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The Navy on Thursday announced an upcoming Area of Interest (AOI) release for Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MUSV) Phase II Integration and Testing,
Navy leadership on Thursday established the service’s newest development center, focused on operational employment of robotic and autonomous systems. The
Depending on the results of a shootoff later this year of high-energy laser (HEL) systems against different types of small drones, the Defense Department
The Defense Innovation Unit and U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman Geosynchronous
Munitions Shortages. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Defense Department is plagued with “persistent shortages” of munitions.
The U.S. Navy and U.K. Royal Navy recently worked together in a launch exercise of an American torpedo from a Royal Navy extra-large unmanned underwater
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week issued a solicitation for capabilities and private capital firms for a pilot effort in the area of
Locus Lock, a small company that develops and supplies low-cost, software-defined global navigation system receivers for use in contested battlespace, on
The U.S. Air Force wants companies' insights on a replacement for the Air Route Surveillance Radar-4 (ARSR-4). Northrop Grumman delivered more than 40
Fresh off winning a $28 million Space Force contract to demonstrate in-space maneuverability operations, Impulse Space this week said it won another $28
This month, the Navy demonstrated how it plans to operate future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) using a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc
The Army has selected Vulcan Elements to supply rare earth magnets in support of its initiative to rapidly manufacture its own critical components for
The State Department said on Thursday that it has approved a $24.3 billion sale of 48 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters to Saudi Arabia. "This proposed sale
L3Harris Technologies has completed a preliminary design review (PDR) for Tranche 3 of the Space Development Agency's (SDA) future Tracking Layer against
The Navy this month plans to issue a solicitation leading to multiple construction contracts to support the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program