Thursday, April 25, 2024
The Navy's Joint Prototyping and Experimentation Maritime Program plans to test the ability of sensors to detect unmanned vessels later this year and is requesting industry input on this type of technology, according to a request for information posted Monday.
DENVER -- Two months after the Army announced it would be cancelling the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program as part of a larger aviation rebalance, Sikorsky is putting the engine in its prototype aircraft to use in preparation for modernizing the Black Hawk instead.
DENVER -- The Chinook CH-47F Block II helicopter is expected to reach full-rate production in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, an Army official said here at the annual Army Aviation Association of America conference. Prime contractor Boeing anticipates the first aircraft to be delivered to the Army within a matter of weeks.
The two senior officials in charge of Pentagon acquisition and technology said today that they are working on several promising projects for countering drones and low-cost missiles, including everything from acoustic detection systems to directed-energy lasers and high-powered microwaves.
The Air Force is moving ahead with Anduril Industries and General Atomics to advance their designs into the prototyping stage for the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the Air Force announced today.
Vector Atomic, a small quantum precision company, told Inside Defense it will receive approximately $11 million in “APFIT” funding to help increase manufacturing of optical clocks that do not rely on vital materials from countries such as China and Russia, adding that the Defense Innovation Unit successfully integrated the system into an atomic gyroscope.
Northrop Grumman isn't looking to compete for non-survivable drone programs and will focus on drones for high-end threats, CEO Kathy Warden told investors today during the company's first-quarter earnings call.
The Navy plans to establish a new unmanned surface vessel squadron -- a new organization that will focus on tactics, techniques and procedures and the concept of operations for small USVs, according to a Navy official.
Vector Atomic, a small quantum precision company, told Inside Defense it will receive approximately $11 million in “APFIT” funding to help increase manufacturing of optical clocks that do not rely on vital materials from countries such as China and Russia, adding that the Defense Innovation Unit successfully integrated the system into an atomic gyroscope.
The Defense Department announced the second tranche of projects selected to receive funding in fiscal year 2024 from the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies, known as APFIT.
The Navy plans to establish a new unmanned surface vessel squadron -- a new organization that will focus on tactics, techniques and procedures and the concept of operations for small USVs, according to a Navy official.
The Pentagon plans to pump an additional $1.7 billion -- a 75% increase over last year's plan between fiscal years 2025 and 2028 -- into the secretive shop that prototypes new and surprising ways of using existing technology to bolster conventional deterrence against China and Russia.
