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Navy Invests in Shield’s Vertical-Takeoff CCA

Shield AI, a specialist vying to provide the autonomy software for the Air Force’s autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft, has won…

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Air Force

DARPA came close to finding a drone that can lift four times its own weight

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) concluded its Lift Challenge last week, and although none of the participants achieved the desired…

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Defense Technology

DIA’s artificial intelligence chief envisions ‘agent-to-agents’ interactions that support military operations

he Defense Intelligence Agency’s chief AI officer is anticipating a future in which digital agents work together across a combatant…

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Global Conflicts

U.S. Navy Eyes Advanced Payload Launcher for Future Attack Boats

The U.S. Navy wants to integrate payload launchers capable of supporting undersea weapons and drones for the fleet’s future attack…

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Air Force

Space Force Closely Watching Execution Risk as it Implements Acquisition Reforms

As the Space Force enacts sweeping acquisition reforms over the next few years—changes that will shift the way it sets…

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Air Force

Air Force Seeks New Ideas for Cheap MQ-9 Alternatives by Year End

DAYTON, Ohio—The Air Force plans to select vendors by the end of 2026 to help develop concepts for cheap, attritable drones that…

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Air Force

Pentagon puts out call for robot boats that launch attack drones

Spurred on by the threat of unmanned boats and small drones in contested waters such as the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon has…

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Air Force

First Anduril YFQ-44A rolls off production line for US CCA program

Anduril’s first Ohio-made unmanned, semi-autonomous aircraft rolled off the production line Monday, just four months after its beginning. The defense company’s first…

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Defense Industry

Space Force Wants Commercial Bandwidth for SATCOM Experiments

The Space Force is moving forward with a series of experiments to test ideas for broadening its narrowband satellite communication…

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Defense Industry

How startups are reshaping the Pentagon’s drone industry

Last month, the Defense Department wrapped up another round of the Drone Dominance competition, a $1.1 billion program aimed at strengthening the…

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