Anduril integrates AI tech into Army IVAS headsets
Microsoft is teaming up with defense technology company Anduril to boost the capabilities of its Integrated Visual Augmentation System as Army officials ponder the future of the program. IVAS has been...
View ArticleAUKUS shares results of inaugural Electronic Warfare Challenge
LONDON — Distributed Spectrum Inc., headquartered in New York City, was tapped to deliver advanced sensing to identify Indo-Pacific threats as the U.S.-based winner of the first-ever AUKUS Electronic...
View ArticleBig decisions coming for the Air Force’s next-gen aircraft platforms
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force is currently taking a more calculated approach to planning, developing and buying next-generation platforms — putting some of the service’s future aircraft...
View ArticlePentagon announces $984M in loans available for U.S. firms developing...
The Department of Defense is set to issue nearly a billion dollars in loans to private companies to scale the production of technologies the department has deemed critical. The Office of Strategic...
View ArticlePentagon contracts for $96M in Oura smart rings, services
As the Department of Defense experiments with biometric devices to better track the health and wellness of personnel, it issued a $96 million award Tuesday to Finnish health technology company Oura to...
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‘Waste to value’: Inside cutting-edge DARPA efforts to make food out of trash...
This Summer at the NATO to the Future micro-summit in Washington, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Director Stefanie Tompkins was asked onstage by longtime journalist Steve Clemons to share...
View ArticleArmy moves to rapidly field Anduril’s Ghost-X drones via Replicator
Defense Department leadership selected Anduril-made, quiet and modular Ghost-X aerial drones to be quickly mass-produced in the second tranche of the Replicator initiative. Sources who spoke to...
View ArticleArmy eyes modernized, long-range systems to bolster aircraft survivability
The Army is looking to extend the ranges of its equipment designed to protect the service’s aviation fleet and personnel from emerging threats. The organization’s aircraft survivability equipment...
View ArticlePentagon expects billions to be pumped into small businesses following SBA...
The federal government has licensed the first cohort of investors under the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology Initiative, which are expected to inject over $2.8 billion into more...
View ArticleU.S. flaunts diverse drones, high-altitude balloons and more at AUKUS event...
In Australia’s Jervis Bay this week, military and industry officials from that Pacific nation, the U.S. and U.K., joined by observers from Japan, are engaging in a multi-day demo and technology...
View ArticleNavy downselects next slate of technologies for ‘Silent Swarm’ series
It started as a “wacky idea.” Now, coming up on its fourth year of execution, the Navy has gone from 17 technologies in year one to nearly 70 technologies for its Silent Swarm experimentation...
View ArticlePentagon taps Hughes to develop 5G O-RAN prototype at Fort Bliss
The Defense Department announced Monday that Hughes Network Systems has received a $6.5 million contract to develop an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) prototype at Fort Bliss, Texas, that will test...
View ArticleSec. Austin heads to the Pacific with a focus on accelerating emerging tech
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin departed early Friday morning on his twelfth and final trip to the Indo-Pacific region, where he will engage in a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings with some...
View ArticleDOD to award $50M to accelerate development of emerging tech projects
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The Pentagon announced Saturday that it selected five small, non-traditional defense contractors to receive funding to help move their emerging technologies into production. Each...
View ArticleAir Force, Navy should work more closely to develop 6th-gen fighter, senator...
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — A key lawmaker on the Senate Armed Services Committee is suggesting that the Air Force and Navy work hand-in-hand to develop their respective sixth-generation fighter jets,...
View ArticleNDAA directs Pentagon’s UAP office to team with new counter-drone task force
The conferenced version of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act would require the Pentagon office charged with investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) to partner with a new...
View ArticleAir Force leveraging AI flight experiments to inform future testing efforts
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Air Force’s testing of autonomous flight capabilities is in full swing as the service continues to parse out how artificial intelligence software can be integrated...
View ArticleChina’s drone modernization efforts close to ‘matching US standards,’...
A new report published by the U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday warns that China’s development of new unmanned aerial vehicle capabilities for military use are rapidly catching up to the United...
View ArticleDOD to demonstrate zero trust, data-centric security capabilities with allies...
The Defense Department plans to demonstrate new security frameworks during a live, multinational exercise next year as part of a larger effort to mature Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control...
View ArticleDARPA eyeing new quantum sensing program
The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency may soon launch a new program to develop more robust quantum sensors that can be integrated onto U.S. military platforms, according to a...
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