:

Navy/USMC

ONR Awards Contracts For Aeriel Cargo Autonomy

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

SHARE:

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently awarded contracts for pursuing new technologies designed to enhance the autonomy of unmanned aerial cargo systems. ONR said last week it’s initially providing $28 million to teams lead by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Aurora Flight Sciences to develop robotic rotorcraft to support rapid autonomous aerial cargo delivery to the battlefield. The Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) program is intended to support units under hostile conditions and it’s envisioned to eventually allow war…

Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]

Congress

Congress Needed Pentagon’s Iran Supplemental Request ‘Yesterday,’ HASC’s Wittman Says

A senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said Wednesday that Congress needed the Pentagon’s Iran supplemental funding request “yesterday,” noting the ongoing lack of details from the […]

Space

Space Force Eyes Nearly $1.5 Billion for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) plans to request nearly $1.5 billion for the Space Data Network (SDN) Backbone in a future fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill. Last week, Space Force’s Space […]

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]