 Cape Canaveral, Fla. launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 configuration rocket carrying sensing payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space […]
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PentagonDoD Aims To Build Thousands Of Autonomous Systems In Next 18-24 Months To Counter China
The Pentagon is pursuing a new initiative to produce thousands of attritable autonomous systems within the next 18 to 24 months, an effort to counter China’s continuing military build-up. Deputy […]
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Air ForceYear-Long AFSOC Operational Evaluation of Starlink ‘Nearly Complete’
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command’s (AFSOC) 1st Special Operations Contracting Squadron is nearing the end of a year-long operational evaluation of the military effectiveness of SpaceX‘s Starlink low […]
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ArmyArmy RCCTO Has Completed Testing With Hybrid-Electric Bradley Prototypes
The Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) has completed testing with its two hybrid-electric Bradley vehicle prototypes, with the office’s leader adding the effort has yielded “good data.” […]
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Air ForceBoeing and Lockheed Martin Look to $3.4 Billion in Local Financing for NGAD
Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are looking to $3.4 billion in local financing to aid company expansions for the development of their Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) systems. Boeing […]
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Air ForceUSAF Test Center to Buy Telemetry Transmitters for Hypersonic Tracking
The U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) at Edwards AFB, Calif., plans to buy telemetry transmitters for Edwards’ RB-1B Data Lab in advance of hypersonic weapon testing. The data lab […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySpace Development Agency Awards Over $1.5 Billion to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for Transport Layer
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) on Aug. 21 said that it has awarded two contracts worth more than $1.5 billion to Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] space division in […]