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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyWhite House Launches AI Cyber Competition To Protect Critical Software
The Biden administration on Wednesday launched an open prize competition aimed at generating artificial intelligence-based solutions to automatically secure the nation’s most critical software. The AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) will […]
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Air ForceHASC CCA Proposal Would Require Significant Unit Cost Drop
While Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has posited a $20 million unit cost for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and up to five CCAs for each manned F-35 or Next […]
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SpaceNRO Official Says Agency Looking for Satellite Innovation in Plan to Quadruple Number of Satellites in Next Decade
A National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) official said that the agency is looking to innovation, including that of small companies, as NRO plans to quadruple the number of its on-orbit satellites […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Seeks Small Businesses to Bid on Program to Seize High-Altitude, Slow-Flying Objects
The problems encountered by the U.S. Air Force earlier this year in shooting down a slow flying, high-altitude Chinese balloon have led the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to […]
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Air ForceUSAF Needs to Boost Modernization of C-sUAS, Service Official Says
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force needs to increase funding to modernize counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS), a service official said this week. “In response to urgent operational needs, we […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNew DoD Team Seeking Hypersonic Supply Chain Proposals To Help Cut Future Costs By Up To 80%
A new team at the Pentagon is seeking proposals to help “address gaps in the technology and manufacturing supply chain” for hypersonic weapons, with the department aiming to find solutions […]
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Air ForceAFRL Uses Artificial Intelligence in Three Hour Sortie of XQ-58A
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) conducted a three-hour artificial intelligence (AI)-navigated sortie of the Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] XQ-58A Valkyrie drone at Florida’s Eglin Test and […]
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Air ForceUSAF Examining ‘Trade Space’ for Number of CCAs Deployed by Each Manned Fighter
DAYTON, Ohio–While U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has set out a planning number of up to five Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for deployment by a Next Generation Air Dominance […]
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Air ForceUSAF to Use AETP Technologies for NGAP, Carry GE and RTX into Engine Prototyping
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force plans to use technologies developed in the Advanced Engine Transition Program (AETP) for the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program, which will move into engine […]
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Air ForceUSAF Working to Resolve Six Category 1 Deficiencies on KC-46A
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force is working to resolve six Category 1 deficiencies on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A tanker, including Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) drain mast cracking that resurfaced as […]
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