Pentagon
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Business/FinancialStalker XE Block 25 And Alta X 2.0 Drones Part Of Skunk Works Test Of Artificial Intelligence Re-Planning
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division said on Thursday that it used artificial intelligence to demonstrate how one drone facing fuel problems could return to base while another unmanned aerial […]
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PentagonPentagon To Spend $1 Billion On Rapidly Delivering Over 300,000 Small Drones By 2028
The Pentagon has detailed plans to spend just over $1 billion in the next two years to rapidly deliver more than 300,000 small one-way attack drones. A new Request for […]
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InternationalUkrainian Official: Brigades Have Received 130,000 Drones From New Acquisition Approach Since July
Since July, nearly 200 Ukrainian brigades have received 130,000 drones in 10 days or less after the units bought them securely online, a Ukrainian official said last week. Those drones […]
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Navy/USMCPratt & Whitney Awarded More Than $1.6 Billion For F135 Sustainment
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.6 billion U.S. Navy contract for sustainment of F135 engines for the tri-service and international F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin […]
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SpaceHegseth “Wartime Footing” Acquisition Model May Have Operational Risks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has promoted a “wartime footing” for Pentagon acquisition, but the approach may come with operational risk. “I can go ramp up the acquisition system, work with […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Makes $30 Million Defense Production Act Award For Critical Minerals
ElementUS Minerals has received a $29.9 million award from the Defense Department to bolster the domestic supply chain for two critical minerals, gallium and scandium, by separating and purifying them […]
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PentagonPentagon CTO’s Trimmed Down List Of Six Critical Technology Areas Includes AI, Hypersonics
The Pentagon’s chief technology officer (CTO) has trimmed down the department’s list of critical technology priorities to six categories, focused on artificial intelligence, information dominance, biomanufacturing, contested logistics, directed energy […]
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SpacePentagon Moving To Implement Report By SDA Review Team, Including More Systems Engineering Focus To Reduce Concurrency
Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Duffey has approved the Space Development Agency’s Independent Review Team (SDA IRT) report, which team members signed off on in May–an approval that had been on […]
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PentagonDoD’s Acquisition Overhaul Aims To Reform Bid Protests, Analysis Of Alternatives Studies
The Pentagon’s wide-ranging acquisition reform effort will look to speed up the bid protest decision process and “significantly reduce” the use of Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) studies, which it said […]
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PentagonDoD’s ‘Commercial-First’ Contracting Focus May Help Non-Traditional Firms, Acquisition Chief Says
The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer on Monday said the department’s new acquisition reform push aims to bring in “as much competition as we can,” emphasizing the new “commercial-first” approach to […]