Advanced / Transformational Technology
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ArmyArmy Plans To Resume Long Range Hypersonic Weapon Testing This Summer
The Army is looking to resume testing of its Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) by this summer, officials have said, which follows a series of canceled tests last year that […]
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Air ForceUSAF Officials: Congressional Funding Impasse Delaying CCA CONOPS Development
The fiscal 2024 congressional funding impasse has delayed development of a concept of operations (CONOPS) for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drones, Air Force officials said. The […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Plans To Spend $1 Billion On Replicator Over Next Two Years
The Pentagon plans to spend $1 billion over the next two years on its Replicator initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems by August 2025, a senior official said […]
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Air ForceUSAF Boosts NGAD/CCA Request by $980 Million in Fiscal 2025
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2025 budget boosts funding for Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) by $980 million over last year’s request. For fiscal 2025, the service budgets $2.7 billion […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyShield AI Gets Navy Contract To Integrate AI Pilot On Aerial Target
Shield AI on Tuesday said it has received a contract from Naval Air Systems Command to integrate its artificial intelligence aircraft pilot software onto the Kratos Defense [KTOS] BQM-177A high-speed […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyStratolaunch, With Ursa Major’s Hadley Engine, Completes First Powered Talon-A Hypersonic Flight
Stratolaunch, LLC last Saturday said it successfully completed the first powered flight of its Talon-A test vehicle, reaching high supersonic speeds, a key milestone in the development of the privately […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Strategic Capital Office Releases Investment Strategy And Initial Priority Areas
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) last Friday released its first Investment Strategy, which identifies the priority technologies areas and the framework for selecting these technologies. The priority […]
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SpaceEO/IR Cubesat Tech Demo on SpaceX Transporter-10 Mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a number of small satellites for the company’s Transporter-10 project launched on March 4 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Such birds included Arcfield-owned […]
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Air ForceThird All-Up-Round Test to Conclude Rapid Prototyping for ARRW
An upcoming all-up-round (AUR) test of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) will conclude its rapid prototyping and help determine future U.S. Air Force hypersonic missile […]
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ArmyOfficials Detail ‘Monumental’ Data Sharing Between Joint Force, Allies At Army’s Project Convergence
The Army has said its ongoing Project Convergence (PC) capstone experiment has demonstrated “monumental” improvement in the ability to connect sensors and shooters and pass data across the services and […]