Lockheed live-fires new vertical-launch JAGM for naval counter-drone role
The new JAGM Quad Launcher can also go on ground vehicles and retains the widely used missile’s ability to target tanks, ships, and other surface targets, the company said.
Qunnect announces Air Force contract for quantum networking over conventional fiber
The Air Force Research Lab’s award to the NYC-based startup is also a vote of confidence in the idea of using quantum particles for secure communications — an idea of which the NSA has long been skeptical.
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Faster propulsion R&D for modern airpower
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
SAIC will acquire software shop SilverEdge for $205 million
Currently part of private equity firm Godspeed Capital, SilverEdge recently announced a generative AI platform designed to handle TS/SCI national security data, which it says is already operational at multiple, unnamed agencies.
Picogrid integrates ‘universal translator’ for stovepiped systems into Palantir’s Maven
The small company’s Legion software is also being integrated with Northrop Grumman’s AiON counter-drone system.
Northrop Grumman’s partners tout AI software, from AR training to mission planning
The six partners will test their software modules on Northrop’s Model 437 Vanguard jet, which returned to the air Sept. 20 after almost a year of modifications for the company’s “Beacon” program.
Air Force AI writes battle plans faster than humans can — but some of them are wrong
“While we're getting faster results and we're getting more results, there's still going to have to be a human in the loop for the foreseeable future to make sure they’re all viable,” said Maj. Gen. Robert Claude.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Joint Fires Network will complete transition from R&D to acquisition program Oct. 1
“We’ll formally take the stick in a week,” said Maj. Gen. Luke Cropsey, head of the Air Force’s increasingly powerful PEO-C3BM, which is building new AI-enhanced command networks for the Air Force and the other services.
GE Aerospace picks Merlin for AI co-pilot, with eyes on KC-135 CCR upgrade [EXCLUSIVE]
In the near term, the "Merlin Pilot" could replace one of the two crew currently required to fly the KC-135 tanker and C-130J transport — but the ultimate aim is for the AI to fly complex missions on its own.
NRO needs AI to manage more than 200 (and counting) satellites, director says
Chris Scolese envisions an NRO constellation user saying, “‘I want to know how many ships are in the Taiwan Strait’ ... and then the system could go off and do it.”
Northrop Grumman offers made-in-USA microelectronics to partner firms
Northrop’s three government-certified semiconductor factories are now taking orders from other aerospace and defense firms, the company announced.
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The network transport layer is the backbone of next-generation command and control
Hybrid communications requirements will shape the Army’s data infrastructure of the future.
Northrop Grumman’s AI testbed will fly for the first time this fall, company says
Northrop’s new Prism software will not only fly the aircraft but also allow partner companies to plug-and-play all sorts of software modules for different missions and special equipment, Northrop Grumman's Dan Salluce told reporters.
AI for ATO: Pentagon seeks AI to streamline cumbersome cybersecurity processes
“Like Frank's Red Hot Sauce, we should be trying to put AI on anything that you can," said David McKeown, a senior cybersecurity official.
DoD R&E chief says Pentagon will trim ‘critical technology’ list
"The idea is to concentrate back to a number that we really believe is critical," Emil Michael said.
Pentagon moves AI office under R&D, raising fears it’s ‘demoting AI’
“When you pull an organization that was a direct report to the deputy secretary or secretary and move it somewhere else…the message to the force is loud and clear: This isn’t a priority,” said retired Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, who founded the predecessor to the current Chief Digital & AI Office (CDAO).