During the US Navy’s Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021 – a global event in which it tests and validates the Navy and Marine Corps’ operating concepts – Oshkosh Defense was able to successfully demonstrate the Remotely […]
US Army Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA) in Dublin, California is beginning the construction of the first of ten nodes of a Resilient Replicable Modular Microgrid (R2M2). The R2M2 will segregate PRFTA’s camp into […]
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin Aeronautics $12.1 million US and Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. $12.4 million to begin phase-one of the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors […]
Researchers at MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems have designed an algorithm that will help drones find the fastest route around obstacles without crashing. The algorithm was created from data that combined simulations of […]
The US Army’s Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO-C3T) awarded a contract for major updates to its cryptographic technology. The 10-year contract – which has a potential of $774.2 million US total value – […]
The U.S. Air Force has contracted with Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems to build target drones with the ability to perform as high-fidelity enemy threat surrogates, simulating the characteristics of aircraft and missiles. The drones feature […]
The US Marine Corps has recently been testing the Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV). The EMAV is an autonomous truck capable of transporting casualties, sensors, and weapons. The EMAV is powered by a diesel-electric hybrid […]
The U.S. Army recently tested Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s Coyote Block 3 non-kinetic effector. It was able to successfully defeat a drone swarm – achieving the Army’s first “air-to-air non-kinetic defeats.” Run by the Army’s […]
The Defense Department inspector General’s office recently published a report – Audit of the Cybersecurity of Department of Defense Additive Manufacturing Systems – warning of the potential security risks when using 3D printing – also […]
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