Maxar wins next phase of Army’s One World Terrain effort
Maxar has been working on the Army's virtual map program since 2019.
INTO THE MILITARY METAVERSE: An empty buzzword or a virtual resource for the Pentagon?
“You think about, like, a picture's worth 1,000 words, the video clip’s worth a million words – well, how much is it worth to be able to literally experience it based on anywhere you are?”
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Keeping sensitive information safe in a new AI era
Why edge and endpoint security can’t be an afterthought.
Project Avenger: VR, Big Data Sharpen Navy Pilot Training
The first class of trainee pilots to use the new technology — and the more individualized instruction it allows — are making rapid progress, Navy officials say.
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The B-52 Is Aiming For Its Seventh Decade Of Service; The USAF Has New Engine Requirements To Make It Possible
In this Viewpoint from Rolls-Royce North America, Craig McVay, senior vice president of strategic campaigns and retired Marine Corps fixed-wing aviator, discusses how the company is bringing advanced technology and support to the USAF B-52 re-engining program.
DoD Presses Industry For 5G Spectrum Sharing Prototype Ideas
DoD hopes that sharing spectrum will help lower costs and create a sustainable 5G industrial base as it battles to keep up with China.
20 Firms Of 350 Advance In Army Shark Tank: $1.7 M In Prizes
Read about the 20 innovators in AI, biotech, materials & more who will compete at AUSA’s Huntsville conference in March as the Army shakes up its acquisition system.
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
Army Targeting Goggles, VR Training May Use JEDI Cloud
The Army’s building a detailed VR map of the planet and the service’s CIO sees JEDI as the logical place to host such a massive database.
There’s No Business Development Like Show Business Development
Bell's snazzy new demonstration center may be the future of how defense contractors pitch their tech to Pentagon and congressional staff.
5G: Pentagon Asks Tech Sector For Help
Four military installations, yet to be named, will host experiments in VR training, tracking supplies in “smart warehouses,” and – most importantly – sharing scarce spectrum.
Unsafe At Any Speed: Multiple Vulnerabilities Afflict 5G
The coming network needed for autonomous vehicles, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things will also bring cybersecurity danger.
The state of play in military space
The military space sector is evolving fast. Get the latest from Space Force and industry officials on what’s next for acquisition, policy and training in a new Breaking Defense eBook.
Let The (War) Games Begin: Army Buying High-Tech Training Sims
After decades using the same clunky simulators, the Army is about to buy new sims drawing on the latest innovations in online gaming.
Show Me The Battle: Cyber Command Needs Data Fusion, Training Sims & C2
Until cyber operators can both train realistically and see the their digital battlespace as clearly as traditional commanders see physical battlespace, they'll be hard-pressed to defend everyone else's systems.
War Games: Army Replacing 1980s Simulators With Gaming Tech
The first phase of the Synthetic Training Environment initiative replaces existing simulators for vehicles. The second phase aims to create — in just two years — something the Army’s never had before: an “immersive” virtual training environment for troops on foot.
Top Gun For Grunts: Mattis May Revolutionize Infantry
"To get a quantum increase in the quality of close combat forces, we can do it in the next two years, (and) the cost compared to the rest of the DoD budget is very small," said retired Maj. Gen. Robert Scales, who chairs the advisory board for Secretary Mattis's Close Combat Lethality Task Force.