DARPA’s Strategic Technologies Office recently awarded two contracts for Phase 1 of the Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution (ASTARTE) project. Raytheon and Systems and Technology Research (STR) received a total of almost […]
The United States Army is developing a new laser weapon – the Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser for Army Platforms (UPSL) – that promises to be more powerful than existing weapons by nearly three orders of […]
US Army researchers – working with MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms – have created a new way to link materials with unique mechanical properties that have the possibility of building military robots made of robots. The […]
The U.S. Army is working on a new spectrum analyzer to improve situational awareness. The analyzer, also called a Spec A, will integrate with the Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EW PMT) – a command-and-control […]
The Army Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts recently released a request for information (RIF) for the development of exoskeleton technologies to improve soldier performance in the areas of strength, endurance, and ergonomics – while […]
Researchers at Pusan National University and the University of Alabama have developed a small, light, and low-cost deployable antenna for CubeSats that use state-of-the-art communications systems – such as 6G communications. Basing their work on […]
Startup company bluShift Aerospace recently launched the world’s first commercial booster powered by biofuel – named ‘Stardust 1.0.’ The company’s rocket engine – called the Modular Adaptable Rocket Engine for Vehicle Launch (MAREVL) – uses a proprietary solid […]
Honeywell is creating the next generation of inertial sensor technology that will be used in future for both commercial and defense navigation applications. The sensor project has been funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects […]
The US Army published its new Installations Strategy in December of 2020 which examines the need for cybersecurity on bases – particularly when proceeding with the installation of IoT technologies. “Our installations are not a […]
Sikorsky and Boeing Co. have unveiled Defiant X – a compound coaxial helicopter that they propose as the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. As part of its Future Vertical Lift initiative (FVL), the […]
SparkCognition and SkyGrid have formed a new partnership to protect drones from zero-day attacks – cyber attacks that occur when a newly discovered software vulnerability is discovered by hackers. They are using an airspace management […]
The U.S. Army recently issued an RFP for drones that can deliver supplies to infantry brigade combat teams in the field. The concept – called the “Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial Resupply System (JTAARS) – has […]
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