Unmanned Systems
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
MQ-28 Ghost Bat Autonomous Aircraft Will Fire Missile Against Aerial Target This Year
Boeing [BA] and its Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) partner later this year plan to launch a missile from the MQ-28 Ghost Bat autonomous drone against an aerial target to […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Forterra, Overland AI, Scout AI Nab Army Contracts For Autonomous Ground Vehicles
The Army last week said it awarded contracts to three companies to integrate their respective commercially-developed autonomy solutions into existing Infantry Support Vehicles with the aim of delivering prototypes to […]
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Pentagon
Hegseth Directs New Army-Led Task Force To Centralize DoD’s Counter-UAS Efforts
The Pentagon on Thursday evening said it is standing up a new Army-led joint task force that will focus the Defense Department counter-drone efforts and report to the deputy defense […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Hundreds Of Switchblades Delivered So Far In First Replicator Tranche, DIU Official Says
The contractor supplying Switchblade loitering munitions to the Defense Department under the first phase of the Replicator initiative has delivered “hundreds” of systems to a customer who has fielded them, […]
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Unmanned Systems
System Adaptability Through Tight Industry, Echelon Partnership Key Ukraine War Lesson, SACEUR Says
One key lesson from the ongoing Russo-Ukraine War has been the how Ukrainian forces at the brigade level maintain relationships with industry partners to enable the systems they are using […]
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Air Force
General Atomics YFQ-42A First CCA Forerunner to Fly
A General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) YFQ-42A Gambit prototype for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program flew for the first time in California on Wednesday ahead […]
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Space
Task Force 66 Chief Touts Commercial Satellite Benefits For Maritime Domain Awareness
Commercial remote sensing data and imagery has proven to be useful in allowing the Navy to alert allies and partners to potential bad behavior in the maritime domain due to […]
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Unmanned Systems
Second Saildrone USV Gets ABS Classification
Saildrone on Wednesday announced its Surveyor-class unmanned surface vehicle (USV) received full classification from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), its second vehicle to do so. Previously, Saildrone’s Voyager-class USV […]
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Navy/USMC
SecNav Establishes Naval Rapid Capabilities Office, Consolidating Other Offices
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan recently established a new Naval Rapid Capabilities Office (NRCO), which will consolidate the work of several other offices established in previous administrations. According to […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Blue Water Autonomy Raises $50 Million To Build First Long-Range Autonomous Ship
Autonomous ship developer Blue Water Autonomy has raised $50 million in a new funding round the startup is putting toward construction of its first long-range autonomous ship that it plans […]