U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts for its High Enthalpy Aperture Technology (HEAT) project. HEAT will develop rugged RF radomes and infrared windows that will be able to withstand the extreme […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Navy is holding its AVENGER Naval AI Grand Challenge between the service, naval laboratories, and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to look for ways to enhance its effectiveness by better incorporating artificial intelligence technologies […]
The U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry input on new technology allowing aircraft to […]
The U.S. Air Force recently contracted with 18 more businesses to work on its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) effort to enable all-domain operations. ABMS is the Air Force and Space Force effort to develop […]
The US Air Force’s Covid-19 patient transportation system has been declared fully ready for operational use as the first Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) recently landed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The NPC is a […]
Researchers with the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory and Texas A&M University have developed a tool that will enable Future Vertical Lift vehicles to change shape during different phases of flight. […]
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. – based in San Diego, CA – recently announced that the Kratos Unmanned Systems Division has received a $19 million contract for the purchase of 21 high-performance jet target […]
Israeli defense contractor Elbit recently announced that its American subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, has received a firm-fixed-price contract with a ceiling of approximately $471 million over a 10-year period to equip F-16 aircraft of […]
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