General Atomics’ New Compact, High-Powered Lasers
GA is building a prototype 300-kW missile defense laser for the Pentagon and a 250-kW airborne version with Boeing.
BAE Unveils Advanced Cockpit Controller At AFA 2019
In this video BAE discusses a new cockpit control system, designed with an eye on next generation fighters that may be flying in 2030.
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Keeping sensitive information safe in a new AI era
Why edge and endpoint security can’t be an afterthought.
What The 809 Panel Didn’t Quite Get Right: Greenwalt & Levine
Every word is worth reading to find out what the 809 Panel did right and what needs to be done to fix some of its missteps. Read on! The Editor.
General Dynamics Upgrades The Upgunned Stryker For The Army
General Dynamics offers a refined version of the upgunned Stryker, hoping to sway the Army's choice of lethality upgrade for the 8x8 vehicles come January.
General Dynamics’ Griffin III For US Army Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV)
With a proven hull and a cutting-edge gun, General Dynamics' Griffin III might just hit the Army's sweet spot between innovative and proven.
Acting SecArmy Reaches Out To Industry, Pledges Reforms
AUSA: On the last day of this enormous trade show, the acting Army Secretary made a point of reaching out to the defense industry. Ryan McCarthy promised action on a host of issues important to business, from R&D investments to intellectual property, as well as offering more details on sweeping acquisition reforms internal to the […]
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Next-generation C2 won’t be next-gen without the network transport
The network transport architecture for NGC2 could be a hybrid approach that combines high assurance communications with 5G, WiFi, and multi-orbit satellites.
1st-Ever Electronic Warfare Strategy Headed For SecDef’s Desk
WASHINGTON: With Russian jammers blasting Ukrainian radios off the air, the US Defense Department’s racing to regain its edge in electronic warfare. But there’s been no comprehensive strategy to guide all the armed services’ efforts — until now. The first Defense Department-wide electronic warfare strategy is “basically finished” and headed to Secretary Ashton Carter’s desk […]
Carter Tours Boeing’s Black Diamond; Is It Key to LRSB?
ST. LOUIS: Boeing opened the doors of its Phantom Works’ Virtual Warfare Center to reporters for the first time during Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s visit, showing us tantalizing glimpses of advanced technologies such as its Talon HATE project to improve communications between the F-22 and efforts to double to 16 the air-to-air missile load of an F-15. […]
CEOs Question DoD’s New IRAD Rule
WASHINGTON: Two major defense industry players have a suggestion for Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, whose Better Buying Power 3.0 plan includes a new requirement that companies get the Pentagon’s blessing for internal research and development (IRAD) spending. Back off. “I’m not sure there’s a lot of upside to a lot of DoD oversight of where […]
Boeing To Pentagon: Be Careful When You Pause IRAD Programs
PARIS: The Pentagon’s decision to pause as it reconsiders what path to pursue with the drone fighter known as UCLASS prompted Boeing to send a warning note today that the US military had better keep its commitments if it wants companies to invest their own money in new technologies. Pressed by Rep. Randy Forbes and Sen. John McCain […]
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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.
ORS Is In, Even At SMC; Watch Out Air Force Acquisition!
COLORADO SPRINGS: For years the Air Force space acquisition mafia fought the idea of Operationally Responsive Space. Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), for the most part, made fabulous, big and really expensive satellites at a wonderfully slow pace. Operationally Responsive Space posited cheaper and more rapidly built smaller satellites. They weren’t nearly as capable […]
Pentagon Fears Small, Innovative Firms May Vanish As Budgets Shrink
WASHINGTON: Even if Congress staves off sequestration, the defense industry’s troubles hardly be over. But don’t expect a 1990s-style wave of major mergers, agreed officials and analysts at a conference in the Newseum yesterday: Instead, the squeeze will be on smaller companies — which could have an outsized impact on innovation. “Historically, the defense industry […]