DIU launches new emerging tech portfolio, solicits industry for quantum sensing capabilities
The “Emerging Technology” portfolio will focus on transitioning “deep-tech” capabilities from the commercial sector to the Pentagon’s business ecosystem.
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(Getty Images) Emerging Tech AI, space, integrated sensing and cyber dominate Pentagon’s S&T funding plans
The department is requesting $17.2 billion for science and technology projects in fiscal 2025, and most of it would be dedicated to three capability areas, according to Heidi Shyu.
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Satellite rendering (Millennium Space Systems) Space SDA taps Millennium Space Systems to build experimental FOO Fighter satellites
The systems will be equipped with fire control-quality sensors to address advanced missile threats such as hypersonic weapons.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L), US President Joe Biden (C) and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) hold a press conference after a trilateral meeting during the AUKUS summit on March 13, 2023 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Emerging Tech Trilateral AUKUS alliance kicks off prize competition focused on electromagnetic spectrum capabilities
AUKUS is starting its prize challenge to identify electromagnetic spectrum technologies for offensive and defensive purposes, with winners slated to be chosen in July.
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Illustration of a hypersonic missile (Getty Images) Weapons Navy requesting big boost in funding for HALO air-launched ‘hypersonic’ missile
The service is requesting much more money for its Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare Weapon Increment II compared to previous projections.
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Finnish Marines prepare to board on a Swedish CB90-class fast assault craft ahead of an amphibious assault demonstration during the Nordic Response 24 military exercise on March 10, 2024, at sea near Sorstraumen, above the Arctic Circle in Norway. Nordic Response 24 is part of the larger NATO exercise Steadfast Defender. The exercise involves air, sea, and land forces, with over 100 fighter jets, 50 ships, and over 20,000 troops practicing defensive maneuvres in cold and harsh weather conditions. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) Emerging Tech Latest NATO expansion includes massive increase in DIANA innovation accelerator sites
The number of DIANA accelerator sites across the multinational network will more than double, as will the number of related test centers, the alliance announced.
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Rendering of a L3Harris missile warning satellite (L3Harris image) Space Space Force prioritizes missile warning, tracking satellites in fiscal 2025 budget
Space-based missile warning and tracking capabilities represent a lion’s share of the Space Force’s R&D budget request for fiscal 2025.
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B-52 Stratofortress crews from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota and the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, participated in hypersonic weapon familiarization training at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 27, 2024. Hypersonics is an attribute being pursued for advanced munitions. The Department of Defense is developing hypersonic science and technology to ensure the U.S. can rapidly transition operational hypersonic systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Tenorio) Weapons Air Force not planning to buy any ARRW hypersonic missiles in fiscal 2025
Meanwhile, the Air Force is requesting $517 million for another weapon known as the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM).
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A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron is undergoes pre-flight procedures at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 8, 2020. The aircraft conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the Southern California coast. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem) Weapons LaPlante hints at plan to continue Air Force’s boost-glide hypersonic missile efforts
“Let’s just say that there is a plan. It’s not something we can talk about in this open session,” Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante told members of the House Armed Services Committee.
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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 85 commercial and government spacecraft and 3 Starlink satellites launches from Cape Canaveral on June 30, 2021. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dakota Raub) Space New SDA, MDA missile-tracking satellites launched into space
The organizations aim to demonstrate capabilities on orbit that could be used to detect and track hypersonic weapons and other advanced threats.