Every operational plan in every military headquarters in the world is now obsolete. The hedge strategists said this day would come. It has arrived. The question is no longer whether to change — it is whether our institutions can move fast enough to matter.
“We are setting conditions to where being open is industry’s ticket to participate,” said Dr. Alex Miller, chief technology officer for the Army. “If you do not expose your interfaces and your documentation, you will not be able to join the ecosystem.”
Under the OTA agreements, the 12 firms will develop and demonstrate space-based interceptor prototypes by 2028.
The first delivery under the Andromeda contract vehicle will be for the RG-XX constellation.
If approved by lawmakers, the Air Force’s budget request would kick off procurement of CCA Increment 1.
Flyaway kits are emerging as a viable rapid-response option to defend domestic military installations against contemporary drone incursions.
The announcement comes as the U.S. military is working to enhance its counter-UAS prowess.
The service recently started flying Anduril’s YFQ-44A prototype with AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles attached to it.
General Atomics and Anduril are working with Collins Aerospace and Shield AI, respectively, to integrate mission autonomy software onto their CCA prototypes and conduct semi-autonomous flights.
In this exclusive Op-Ed, legendary defense innovation expert and academic Steve Blank explains why the new Warfighting Acquisition System is at risk of making the wrong things go faster.
