:

Navy/USMC

Navy To Conduct Unmanned Prize Challenge This Month

Friday, November 12th, 2021

SHARE:

The Office of Naval Research and NavalX’s Hack the Machine Unmanned event logo. (Image: U.S. Navy)

The Navy Department is preparing to host a new set of unmanned prize challenge competitions Nov. 16 -19 it advertises as “Blue Angles for geeks,” that aims to help accelerate discovery and teambuilding among the service, industry and academia concerning unmanned and autonomous vehicles. The event, called HACKtheMACHINE Unmanned, is accepting public signups for the competition that will be held virtually this month. It is being sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), various naval program executive offices and…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]