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Pentagon taps industry for nuclear-powered propulsion for its satellites
The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for commercial solutions that can provide nuclear-powered propulsion for military satellites.
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Pentagon seeks microbe miners to cut rare earth reliance on China
Researchers at the Pentagon have launched a program that aims to extract rare earth minerals critical for military technologies from domestic sources ― using microscopic bugs.
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New AI system fills rifle sights with extensive, easy-to-digest info
Assault rifles with the Elbit System’s new artificial intelligence data platform transform soldiers' view to resemble a first-person shooter video game.
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With restrictions lifted, South Korea launches $13B space power scheme
South Korea has launched a task force to further develop space capabilities for its military, following U.S. approval earlier this year to lift a restriction on the country’s missile production program.
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NSA awards $2 billion high-performance computing contract
The intelligence agency needs the computing services for its artificial intelligence and data analysis goals.
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2 companies win contracts to research cyber protections for military aircraft
The Air Force Research Lab awarded two $200 million contracts for cybersecurity research.
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General Dynamics building lightweight vehicle electronic warfare system for US Army
The Army recently awarded the company a contract to prototype the EW system aboard the new Infantry Squad Vehicle.
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Palantir: With Joint All-Domain Command and Control, the Pentagon is finally catching up
Palantir global defense lead Doug Philippone explains where his company fits into the military's JADC2 plans.
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CACI: Military modernization sales will eclipse Afghanistan pullout losses
Defense contractor CACI International on Thursday forecast its future losses from the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan would be more than offset by the military’s growing investments in forward-leaning technologies.
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Anti-satellite weapons push military to rethink where it puts missile sentinels in space
An increase in counterspace weapons is challenging the military's approach of placing all of its billion-dollar eggs (exquisite satellites) in one basket (far-out geosynchronous orbit).
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