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US Army taps industry for autonomous drones to resupply troops
The Army and Marine Corps are taking steps to acquire an autonomous aerial resupply capability for infantry brigade combat teams.
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Secrets of Tempest’s ground-breaking radar revealed
Radar engineers on the sixth-generation Tempest fighter program say they will break data-processing records by way of miniaturization and going digital.
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Aerovironment buys Arcturus UAV in $405M deal
Aerovironment picks up Arcturus UAV, a company whose capability has caught the Army's eye in its Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System competition.
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Northrop will provide F-16 electronic warfare system
The project's goal is to protect pilots from increasing radio frequency-guided weapons.
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Defense research director has a vision to connect with new, innovative companies
The DARPA leader wants to launch an accelerator and an Apple store-like storefront.
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Rafael combines technologies to give combat robots a ‘brain’ to map threats indoors
Watch a robot dog and drone work together, linking technologies for a multidimensional battlefield.
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Teledyne buying FLIR to create unmanned and sensor heavyweight
The deal creates a stronger contender for parts of the Pentagon’s budget that are expected to grow.
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Huntington Ingalls acquires unmanned business from Spatial Integrated Systems
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Monday that it has acquired the autonomy business of Spatial Integrated Systems ― its latest move to expand its unmanned capabilities.
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National security is the defense industrial base’s responsibility too
Contractors must embrace an unwavering commitment to implement security controls to effectively defend their IT infrastructures, a cybersecurity expert advises.
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Air Force Research Laboratory issues 17 grants for quantum research
Winning submissions address a wide variety of hard-to-solve problems for the Department of Defense using quantum technologies, including quantum sensors for GPS-denied navigation, an optical atomic clock and quantum computing solutions.
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