Advanced / Transformational Technology
-
Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAI Image Processing Startup Synthetaic Gets $15 Million In New Investments
Synthetaic, which has developed a field-proven artificial intelligence tool that rapidly searches for images in datasets without labeling, on Tuesday said it has raised $15 million in a new funding […]
-
Air ForceAutonomy Prime Fly-Off to Focus on Alternative Navigation
The U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm, AFWERX, released an Innovative Capabilities Opening for Autonomy Prime on Jan. 31 to develop low-cost autonomous technologies for the service and to conduct a […]
Tagged in: -
InternationalDoD Aims To Expand Work With Australia On RDER Tech Experimentation Plan, Shyu Says
The Pentagon is planning to work more with Australia on its new rapid technology experimentation campaign, the department’s chief technology officer said Wednesday, with an aim to conduct prototype assessments […]
-
SpaceBAE Systems Says It’s Completed CDR for MGUE Increment 2 MSI
BAE Systems said on Jan. 31 that it has completed Critical Design Review (CDR) with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command for the Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment […]
-
Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD To Submit Replicator Spending Plan To Congress In Coming Days, Hicks Says
The Pentagon is set to submit a spending plan and reprogramming requests to Congress in the “next several days” for its Replicator initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems […]
-
Advanced / Transformational TechnologyIncreasing Use Of Unmanned Systems Creates Greater Domain Awareness And Demand To Exploit Data, Fagan Says
Last year, the U.S. Coast Guard began receiving regular data and information from unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. While the data provided the service more […]
-
Air ForceRTX Highlights Test of CHIMERA Directed Energy System for Base Defense
RTX [RTX] said on Jan. 29 that the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the company’s Raytheon business unit have finished a three week field test of the Counter-Electronic […]
-
SpaceNGA Awards $794 Million R&D Contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said on Jan. 26 that it has awarded a $794 million umbrella contract to Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH], Lockheed Martin [LMT], Fairfax, Va.-based Reinventing Geospatial, […]
Tagged in: -
Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Official Says Replicator Timeline Remains On Track, May Not Publicly Reveal All Systems
The Pentagon remains on track to meet its aim for fielding thousands of attritable autonomous systems between February and August 2025, a Defense Innovation Unit official said on Wednesday, noting […]
-
Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDirected Energy Weapons Supply Chain Suffers, NDIA Report Warns
The defense industrial base for directed energy weapons (DEWs) suffers from inconsistent demand, insufficient production capabilities, limited suppliers, reliance on China for certain rare metallic elements, and labor shortages, says […]