Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has hinted at plans to overhaul the direction of the Advanced Battle Management System. Kendall said he wants the Air Force to identify what changes to ABMS can make the biggest difference in operational performance on the battlefield, C4ISRNET reported Friday. “I want to emphasize fielded, meaningful military capability, not […]
The Army is on track to field its Directed Energy-Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense system, which will be equipped onto Stryker infantry carrier vehicles. Marcia Holmes, deputy director of hypersonics, directed energy, space and rapid acquisition at the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, told reporters that the service is committed to maintaining its expedited […]
Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, the new director of the Army’s Network Cross-Functional Team, is making it his top priority to enable data access and sharing between warfighters on the battlefield. According to Rey, the goal is to establish a data-centric environment where warfighters can access understandable, secured and aggregated data even at the tactical edge. […]
Florida-based tech firm Red 6 has secured a $70 million Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract with the Air Force to outfit the Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft with an augmented reality training system. Red 6’s Airborne Tactical AR System will immerse fighter pilots in a training environment that projects realistic imagery of enemy aircraft. […]
BAE Systems and Sarcos Defense, a subsidiary of Sarcos Robotics, has entered into a partnership agreement to develop advanced perception and sensing capabilities in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s autonomous platforms, which are used in various operations conducted by the Department of Defense. Sarcos and BAE Systems Fast Labs recently received an AFRL […]
The Army said it has developed a virtual testing environment designed to accelerate the transition of research innovation from academia to the field. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory said the testing ground could shorten the fielding process from months down to days or hours. The environment provides a network of […]
The Missile Defense Agency has started the first phase of building a defensive hypersonic weapon after the effort was put on hold in August 2020. MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill told attendees at an SMD symposium that the agency plans on building a missile capable of intercepting hypersonic weapons in the glide phase of […]
Citadel Defense has received a sole-source contract from an undisclosed classified customer from the Department of Defense for the development and deployment of a counter-drone solution that will feature artificial intelligence capabilities. Under the contract worth $6 million, Citadel Defense is tasked with supplying a solution capable of autonomously detecting, classifying, tracking and defeating unwanted […]
U.S. Army and industry officials involved in the Common-Hypersonic Glide Body program have announced that a second flight test of the system is expected in the final quarter of the calendar year. The C-HGB will serve as the base of the hypersonic missile. Each military service will develop individual systems, like launchers that will allow […]
The Army Futures Command has released a broad agency announcement outlining artificial intelligence-driven technologies that it wants to invest in through 2026. Of particular interest to the AFC are autonomous ground and air platforms capable of operating in open, urban and cluttered environments, as well as solutions that can sense obscure targets, including people, equipment […]
