Brig. Gen. Luke Peterson, U.S. Army program executive officer for combat support and combat service support, has shared that the Autonomous Vehicle Transport-System will proceed with development. Speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Conference, he explained that it could protect soldiers by reducing opportunities for enemies to target them. Kyle Bruner, […]
President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to expand domestic production of hypersonic system materials. According to a memorandum issued by the White House on Wednesday, the federal government will be tasked with accelerating and stimulating the production of hypersonic system components, such as engines; avionics; and position, navigation and guidance systems. The […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded artificial intelligence-enabled marketing analytics technology provider Tomi .ai a patent for its website visitor scoring platform. The company’s scoring platform uses behavioral first-party data from customers’ websites and sales data from their customer relationship management systems to identify trends. The data gathered is processed using machine learning […]
The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute will invest approximately $7.9 million in 11 technology projects meant to advance adaptive real-time path planning and control, human action and intention prediction, robot learning, virtual masking for advanced coating and other areas of interest. The efforts are being undertaken by teams of industry firms and academic institutions. Chuck […]
A U.S. Army aviator said the service has some unmanned technologies that require more humans to operate compared to manned systems. Maj. Gen. Michael McCurry, a veteran helicopter pilot who currently leads the Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama, said some of those who are working on unmanned systems could be doing […]
The U.S. Navy has started a study focused on the creation of a hybrid fleet comprising manned and unmanned systems that can deploy various drone types. At the National Defense Industrial Association Expeditionary Warfare Conference, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said the service branch is assessing the potential of existing vessels […]
A new report from the Partnership for Public Service and the IBM Center for The Business of Government listed several suggestions that the government should consider in optimizing cloud technologies for improved service. According to the report, an effective cloud planning strategy should factor in, among other things, appropriate data storage and usage, data access, […]
The U.S. Army has exercised the second option year under a Shadow RQ-7B Block I and II tactical unmanned aircraft systems modernization and support contract it awarded to Textron Systems in 2020. Under a potential $76.1 million contract option, the Shadow TUAS manufacturer will upgrade the aircraft to Block III configuration and continue providing Shadow […]
The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command recently held a weeklong exercise with the United Arab Emirates Navy, during which they employed artificial intelligence-powered platforms to detect, identify and classify data from images and videos of vessels captured using cameras and sensors onboard five unmanned surface vessels. According to Lt. Jay Faylo, NAVCENT Task Force 59’s […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a potential $2 billion contract to integrate the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile onto Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. Under the contract, Lockheed will provide a missile launcher system, weapon controls, integrated missile components and Zumwalt integration support services. The contract also includes additional AURs and canisters for the […]
