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Boeing’s conversations with the Pentagon about Golden Dome have focused on production lines the company can ramp up and where it can invest in new tech.
At a Paris summit on artificial intelligence, defense officials from around the world ponder what's in store for artificial intelligence in warfare.
The baseline Copperhead is designed for rapid-response missions, while the Copperhead-M variant is an underwater torpedo.
The companies, including two Ukrainian vendors, will test demonstrate their capabilities in April and May, and DIU will make final picks soon after.
Saronic plans to use the facility to grow its fleet of autonomous surface vessels amid demand from the Pentagon for more drones of all kinds.
Ukrainian drone makers are showcasing equipment at the IDEX defense show that could help establish a front line devoid of human operators.
Following a November demo, DOD chose 23 systems and 14 drone components to add to its Blue UAS and Framework lists, pending cybersecurity validation.
To date, the company has demonstrated the ability to connect multiple systems, but it envisions Amorphous eventually managing thousands of payloads.
Software-defined warfare provides a path to modernize and reimagine America’s defense capabilities for the 21st century, the authors of this op-ed argue.
NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with Baltic shores.
More Stories The Commercial Space Office plans to start a pilot by this fall with a tabletop exercise. The company proposed increased HBTSS production as part of its response to DOD’s call for industry input on Golden Dome. Gen. Chance Saltzman's comments come as the Space Force prepares to release an international partnership strategy in the coming weeks. The command recently produced its first-ever strategies for experimentation and AI and machine learning, Gen. Stephen Whiting said Tuesday. These capabilities make it “harder for our adversaries to hide,” the director of the National Reconnaissance Office said Tuesday. The service plans to have the satellite ready for launch in three months — a process that typically takes up to two years. The firm will showcase a truck-mounted version of Scout this week at the annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The baseline Copperhead is designed for rapid-response missions, while the Copperhead-M variant is an underwater torpedo. The awards are part of the service’s National Security Space Launch program, which it uses to acquire nearly all military space launches. Through the marketplace, DIU aims to reduce barriers that make it hard for advanced manufacturing firms to integrate with the defense supply chain. The mission is a follow-on to a Space Systems Command contract Northrop received last year to develop a tanker satellite called GAS-T. The GIDE X events aim to tackle technical and systems integration issues that can keep operators from leveraging command-and-control capability upgrades. The two companies will join three others selected last summer, including SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin. Capt. Paris D. Davis was twice nominated for his actions in South Vietnam in June 1965. He was finally awarded the Medal of Honor on Feb. 14, 2023. Vulcan’s certification means SpaceX should have at least one competitor for future launches — though several other firms are lining up behind them. Many view the guidance as a first step toward broader reforms to how software is funded and tested and how the workforce is equipped to leverage it. Load More
