Unmanned Tankers? The Air Force is studying future refueling options that go beyond the fielding of the Boeing KC-46 as a replacement tanker for the KC-135s and KC-10s, and such options include possible unmanned aircraft systems for perilous, “last mile” tanking that would likely result ...

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LMT LUSV. Lockheed Martin said Sept. 17 it is partnering with Vigor on its bid for the Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) competition. Lockheed Martin, along with five other companies, won a $7 million contract on Sept. 4 for studies on the LUSV ahead of a future detailed design and ...

New Boeing Hire. Boeing has named Ed Dandridge, the global chief marketing and communications officer at multinational finance and insurance giant AIG, as its new communications chief effective Sept. 28. Dandridge will succeed Greg Smith, Boeing’s executive vice president of Enterprise Operations ...

Lawmakers are likely to weigh the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence’s (NSCAI) recommendation to incorporate a classified technology annex in the National Defense Strategy, though that proposal may not be included in this year’s fiscal 2021 National Defense ...

NATO Drone Security. A NATO agency has developed a low-cost prototype solution for rapidly detecting, identifying and localizing small unmanned aircraft systems that may pose a threat. The ARTEMIS system, developed by the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency, uses electromagnetic waves ...