That work started in 2016 when the Defense Innovation Unit, the Pentagon’s commercial technology hub, awarded Joby a $20 million contract to observe flight tests and gather data on the aircraft’s ...

Attracting private investment. Venture capitalists invested at least $356 million last year in U.S.-based startups developing hypersonic systems and technology, according to analytics firm ...

John Sherman, now the U.S. Department of Defense's chief information officer, presents a keynote address from the Pentagon briefing room for the Cyber Beacon virtual event in December 2020. (Marvin ...

Electronic warfare is re-emerging in military operations, adding a new domain for battle. From the Pentagon to the battlefield, find the latest on EW here. The system is about the size of a shoebox ...

The U.S. Department of Defense is increasingly worried about drones — and is quickly seeking means to counter them. The commercially available equipment can be used to spy and target, as is seen in ...

The Army is still finalizing details related to contracts with defense industry, Amadi said, but the plan is “to focus initial phases of the LASSO program on currently available systems.”. Bomb-laden ...

Meanwhile, the Space Development Agency is developing a new constellation that will also track missiles, made of hundreds of satellites closer to the surface in low Earth orbit. Those are to start ...

Col. Mark Shoemaker, vice commander for operations at Space Launch Delta 45 at Cape Canaveral, said the efforts have changed the way the service views its launch enterprise; no longer just a ...

The Pentagon is turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve logistics and battlefield problems with the hopes of accelerating operations. To stay up on the latest advances, read ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle carries the fifth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III space vehicle for the U.S. Space Force. (SpaceX) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has yet to launch all of the GPS III ...

Another hurdle is a cultural challenge of getting buy-in from older senior officers who did not grow up in the digital era. In 2019, as Israel rolled out its multiyear restructuring plan called ...

The U.S. Army selected Palantir Technologies to develop the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node — a next-generation, software-centric ground system. Under the $178 million deal, announced ...