DARPA Aims to Fit Commercial Drones With Autonomous Capabilities in 3-Month Intervals

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to collaborate with contractors to ensure U.S.-owned drones feature state-of-the-art autonomy capabilities, aiming to progress from program announcement to contract awarding in 70 business days. Under the Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy program, the agency aims to develop drone autonomy capability for transition in one-month intervals, fitting most commercially […]
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Aegis Weapon System Matched With Aerojet Rocketdyne Missile Target in MDA Test

Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies unit developing and manufacturing advanced propulsion and energetics systems, has supplied the Missile Defense Agency with the medium-range ballistic missile target used in the Flight Test Other-23 that the MDA conducted with the U.S. Navy.  According to a DVIDS report, FTX-23 involved a developmental test on the Aegis Weapon System […]
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US Navy Tasks Kopin to Produce Microdisplays for Computational Imaging Work

Optical technology maker Kopin has announced a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Navy to provide advanced microdisplays for lensless computational imaging. The Naval Air Warfare Center seeks a high framerate and resolution display to develop trusted artificial intelligence and autonomous capabilities for computational imaging, Kopin said Thursday. The final product is expected […]
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US Navy Advances Undersea Drone Development With Prototype Order Awarded to Anduril

The U.S. Navy, in partnership with the Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit, has awarded a contract to defense technology firm Anduril to prototype large autonomous underwater vehicles for long-range deployment in contested environments.  According to the California-based company, it won the contract after pitting its Dive-LD AUV in a “swim-off” competition at the Naval […]
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GDIT to Provide Training Support Under $160M Army Task Order

The U.S. Army Contracting Command has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology a $160 million task order for soldier training support services. GDIT will provide individual and collective training for over 200,000 soldiers at the Army III Armored Corps. The contractor will integrate live, virtual and constructive training, ensuring that warfighters are exposed to immersive environments […]
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Scientific Systems Software Demonstrates Autonomous Orchestration of Commercial Satellites

Intelligent autonomous systems company Scientific Systems has completed demonstrating autonomous, peer-to-peer collaboration and orchestration of commercial satellites and uncrewed aerial systems. The Collaborative Mission Autonomy software enables the U.S. Army to sense, decide and act with superior speed and scale across the battlespace. The company previously integrated into Parry Labs’ software operating environment and Edge […]
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Cubic to Deliver Data Terminals, Work on BE-CDL Capabilities Under SAIC Contract

Science Applications International Corp. has awarded Cubic Defense a contract to support SAIC’s Hardware-In-The-Loop engineering services for the U.S. Army. Cubic will design, develop and deliver full-duplex data terminals using secure and survivable Bandwidth-Efficient Common Data Link technology. The company will also continue advancing the BE-CDL capability as part of the contract. Russ Marsh, vice […]
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US Army Brigades to Probe Emerging Technologies for Transforming Combat Capabilities, Official Says

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said the service branch will assign brigades deployed overseas for experiments on incorporating new and emerging technologies, such as communication networking, unmanned aerial systems and electronic warfare to bolster the U.S. Army’s combat capabilities.   Speaking at the Association of the U.S. Army Coffee Series event Tuesday, George […]
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BAE Secures $114M in Army Foreign Sales Contracts for Missile Warning Systems

Defense company BAE Systems has announced $114 million in foreign military sales contracts from the U.S. Army to deliver AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems. CMWS is the standard missile warning and hostile fire detection system onboard U.S. Army rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. It features missile warning, hostile fire alert and countermeasure controls to protect aircraft […]
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ODNI Research Unit Launches New Initiative to Further Quantum Computing

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s research and development unit has introduced a new quantum computing program to address challenges faced in solving chemistry, physics and mathematical problems. On Thursday, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity launched the Entangled Logical Qubits, aiming to provide insights into quantum computing by exploring the complexities of […]
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