DOD to award $50M to accelerate development of emerging tech projects
“With the backing of APFIT, these companies have an opportunity to push their innovations over
the finish line,” Heidi Shyu said.
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Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu meets with Maj. Grover Smith of the Indiana National Guard during Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) 2023 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. (Defense Department photo). Emerging Tech -
Starship’s sixth flight test, Nov. 19, 2024. (Credit: SpaceX) Space Space Force eyes SpaceX’s Starship for future rocket cargo delivery missions
“We are thinking about how we might use it. We think the first, most logical, given the payload volume, … would be some type of rocket cargo delivery mechanism,” Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant said.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 04, 2012)- Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) personnel use specialized computer programs to conduct a forensic analysis of a hard drive. (U.S. Navy photo by Ed Buice/Released) Cyber DOD sees decrease in civilian cyber workforce shortage amid efforts to beef up talent pipeline
The official leading the DOD’s cyber workforce effort boasted improvements but said there is still much work to be done.
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Soldier seen with Beast dismounted system for survey and direction finding of signals. (Photo credit: CACI) Weapons Army seeks more flexible funding on electronic warfare capabilities, programs
In order to be more responsive to emerging and dynamic battlefield threats, the Army is asking Congress for flexible funding on electronic warfare, along with drones and counter-drone systems.
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2024) Three EA-18G Growlers, assigned to the “Rooks” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137, fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Feb. 3, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. An integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 7th Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic, relevant training necessary to execute the U.S. Navy’s role across the full spectrum of military operations – from combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. U.S. 7th Fleet works together with our allies and partners to advance freedom of navigation, the rule of law, and other principles that underpin security for the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Aaron Haro Gonzalez) Tech Raytheon scores engineering and development contract for extended range airborne electronic attack pod
The company won a $192 million award to modify its Next Generation Jammer-Mid-Band pod to Mid-Band Extended.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Sept. 13, 2024. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) Exclusive Exclusive: Defense Secretary Austin unveils aims to push counter-UAS tech in Replicator 2.0
DefenseScoop has exclusive details on what’s to come under Replicator 2.0 via a memorandum signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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Coyote Block 2 (RTX Corp. image) Weapons Army awards big contract for Coyote interceptors amid growing demand for counter-drone weapons
Army leaders want more tools to protect soldiers from adversaries’ unmanned aerial systems, which have become a growing threat on modern battlefields
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(Northrop Grumman image) Weapons MDA taps Northrop Grumman to move forward in Glide Phase Interceptor program
The Glide Phase Interceptor is being designed to destroy enemy hypersonic missile threats.
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A soldier wears an IVAS 1.2 headset. (Photo by Photo by Frederick Shear) Emerging Tech Anduril integrates AI tech into Army IVAS headsets
The Integrated Visual Augmentation System has been one of the Army’s highest-priority modernization initiatives, with Microsoft as the prime contractor.
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Crews of the National Space Defense Center at provide threat-focused space domain awareness across the nation security space enterprise. The NSDC was originally established in 2015 as the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center and was renamed in 2017 to more accurately reflect its mission. (U.S. Space Force photo by Kathryn Damon) Space Space Force wants funding to expand commercial data analytics pilot program
“As we go to maybe more full expansion, it’s about how much money do we want to put into what we’re calling the ‘commercial marketplace,’ which allows our Commercial Services Office to purchase these products from commercial providers,” Gen. Chance Saltzman said.