Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Opens $30 Million Prize Challenge For Autonomous Non-Tactical Vehicles
The Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) last Friday kicked-off a $30 million prize challenge that seeks to make better use of the Pentagon’s fleet of manually-operated non-tactical vehicles (NTVs) […]
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Missile DefenseStratolaunch Announces Hypersonic Flight Test With Missile Defense Agency
Stratolaunch on Thursday said that it successfully conducted a hypersonic flight test in March for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), launching its liquid engine-powered Talon-A3 reusable flight vehicle from a […]
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SpaceSSC And SpaceWERX To Launch Orbital Logistics Challenge
The Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) and the service’s SpaceWERX innovation arm are to launch an In-Domain Orbital Logistics Challenge to find and advance commercial technologies to sustain satellites. […]
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Business/FinancialAmca Raises $300 Million To Bolster Aerospace And Defense Supply Chain
Amca, a startup founded 18 months ago to accelerate product development, qualification and delivery, and strengthen the aerospace and defense supply chain, has raised $300 million in a new funding […]
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Unmanned SystemsShield AI’s AI Pilot Software Selected To Provide Collaborative Autonomy To LUCAS Drones
Shield AI on Tuesday said the Defense Department has picked the company’s Hivemind artificial intelligence software to pilot Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Aircraft System (LUCAS) one-way attack drones and allow them […]
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Business/FinancialData Center Startup Armada Raises $230 Million; Partners With Johnson Controls On Manufacturing
Armada, a developer and manufacturer of modular, relocatable data centers has raised $230 million in a new funding round to boost production capacity to meet demand and strengthen its balance […]
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Unmanned SystemsDIU Picks Five Companies As Winners of Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Challenge
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has chosen five companies as winners of the Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Prize. Northrop Grumman [NOC] was the only traditional defense company picked. The […]
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Unmanned SystemsAustralian AI Sensor Startup Arkeus Raises $18 Million To Help Expand In U.S, Europe
Australia’s Arkeus has raised $18 million in a Series A round to help developer of artificial intelligence-enabled hyperspectral sensors to expand and scale manufacturing in Australia, the U.S. and Europe. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Signs Framework Deals To Rapidly Buy Low-Cost Cruise Missiles, New Hypersonic Weapon
The Pentagon on Wednesday announced new framework agreements to advance on rapidly fielding thousands of low-cost cruise missiles over the next few years and a deal to move forward on […]
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Unmanned SystemsWith Software Add, L3Harris Turns Its Tactical Radios Into Counter-Drone Sensors And Effectors
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Wednesday introduced an upgrade to an existing waveform used in its tactical radios that transforms them into a distributed network of radio frequency sensors and effectors […]