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U.S. Air Force Collaboration with Hypergiant to Provide Satellite Retasking Within Minutes

Frank Wolfe

Monday, July 6th, 2020

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U.S. Air Force Collaboration with Hypergiant to Provide Satellite Retasking Within Minutes

The Air Force and Hypergiant are collaborating on the development of the Chameleon Constellation of cube satellites.

The U.S. Air Force's collaboration with Texas-based Hypergiant Industries is to lead to a Chameleon Constellation of 24 to 36 artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning-enabled cube satellites able to be re-tasked for national security and other missions within minutes. Air Force small business innovation research grants are funding the program, which Hypergiant proposed to the Air Force in January and which may lead to a follow-on contract of more than $10 million, according to Hypergiant. The Air Force and…

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]