DIU notches first launch of commercial hypersonic test platform
The Cassowary Vex mission marked the first deployment of a commercial-built hypersonic testbed developed under the Hypersonic High-Cadence Advanced Testing program.
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The Hypersonix DART AE vehicle aboard Rocket Lab’s HASTE launch vehicle at the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. (Photo credit: Hypersonix) Emerging Tech -
In this illustration, the Claude AI website is seen on a laptop on February 16, 2026 in New York City. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the Defense Department used Anthropic’s Claude Ai, via its Palantir contract, to help with the attack on Venezuela and capture former President Nicolás Maduro. (Photo illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) AI Pentagon CTO urges Anthropic to ‘cross the Rubicon’ on military AI use cases amid ethics dispute
His comments come as the Pentagon is locked in a high-stakes dispute with Anthropic about the U.S. military’s use of the startup’s Claude AI model in real-world operations.
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Artist’s rendering of Lockheed Martin’s HELIOS system. (Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin) Emerging Tech Navy brass sees future battleship as catalyst to scale next-gen laser weaponry
The U.S. military’s urgent need to counter cheap adversarial drones in multiple regions has heightened calls for directed energy weapons.
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Concept art for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM). (Image courtesy of Raytheon Technologies) Weapons Pentagon taps 6 vendors for accelerated hypersonics R&D
Leidos, GoHypersonic, Special Aerospace Services (Aurex), the Purdue Applied Research Institute, Halo Engines and Kratos have each received other transaction agreements from the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office.
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A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02, on December 10, 2024. (courtesy photo/released) Space DIU looks to prototype affordable fire-control sensors for enhanced missile defense
The organization intends to launch selected sensor and seeker prototypes into space for a demonstration no later than two years after it contracts vendors.
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Aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Emerging Tech Pentagon names 6 appointees to lead the CTO’s top technology efforts
Here’s a first look at the new cadre tapped to accelerate projects across the DOD’s Critical Technology Areas.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced his plans for the “Golden Dome,” a national missile defense system. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Op-Ed Golden Dome’s cyber protection must be a design choice, not an afterthought
Golden Dome risks becoming a system that works beautifully in theory but collapses when America needs it most.
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (R) during a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images) Tech New U.S. defense strategy ‘barely mentions technology’
The 2026 NDS includes noticeably less technology callouts than its recent predecessors
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The 3d Multi-Domain Task Force deploys the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon System to Northern Territory, Australia, July 9, 2025, to participate in Exercise Talisman Sabre 25. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Perla Alfaro) Weapons Army expects to complete fielding of Dark Eagle hypersonic missile in ‘early 2026’
The Army originally planned to field the hypersonic weapon in 2023, but technical issues and flight test delays forced the service to push back its deadline.
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Lockheed Martin and GE Aerospace have demonstrated a liquid-fueled rotating detonation ramjet engine that could enable missiles to fly faster and farther, while costing a lot less to build compared to other ramjet options. (Lockheed Martin photo) Emerging Tech Lockheed Martin, GE Aerospace demo novel ramjet engine for hypersonic weapons
Lockheed and GE are developing a liquid-fueled rotating detonation ramjet engine that could allow missiles to fly farther and reach speeds of at least Mach 5.