Lockheed Martin delivers 300-kilowatt laser to Defense Department
The new laser will take part in the Army's demonstration of its Indirect Fires Protection Capability-High Energy Laser later this year.
Lockheed developing prototype 5G testbed for Marines
The company is developing the Open Systems Interoperable and Reconfigurable Infrastructure Solution for the office of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering through September 2024.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
Pentagon’s innovation steering group mapping existing efforts
"Each of the services is clearly working on their own services capability gap so there's a missing piece in terms of when we fight in a conflict," Shyu said. "We don't fight within a single service, we fight jointly."
Joint US-Australian Hypersonic Cruise Missile Moves Ahead
SCIFiRE is aimed at maturing an air-breathing hypersonic conventional cruise missile launched from either a fighter or a bomber.
OSD Writes Hypersonic Flight Test Guidelines
“I don’t want to get into any specifics,” Mike White told me, “but some of the challenges we’ve had so far getting to flight have been, in certain instances, avoidable."
DoD Needs To Sharpen Hypersonics Oversight: GAO
GAO notes that efforts to defend against Russian and Chinese hypersonic missiles are much less mature than offensive efforts, with much less funding. Only 12 of 70 projects tracked by GAO related to defenses; DoD requested $207 million in 2021 for hypersonic defense, up from $157 million in 2020.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
Experts Tell Congress How To Turn Innovation Into Reality
Emphasizing venture capital, modular open architecture, and software development will help turn neat ideas into battle-ready weapons, acquisition gurus told Congress. But having separate bureaucracies for Research & Engineering and Acquisition & Sustainment may be a problem.
What Will Spur Open Standards For 5G: DoD, NTIA Ask Industry
DoD wants 5G systems based on open architectures that allow plug-and-play operations and avoid vendor lock.
Air Force To Launch 4G LTE At 20 More Bases Next Month
"While we're all focused on 5G, and we've got a lot of possibilities in 5G, we also know 5G is not an endpoint," said Dan Massey, one of three 5G program leads at OUSDR&E. "So, what goes beyond 5G?"
The Pentagon’s Plans To Network EVERYTHING: Faist
The military sees huge potential in tiny electronics to revolutionize warfare with swarms of expendable, interconnected drones. But it doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of the F-35 by building a single multi-service mega-program to build them.
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Answering the demand signal to move faster, field sooner, iterate continuously
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
5G Experiments In US Pave Way To Battlefields Abroad
Having awarded $600 million for 5G pilots at five bases in the US, the Pentagon will formally solicit for seven more in the coming months. But will 5G work in war zones?
NIST Hones In On NatSec Quantum Research
"[I]t's really a good time, and important, for the government to step in and help prime the pump," says Celia Merzbacher, deputy director of NIST's Quantum Economic Development Consortium.
Air Force Collaborative Pushes AI Frontiers — Fast
DARPA used the collaborative to find and contract the industry competitors in the AlphaDogfight which resulted in an AI 'pilot' built by Heron Systems beat a top Air Force F-16 pilot in a simulated WWII-style aerial battle.
Spectrum Sharing Key Goal Of Latest DoD 5G Experiments
"Our goal is that by the end of fall to have these test beds stood up, and industry working at those sites," Joseph Evans, DoD's technical director of 5G, says.