The Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit has tapped Rocket Lab, a Long Beach, California-based launch services and space systems provider, for a Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron mission. According to a Rocket Lab press release issued on Wednesday, the Australian company Hypersonix Launch Systems will deploy the suborbital payload DART AE for the HASTE […]
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has partnered with Airtech International to demonstrate recycling’s potential in reinforcing the composites supply chain vital to advancing 3D printing or additive manufacturing. According to ORNL, its joint research team with Airtech developed a 3D-printed, large-format additively manufactured mold for the aerodynamic splitter of a race car […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency’s chief technology officer said artificial intelligence and large language models can improve the Department of Defense’s operational and analytical capabilities. Speaking at DISA’s Forecast to Industry 2023 event, Steve Wallace shared that the Pentagon’s investments in AI and LLMs are already paying off as the emerging technologies are being used […]
The National Advanced Mobility Consortium, a non-profit organization that helps drive innovation in the defense industry, has created an eight-member team to integrate advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, in the U.S. Army’s 10X Dismounted Infantry Platoon program. According to the NAMC, the program seeks to make foot soldiers 10 times more effective than the […]
CalypsoAI is expanding the public sector reach of its artificial intelligence security platform in partnership with Palantir’s FedStart program. FedStart enables companies to integrate their software-as-a-service products into Palantir’s accredited environment for AI security and other applications and deliver them to government agencies without the need to secure separate authorization from the Federal Risk and […]
Epirus said its Leonidas air defense solution designed to defeat drone swarms has cleared a U.S. Army acceptance test, allowing the company to deliver the first prototype of the system to the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office. Completing the testing event validated that the Indirect Fire Protection Capability – High-Power Microwave system can ensure […]
The U.S. Army Pacific hosted the third iteration of its Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Summit in Hawaii on Oct. 25 and 26, where participants talked about the emerging technologies’ implications in the Indo-Pacific region. During the event, speakers discussed the importance of the Army’s engagement with the AI/ML community, use case experimentation, AI/ML advancements and other […]
The U.S. Army is seeking industry inputs on methods for the implementation and automation of an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Materials for Project Linchpin, according to a request for information posted on SAM .gov from the service’s Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensor. Project Linchpin is the service’s first initiative to help build […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research have awarded a $5 million joint research project to the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University-Florida State University College of Engineering and the University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. According to FSU, the colleges’ collaboration involves establishing a new Air Force […]
Advanced materials solutions provider Materion announced that it has secured a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to expand its additive manufacturing research and development of beryllium and aluminum-beryllium alloys’ use in 3D printing. According to the Mayfield Heights, Ohio-based company, the specialized materials’ advantages extend to the manufacture and performance of optics structures […]
