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GAO Recommends Changes to Army's Future Vertical Lift Acquisition Process
The U.S. Army is developing several aircraft systems to supplement and replace its aging fleet of helicopters. Aircraft in this portfolio, known as Future Vertical...
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Air Force Forecasts 2040 Operating Environments in Global Futures Report
The Air Force published its Global Futures Report April 12, assessing four potential operating environments Airmen may have to navigate in before the turn of the...
INSIDER Energy
Leonardo to Provide Electric Propulsion Components for Columbia-Class Submarine
Leonardo DRS, Inc. has been awarded contracts valued at over $1 billion to provide the integrated electric propulsion components for the U.S. Navy’s...
INSIDER Communications
AFRL Conducts First Flight Experiments for Communications in Terahertz Band
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) researchers recently conducted flight experiments in Rome, New York to prove the viability of communications at radio...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Navy Engineers Test Aging Equipment to Find a Cost-Saving Solution for MQ-25
Engineers at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) are testing the Navy’s current fleet of Aerial Refueling Store pods to support the...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Army Green Lights Infantry Squad Vehicle Upgrade Production
The U.S. Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) program was approved by the Program Executive Officer for Combat Support & Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS) to transition...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Defense Leaders Receive First Intel SHIP Multi-Chip Prototype
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) last week celebrated a milestone achievement for the State-of-the-Art (SOTA) Heterogeneous Integrated Packaging (SHIP) Program with the...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
New Algorithm Developed by MIT Researchers Keeps Drones from Colliding in Midair
When multiple drones are working together in the same airspace, perhaps spraying pesticide over a field of corn, there’s a risk they might crash into each...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Airbus Achieves Autonomous In-Flight Control of Drone From Tanker
Autonomous in-flight guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT was achieved during a recent flight-test in Spain performed by Airbus Defense and Space and the...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Navy Selects Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to Develop Hypersonic Missile
The Navy issued two contracts on Mar. 27 valued at a total of $116 million to Raytheon Missiles and Defense and Lockheed Martin for the initial development for a...
INSIDER Regulations/Standards
New Consortium to Develop Thermal Protection Materials for Hypersonic Vehicles
Several countries are competing to develop the most advanced hypersonic vehicles, and a team of researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Navy to Start Using Autonomous Cold Spray Metallization Technology for H-1 Helicopter Maintenance
Following years of rigorous testing and evaluation, a cold spray metallization technology that was initially demonstrated at Fleet Readiness...
INSIDER Materials
University of Rochester Lab Creates New 'Reddmatter' Superconductivity Material
In a historic achievement, University of Rochester researchers have created a superconducting material at both a temperature and pressure low enough for...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Tailoring the Optoelectronic Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Sensing and Electronics
A team of Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers partnered with Pennsylvania State University to publish an article in the...
INSIDER Defense
Army Integrated Sensor Architecture Modernization Effort Continues
Developers and engineers at the Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) Integration Directorate have been modernizing the US...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
MIT Report Finds US Lead in Advanced Computing is Almost Gone
A new report from an MIT researcher and two colleagues sheds light on the decline in U.S. leadership in the development of domestically produced advanced computing. The scientists...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
Reliable Robotics to Provide Aircraft Automation Study for US Air Force
Reliable Robotics has received a U.S. Air Force contract to explore the automation of large, multi-engine jets. This study will include a feasibility assessment of full...
INSIDER Aerospace
The Future of Avionics: Machine-Learned and Certified
The emerging advanced air mobility market is driving the convergence of airborne electronic systems that are highly integrated with unprecedented functionality. Legacy avionics systems...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Boeing to Develop Two New E-7 Variants for US Air Force
Boeing will begin development of two new U.S. variants of the E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft through a $1.2 billion "Undefinitized Contract Action."
INSIDER Aerospace
US Navy Selects Special Missions King Air 260 as New Multi-Engine Trainer System
In a contract first announced on Jan. 25, the U.S. Navy has awarded Textron Aviation a single, firm-fixed-price contract to develop the T-54A multi-engine...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Air Force to Inspect KC-135 Fleet for Non-Conforming Tail Pins
The Air Force is directing inspections of KC-135 tanker aircraft for a non-conforming part in the vertical tail assembly. The Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) restricts...
INSIDER Aerospace
DARPA AI Algorithms Transition from Simulator to Flying Modified F-16
A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 flight tests in which artificial intelligence (AI) agents piloted the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test Completed from Vandenberg
A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
US Air Force Test Center Invests $287 Million in Flight Test Instrumentation
Curtiss-Wright has been awarded a 10-year, $287 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) – Air Force Test...
INSIDER Software
Airbus Launches European Defense Fund Research and Development Projects
Airbus has launched two defense research and development projects that it is coordinating as part of the 2021 European Defense Fund (EDF). In July 2022, the European...
INSIDER Aerospace
Report Finds Navy Super Hornet Fighter Jets Aging Worse Than Predecessors
Introduced in the mid-to-late 1990s, the Department of the Navy’s (DON’s) F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a multirole, fixed-wing aircraft capable of attacking other...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
US Army Approves Common Infrared Countermeasure Systems for Early Fielding
Northrop Grumman’s Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) with the U.S. Army. With IOC, the U.S. Army...
INSIDER Power
US Air Force Awards $85 Million Contract to Develop Pre-Production eSTOL Aircraft
Electra has been selected by the U.S. Air Force AFWERX innovation arm for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) award that secures up to $85 million between...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
French Air and Space Force CN-235 Fleet to Receive New Avionics Upgrades
A consortium formed by Sabena Technics and Thales has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of the French Air and Space Force’s fleet of CN-235 twin-turboprop...
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