Army, Navy experimentation efforts foreshadow second wind for Hypervelocity Projectile
Both services view the projectile as a potential defense against unmanned aerial drone threats on land or at sea.
SCO ends Project Overlord, shifts unmanned vessels to Navy
The program produced four vessels that will now be at the Navy’s disposal.
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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.
SCO, Navy Eye More Unmanned Overlord Demonstrations
Overlord is the Pentagon's somewhat secretive USV development program to inform the technology and capabilities that will one day be aboard most unmanned Navy ships and subs.
Navy’s New Unmanned Plan Short on Specifics, But Big On Ambition
"There is an underlying commitment to move as fast as you can... because the pacing threat is constantly moving and accelerating," said Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command.
New TRISO Nuclear Mini-Reactors Will Be Safe: Program Manager
If the Pentagon does build the mobile reactors, it will deploy them far from the front lines – and even if they’re hit, their revolutionary TRISO fuel pellets will stay intact at temperatures that can melt steel.
Hill To Griffin: No Moving The SCO; Shifts It to DepSecDef Norquist
Congress worried that the SCO's ability to act fast would be stymied by layers of bureaucratic approval required for any decisions. Under DARPA, it would have been bumped four reporting levels down.
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GPS: Still the gold standard in global navigation
The GPS network continues to prove its unmatched reliability, and it’s only getting stronger.
US Busts INF Wall With Ballistic Missile, Puts Putin & Xi On Notice
The Pentagon's second test of a previously-banned missile went as planned today, with the US upping its game from a cruise missile to a ballistic missile.
Artificial Intelligence: Will Special Operators Lead The Way?
“The SOF guys are less risk averse than conventional ground forces, so they’re more apt to push the limit,” said Bob Work, father of the AI-driven Third Offset Strategy. “Their commanders also have embraced AI and autonomous ops.... so I think all the conditions are set for SOF to lead the way in the more direct combat applications of AI and autonomy.”
Did We Put This Bug In SCO’s Ear? MALD-X Tested For Swarm EW
Today, the Defense Department announced that MALD-X (Miniature Air-Launched Decoy) successfully completed a “a complex free flight demonstration of advanced electronic warfare techniques.”
Lawmakers Push Pentagon on Reforms, AI, New Missiles
The push from Capitol Hill follows a year of the Pentagon promising to do more, and do it quickly, when it comes to developing and buying next-generation technologies.
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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.
$86,000 + 5,600 MPH = Hyper Velocity Missile Defense
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: The Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office will test-fire a radical new missile defense system in less than a year. The Hyper Velocity Projectile, a supersonic artillery round, is fired from ordinary cannon at 5,600 miles per hour and can kill incoming threats for a mere $86,000 a shot. Compare that to […]
Trump Nominees Signal New Hope For Tech Innovation
President Donald Trump’s six latest nominees to lead the Pentagon provide some hope for those who have long been frustrated with the Defense Department’s roadblocks to procuring innovative technologies. From the Boeing executive who spent time on the company’s successful commercial side who’s been picked for Deputy Defense Secretary, to the House Armed Services aide who crafted the […]
Forget The Terminator; Suicide & Data Drones Are Future, Says SCO’s Roper
AFA HQ: William Roper, the man who’s helping shape that future at the well-named Strategic Capabilities Office, told a packed room here that “stealth won’t last forever;” that adapting to the new version of war he’s helping the country ready for “is going to be harder for the Air Force than the other services;” that […]
Pentagon Can’t Afford To Field 3rd Offset Tech Under BCA: Frank Kendall
WASHINGTON: Can the Pentagon afford its Third Offset Strategy? From anti-ship missiles to artificial intelligence, the military is experimenting with a host of high-tech systems to counter increasingly sophisticated Russian and Chinese forces. That effort is essential, said the Defense Department’s procurement chief, but there’s one problem: If we want to go beyond experiments and […]