DIU embed works to help Eucom modernize against real-world threats
Col. Glenn McCartan, the first-ever Defense Innovation Unit embed within U.S. European Command, talked to DefenseScoop about the work he’s been doing.
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The main gate of the United States European Command (EUCOM) headquarters at the Patch Barracks is seen in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on July 29, 2020. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images) Tech -
(L-R) Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong join US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin take part in a ceremony at the start of the 2024 Australia-US Ministerial Consultations at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, August 6, 2024. (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images) Tech US hosts Australia to further deepen military, industrial ties
Two senior defense officials previewed the Pentagon’s plans and spotlighted overarching aims to deepen the U.S.-Australia alliance.
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Lockheed Martin rendering of the Next-Generation Air Dominance platform Emerging Tech Air Force Secretary Kendall floats possibility of ‘optionally crewed’ stealth fighter for NGAD
“There’s a chance it might be uncrewed, but I think that’s not quite ready yet. And we could always do something like an optionally crewed platform,” Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said.
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Rendering of a L3Harris missile warning satellite. (L3Harris image) Space SDA sends notice to industry for next layer of missile tracking satellites
SDA is looking for input on Tranche 3 as it aims to “accelerate the proliferation of missile defense capability to provide low-latency fire control-quality data.”
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Abraham Denmark, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for AUKUS, left, Adm. James F. Caldwell Jr., director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, right, Royal Australian Navy Vice Adm. Jonathan Mead, director-general of the Australian Submarine Agency, Royal Australian Navy Lt. William Hall, Royal Australian Navy Vice Adm. Mark Hammond, Chief of Navy, and Erik Raven, Under Secretary of the Navy, pose for a photo during a United States Naval Nuclear Power School (NPS) graduation ceremony at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC), July 7, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dart D. De La Garza) Emerging Tech Pentagon’s top AUKUS adviser and coordinator steps down
The AUKUS alliance is steering trilateral defense technology cooperation between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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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 MDA director on hypersonics testing: ‘We need to get into a faster clip’
Lt. Gen. Heath Collins noted that with other missile programs “you may launch dozens of dozens of weapons. But on the hypersonic side, we just have not been able to do that.”
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Satellite rendering (Millennium Space Systems) Space SDA restructuring ground support program for experimental sats to focus on fire-control missions
SDA Director Derek Tournear told reporters that initial requirements for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Future Program Ground Segment Integration program were too broad for industry to execute.
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Maynard Holliday presents a keynote at DefenseTalks 2024. (DefenseScoop photo) Emerging Tech DOD critical tech office moves to speed up software transitions
DefenseScoop received an update from Maynard Holliday, who is performing the duties of assistant secretary of defense for critical technologies, at DefenseTalks.
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Maynard Holliday
Defense Leadership Maynard Holliday is a leading figure in the U.S. Department of Defense’s critical technology initiatives. As the official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, he oversees investments in areas like artificial intelligence, hypersonics, and quantum science. Holliday boasts over 30 years of experience in government and private […]
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(Getty Images) Emerging Tech 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.