The U.S. Air Force has contracted with Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems to build target drones with the ability to perform as high-fidelity enemy threat surrogates, simulating the characteristics of aircraft and missiles. The drones feature Read More
The US Marine Corps has recently been testing the Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV). The EMAV is an autonomous truck capable of transporting casualties, sensors, and weapons. The EMAV is powered by a diesel-electric hybrid Read More
The U.S. Army recently tested Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s Coyote Block 3 non-kinetic effector. It was able to successfully defeat a drone swarm – achieving the Army’s first “air-to-air non-kinetic defeats.” Run by the Army’s Read More
The Defense Department inspector General’s office recently published a report – Audit of the Cybersecurity of Department of Defense Additive Manufacturing Systems – warning of the potential security risks when using 3D printing – also Read More
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is conducting a 90-day analysis of the use of small, low-cost satellites to demonstrate networked radio communications between nanosatellites while in orbit. The CubeSat Networked Communications Experiment Block 1 is Read More
The US Marines are testing the Drone40 – a miniaturized, low-cost, and recoverable unmanned aerial system that can be deployed by hand or launched from a 40 mm grenade launcher to send explosives to targets Read More
Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced research Projects Agency (DARPA) have issued an artificial intelligence exploration opportunity for the Shared-Experience Lifelong Learning (ShELL) project. ShELL will be a new kind of artificial intelligence computer programming Read More
DARPA has selected Raytheon, BAE Systems, and Northrop Grumman to lead research teams in the development of event-based infrared (IR) camera technologies. The Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program will work with event-based Read More
The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Department of the Army recently demonstrated a mobile, fast-forming, secure, and intelligent vehicle-centric microgrid (VCM) prototype that provides mobile power for next-generation Read More
The Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University partnered with Stratodynamics and UAVOS to perform a series of stratospheric flights with HiDRON, an autonomous aircraft. The objective of the tests was to advance new Read More
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