The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected six companies to mature their design concepts for a low-weight autonomous aircraft system with vertical landing and take-off and long endurance leap-ahead capabilities. AeroVironment,
More
The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of four technology leaders as part of efforts to advance DOD’s adoption of AI,
More
Collaboration between the U.S. military, government and civilian technology leaders is critical to protecting the nation from cyber threats, according to Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and
More
The U.S. Army will use the XM-30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle and Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft acquisitions alongside several other programs as inaugural pathfinders to demonstrate the benefits that digital engineering, or
More
For Carlos Del Toro, the delays in the U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding programs can fundamentally be attributed to manpower issues. The secretary of the Navy and 2024 Wash100 winner told lawmakers during a
More
The Naval Surface Force within the U.S. Pacific Fleet has launched Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron, or USVRON, Three. Led by Capt. Derek Rader, the new squadron will manage a fleet of small, unmanned surface
More
Iron Bow has tapped Curtiss-Wright to deliver encrypted tactical networking technology to the U.S. Air Force to help the service branch optimize and enhance its deployable communications. Curtiss-Wright will equip the Air
More
According to U.S. Space Force Col. Richard Kniseley, the Commercial Space Office is working to release the first contracts for the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve by the end of the year, Breaking
More
The U.S. Army’s organic industrial base is advancing transformation efforts through the military branch’s OIB Modernization Implementation Plan with more than $18 billion in investments over 15 years, the service branch reported
More
The Pentagon is prioritizing partnerships with allies to fortify the defense industrial base, according to Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante, a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient. Testifying before the Senate Appropriations
More