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PentagonTech Execs, Former Defense Officials Picked For Pentagon’s Project Meridian Future Warfare Panel
The panelists selected for the Pentagon’s new Project Meridian initiative to study the future of warfare include tech company executives, several senior defense officials from the first Trump administration and […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Partners With In-Q-Tel On Rapid ‘Technology Scouting’ For Critical Priorities
The Pentagon announced on Friday it’s officially partnering with the CIA-backed In-Q-Tel (IQT) venture capital non-profit for “technology scouting” to support rapid development of promising capabilities within the department’s six […]
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Unmanned SystemsHegseth Moves To Speed C-UAS Use In The Homeland, Expands JIATF’s Roles
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week directed his department to lower barriers to fielding counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) speeding approval processes. As part of the goal to accelerate the fielding […]
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Unmanned SystemsHegseth Announces Plans For New Autonomous Warfare Command, Project Meridian Panel
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced plans to establish a four-star Autonomous Warfare Command (AutoWarCom) as well as the stand-up of Project Meridian, led by tech CEOs Palmer Luckey […]
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Unmanned SystemsPentagon Plans $450 Million Buy For Drone Dominance’s ‘More Complex’ Phase 3 Competition
The Pentagon plans to spend at least $450 million to buy about 60,000 low-cost unmanned aircraft systems for the next phase of its Drone Dominance Program (DDP), with a potential […]
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PentagonPentagon and Lockheed Martin Enter Agreement to Accelerate JATM Production
The Pentagon said on Thursday that it wants multi-year procurement (MYP) of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) and that it has entered into an agreement […]
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SpacePentagon Wants AI System to Understand and Predict Space Threats
The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for domestic and foreign company proposals for an artificial intelligence (AI) system to understand and predict space threats. “Today’s space […]
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Pentagon‘Experimentation Fatigue’ Cited As Issue for Industry and Pentagon
Speakers at a defense forum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday cited “experimentation fatigue” as an issue for both industry and the Pentagon, as the military presses for rapid fielding of […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Nominates Cao As Full SecNav
President Trump on Tuesday announced he was nominating Hung Cao as Secretary of the Navy after serving in the role in an acting capacity for over four months. “I am […]
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PentagonGE Aerospace Plans to Flight Test HyCAT Hypersonic Test Bed in 2028
LYNN, Mass.—GE Aerospace [GE] said on Monday that the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded the company a prime contract for an all-up-round (AUR) hypersonic test bed under the […]