Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Unmanned SystemsCounter-Drone Startup Mara Raises $7 Million To Advance Spike, An Integrated System
Mara on Tuesday said it raised $7 million in a pre-seed round to build its Spike portable counter-drone platform, which includes targeting sensors and small interceptors for 360-degree coverage against […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAuriga Fires Containerized Electromagnetic Launcher In First Field Test
Auriga Space recently completed more than a dozen test fires of its containerized electromagnetic launcher at a private range in the Mojave desert, shooting different unguided, unpowered projectiles at speeds […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyArmy Begins Assessing Counter-Drone Technology To Aid Countermine Efforts
FORT BRAGG, N.C.—An ongoing experimentation effort by the Army examining new technologies to effectively and safely breach minefields and other obstacles has added a counter-drone system to the mix to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyInterview with Col. Burges and Col. Monaghan on Recent Army Sandhills Autonomous Mine Clearing Family of Systems Demo
Defense Daily’s Cal Biesecker was at Fort Bragg, N.C., on August 21 to observe the Army’s ongoing development and experimentation of autonomous technologies for use in clearing minefields and obstacles, […]
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Missile DefenseGuetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’
While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]
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Air ForceUSAF Working on CCA Increment 2 Acquisition Strategy, As Service Considers An Evolution Of Increment 1
The U.S. Air Force continues to develop its acquisition strategy for Increment 2 of the service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, which centers on fielding air-to-air drones to give the […]
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Unmanned SystemsSaildrone And Lockheed Martin Test Fired Missiles Off USV During RIMPAC
Saildrone and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Thursday announced they test fired two Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) launches from a Saildrone Surveyor unmanned surface vessel (USV) during the Navy’s 2026 Rim […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyThinKom Nabs Army Award To Begin Testing Prototype High-Power Microwave For Countering Drones
ThinKom this week said the Army has awarded it a potential $46 million contract to deliver up to four prototype fire-on-the-move counter-drone high-power microwave (HPM) systems for field testing beginning […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyArmy To Test And Evaluate Elroy Air’s Hybrid-Electric VTOL Under New Contract
The Army this week awarded a $46.1 million contract to Elroy Air to test and experiment with the company’s Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for heavy […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySmack Raises $61 Million To Expand Scope Of Edge Autonomy Platform
Startup Smack Technologies on Tuesday said it has raised $61 million in a new funding round that will allow it to expand the extent of its autonomy software models to […]