Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Unmanned SystemsHegseth Announces Plans For New Autonomous Warfare Command, Project Meridian Panel
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced plans to establish a four-star Autonomous Warfare Command (AutoWarCom) as well as the stand-up of Project Meridian, led by tech CEOs Palmer Luckey […]
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Unmanned SystemsDIU Launches $100 Million Low-Cost Aerial ISR Prize Challenge
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week initiated a $100 million prize challenge for mature, medium- and long-endurance aerial systems, unmanned or other platforms, that can operate from expeditionary environments […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Contracts To Three MUSV Phase One Trials Winners, Others Continue To Phase 2
The Navy picked Galliano Marine Services, HII [HII] and Saronic Technologies as the highest performing winners of the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSV) Family of Systems Phase One at-sea testing […]
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Unmanned SystemsPentagon Plans $450 Million Buy For Drone Dominance’s ‘More Complex’ Phase 3 Competition
The Pentagon plans to spend at least $450 million to buy about 60,000 low-cost unmanned aircraft systems for the next phase of its Drone Dominance Program (DDP), with a potential […]
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Space21 Tranche 1, Transport Layer Satellites Delivered to Vandenberg, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday that it has delivered 21 satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for Tranche 1 of the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Transport […]
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ArmyCol. Rob Kinney, Chief of Fires, XVIII Airborne Corps, Discusses Scarlet Dragon 26.3
Defense Daily’s Cal Biesecker talked with Col. Rob Kinney, chief of fires for Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps on Sept. 16 at Fort Bragg, N.C., during the Scarlet Dragon 26.3 experimentation […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyShield AI’s Hivemind Used In Autonomous USV Teaming In U.K. Demo
Shield AI on Monday said its Hivemind artificial intelligence software was used for autonomous teaming between two Kraken Technology Group unmanned surface vessels (USVs) during an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance […]
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Unmanned SystemsUpcoming High-Energy Laser Counter-Drone Shoot Off Has $200 Million At Stake
Depending on the results of a shootoff later this year of high-energy laser (HEL) systems against different types of small drones, the Defense Department is prepared to award up to […]
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Unmanned SystemsDIU Seeks Commercial Tech, Private Capital For Counter-UxS In Maritime Environment
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week issued a solicitation for capabilities and private capital firms for a pilot effort in the area of counter-unmanned systems (C-UxS) in the […]
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Missile DefenseBaseline Designs for L3Harris’ Tranche 3 Missile Tracking Satellites Okayed
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] has completed a preliminary design review (PDR) for Tranche 3 of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) future Tracking Layer against ballistic and hypersonic missiles, the company said […]