Navy solicits industry for unmanned ground vehicle architecture
The Department of the Navy released a solicitation Wednesday to further its pursuit of technology enablers for unmanned ground vehicles.
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Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii — Marines from the 3d Littoral Logistics Battalion, or LLB, engage in a Foreign Comparative Test, or FCT, of a South Korean Unmanned Ground Vehicle, or UGV, prototype. (Marine Corps Systems Command photo) Tech -
A U.S. Marine holds a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Information Innovation Office challenge coin after being presented the coin on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec 1, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher R. Lape) Tech Trump administration picks new DARPA director
Stephen Winchell has been tapped to head the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Bravo Company (Bandits), 11th Cyber Battalion, culminated months of home station training with participation in National Training Center Rotation 25-03, January and February 2025. Expeditionary CEMA (Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities) Team 05 and ECT 06, B Co., 11CB, conducted electromagnetic reconnaissance, radio frequency enabled offensive cyber operations, and special purpose electromagnetic attacks to shape operations during the rotation for III Armor Corps, 1st Infantry Division, and 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). (Photo by Steven Stover, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber)) Tech What does flexible funding for electronic warfare mean for the Army?
The Army wants to consolidate budget line items for its EW portfolio to ensure it is more responsive to real-world threats.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers recorded remarks at the Pentagon, Washington D.C., March 20, 2025. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech) IT Hegseth issues new directive to rein in Pentagon spending on IT services contracts
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memo Thursday to promote the “rationalization” of the Defense Department’s IT enterprise.
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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright) Op-Ed The Pentagon should abandon Soviet-era centralized planning
By definition, predictive planning systems such as the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) cannot work in a dynamic environment.
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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – JANUARY 30: Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a military helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) AI Army helicopter involved in fatal crash over the Potomac was not using AI, sources say
In statements, press briefings and one-on-one conversations Thursday, defense officials shed new light on the mid-air collision.
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A quantum sensor-based magnetic anomaly navigation system gathers data on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft during a flight over Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 22, 2024. SandboxAQ’s concept relies on quantum sensors that detect the Earth’s magnetic field for navigation in the event that the Global Positioning System is jammed or rendered ineffective. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley N. Mikaio) Emerging Tech DARPA eyeing new quantum sensing program
Defense officials see quantum sensors as promising capabilities for alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).
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DEVCOM’s MX Black Hawk aircraft to be equipped with the MATRIX autonomy system. (Sikorsky photo) AI DARPA to test autonomous flight capability on Army’s Black Hawk helicopter in 2025
Sikorsky has received a contract to integrate its MATRIX autonomy system onto a UH-60M and conduct demonstrations next year.
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Photo from DARPA ReSource demo. (Kaden Staley, Michigan Technological University. August 7, 2024) Emerging Tech ‘Waste to value’: Inside cutting-edge DARPA efforts to make food out of trash and gasses
DefenseScoop was briefed on ways the agency is creatively tackling contemporary challenges around food logistics.
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DARPA Director Stefanie Tompkins (left) speaks at NATO to the Future in July 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent. AI DARPA moves to mitigate possible unintended consequences of AI
“We are trying to flesh out the recipe environment to focus on something we call ELSI — so the ethical, legal and societal implications of our new technology,” Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Director Stefanie Tompkins said.