AI & AutonomyGeneral Atomics-BAE Systems Aim to Demonstrate Autonomous EW for CCA General Atomics‘ Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) subsidiary and BAE Systems said that they are teaming to demonstrate autonomous electronic warfare (EW) systems that the companies believe could one day go on U.S.…
MilitaryU.S. State Department Clears $7.3 Billion for F-16 Viper Mid-Life Upgrade The U.S. State Department has approved an up to $7.3 billion foreign military sale to Poland of the Lockheed Martin F-16 Viper Midlife Upgrade, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Wednesday.…
AI & AutonomyHoneywell, Merlin Partner On Autonomous Flight Technology Honeywell, a supplier of avionics systems, and Merlin, a small company developing software for autonomous military aviation, have partnered to bring more autonomy to military and commercial aircraft. The initial focus of…
Editor's NoteArmy Is ‘Biggest Participant’ By Quantity In First Round Of Replicator, Bush Says - March 20 The Army will be “the biggest participant” for the first round of the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems by August 2025 “in terms of quantity,” according to…
UnmannedDIU Seeks Commercial Solutions For sUAS To Operate Amid Electromagnetic Interference - March 13 Eyeing lessons learned from ongoing global conflicts, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week issued a solicitation for commercial solutions that allow small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) and other small unmanned systems…
UnmannedTrump Nominee for DHS Undersecretary Advocates Anti-Drone Bill Legislation in the Senate permitting the use of technology to defeat potential threats from drones is necessary to enable the testing and evaluation of these technologies in operationally relevant environments, a Department…
MilitaryGA Gets $134M Deal For Advanced Reaper Sensor The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Monday awarded General Atomics (GA) Electromagnetic Systems a $134 million contract to finish the development, integration and flight test of an advanced sensor on MQ-9 Reaper drones. The…
CommercialBoeing Buys Millenium Space Systems for SmallSat Solutions Boeing, which filed with government regulators in 2016 for a potential network of thousands of small satellites to provide global Internet access, has agreed to acquire Millenium Space Systems, a developer and…
CommercialL3 Forms ISR Segment out of Aerospace and Sensor Systems After Q2 L3 is consolidating its Aerospace Systems and Sensors Systems business segments into one focused on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) solutions for customers worldwide. The new Texas-based ISR Systems segment supplies sensor…
MilitaryDOD Focused on Beating Russia, China in Hypersonics The Pentagon’s effort to build hypersonic weapons by the early 2020s and ahead of near-peer competitors will require the services to be more direct with their industry partners to make improved use…
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