Pentagon
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Confirms AeroVironment’s Switchblade-600 Loitering Munition Picked For Replicator
The Pentagon on Monday confirmed AeroVironment’s [AVAV] Switchblade-600 loitering munitions is one of the capabilities selected for mass production under the first tranche of its Replicator initiative to field thousands […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU’s Latest Report Shows Fewer Solutions Transitioned, More Awards Made In FY ‘23
The Defense Department’s innovation arm focused on trying to bring more commercially-developed solutions to warfighters faster last year awarded more prototype contracts than ever along with a sharp increase in […]
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InternationalBiden Administration Goes Big With $6 Billion Defense Package For Ukraine
The Biden administration last Friday announced a new $6 billion weapons and equipment package for Ukraine, the second tranche of security assistance for that country’s forces after the Senate passed […]
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InternationalAfter Senate Passes Aid Bill, Biden Approves $1 Billion In Security Assistance To Ukraine
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new $1 billion security package for Ukraine that includes a range of much needed military items for Ukraine’s forces, which have been battling […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Awards Nearly $200 Million To Transition Technologies To Production
The Defense Department this week said it has awarded $193.8 million in new projects aimed at quickly fielding new technologies to warfighters, the second tranche of fiscal year 2024 awards […]
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SpaceDefense Department Space Industrial Base Report Recommends More Spending On Commercial Remote Sensing
The U.S. government should expand its spending on commercial remote sensing and related data analytics to help this sector of the space industrial base grow, says a new report by […]
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CyberDoD Releases Cybersecurity Strategy For DIB, Implementation Plan To Follow
The Defense Department on Thursday released its first ever strategy to strengthen the cybersecurity of the defense industrial base (DIB) by better coordinating efforts across the enterprise, making it easier […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCDAO Supporting DoD Autonomy Efforts With Autonomy Scaffolding
The Defense Department’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is supporting autonomy efforts throughout the enterprise, including the nascent Replicator Initiative, by creating the infrastructure to better leverage artificial […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCongressional Appropriators Bet Big On DIU In FY ’24 Appropriations Bill
In a show of generosity, congressional appropriators on Thursday released a spending bill that would fund the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) at nearly $1 billion in fiscal year 2024, […]
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PentagonSASC To ‘Very Seriously’ Consider DoD Budget Planning Reforms In Next NDAA, Reed Says
The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee has said he expects the panel to “very seriously” consider proposals to the next defense policy bill that would implement recommendations from […]