Advanced / Transformational Technology

FPF Defense, a startup developing a counter-drone platform with kinetic interceptors to defeat Shahed-type threats, has received a strategic investment co-led by RSE Ventures and Ondas Holdings [ONDS]. The seed […]

Saronic announced a new strategic partnership with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries on Thursday to help accelerate development of autonomy-capable maritime systems and technologies that aim to improve the U.S. […]

IBM [IBM] on Thursday said it agreed to acquire HRL Laboratories, LLC, a joint venture between Boeing [BA] and General Motors [GM], to strengthen its capabilities in quantum computing. Deal […]

The degree of survivability for future massed modular aircraft (MMA) is a key question for the program. This month, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and U.S. Air Force announced MMA […]

A satellite servicing vehicle developed and built by Northrop Grumman [NOC] to conduct repairs, inspections and sustain spacecraft on orbit launched Tuesday evening, the company said on Wednesday. The Mission […]

Electra has selected a site near Dayton, Ohio, as the first production facility for it hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft the company is developing for regional air transportation […]

The Pentagon’s $1.1 billion Drone Dominance Program (DDP) plans to award $32 million for “reusable bomber/dropper” prototypes–with “additional orders planned”–in the latest instance of DoD’s affordable drone push. “One-way attack […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday announced its new PAC-3 Adapted Capability Effector (PAC-3 ACE), which it said is “less than half the cost” of the current PAC-3 MSE interceptor per […]

BETA Technologies [BETA] on Monday announced its new MV250 hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, which utilizes Sikorsky’s [LMT] MATRIX autonomy capability and is aimed at supporting unmanned logistics […]

Shield AI and GE Aerospace [GE] on Monday said they have completed integration of an advanced vectoring exhaust nozzle, including actuation and engine light-off testing, into the engine that will […]