The US Army is currently testing drones and other types of autonomous technology that could deliver medical supplies to the battlefield. The Army’s Medical Research and Development Command’s (USAMRDC) Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center […]
DARPA has awarded a $19.3 million US contract to Peraton Labs for the Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) project. The MINC program will create a self-healing web-like network that will connect sensors and weapons working in […]
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) recently began operational testing of a sailboat-style drone. The tests are part of an initiative to integrate new unmanned systems and artificial intelligence into U.S. 5th Fleet operations. The […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched its Forecasting Floats in Turbulence (FTT) challenge in search of technology that can predict the location of sea drifters or floats in a prospect of 10 […]
The Air Force has awarded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and General Atomics matching $17.7M contracts to develop drones that act as sensor extensions as well as secondary weapons bays for manned fighter jets – […]
Fort Sill, OK recently held an opening ceremony for its new Integrated Moving Target Simulator – called the Stinger Training Dome. The Stinger Training Dome provides a projected terrain and aircraft images within a “360-degree […]
DARPA recently announced its Coded Visibility program, which aims to develop obscurants that will be used to provide warfighters with an asymmetric advantage – where their visibility is enhanced and that of their adversary is […]
Ghost Robotics and SWORD International recently presented what they call the “latest lethality innovation” at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting. Their Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle (SPUR), adds a 6.5 mm Creedmoor rifle […]
Amentum will be leading a team of federal technology and service providers – including FN America, Cole Engineering Systems, Cornet Technologies, and SoarTech – in developing a prototype of a Synthetic Training Environment (STE) Live […]
The Army’s National Simulation Center at Fort Leavenworth, KS has been testing the Live, Virtual, Constructive Integrating Architecture (LVC-IA) – a system that links separate simulators and simulations across separate geographies. This is the fourth […]
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