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This Ukrainian startup has re-invented drone swarming
Collaborative drone swarms that bring together kamikaze drones and wheeled robot grenade launchers could be coming to a battlefield near you.
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Task orders and bottlenecks: how the largest US shipbuilder is putting AI to work
HII thinks AI will speed up production in several ways.
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Army picks startup Rivet to build AI-enabled soldier glasses
Anduril and Meta will also reportedly team up to make a prototype.
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The jets were late. Lockheed got on-time bonuses anyway
After nearly 20 years of F-35 production, the program continues to “overpromise and underdeliver,” GAO said.
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Space Force goes commercial for space domain awareness
Nearly 150 companies are vying for a spot in the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, a top official says.
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Test your arms and gear in Ukraine, NATO’s military chief urges companies
“Find the right partners,” said Gen. Grynkewich, “and get up there and do some real-world testing.”
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For Booz Allen, 2025 is the year of the ‘pivot’
The company’s head of defense business talks shifting strategies, navigating policy changes, and how the company is reintroducing itself.
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Leidos takes aim at maritime autonomy
The company wants to make waves in the surface and undersea drone markets amongst startup competitors.
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ULA’s heavy-lift rocket prepares to launch first Space Force mission
The company plans to loft nine missions this year, down from the once-hoped-for 20.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 188: Tech Summit talks: The venture capitalists’ perspective
The last in our series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.
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HII braces for sub slip, but sees growth in drones and mission systems
Domestic shipbuilders are getting a surge of support from the White House, Congress, and the Pentagon.
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Anduril becomes third US supplier of rocket motors, company says
Annual production will grow to 6,000 motors by the end of next year, they say.
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6 firms to join Northrop in autonomous-flight effort
The companies aim to use the defense giant's Beacon ecosystem to flight-test their offerings later this year.
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Boeing downplays impending fighter jet worker strike
The company will “manage” its way through the work stoppage, CEO Ortberg says.
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Zapping drone swarms into submission
Andy Lowery, CEO of defense startup Epirus, talks tech, a new contract, and what keeps him up at night.
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With USAF approval, Northrop resumes work on new ICBM silos
Company is also ground-testing Golden Dome interceptors and looking to speed B-21 production.
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Flying boats and AI-run factories pitched at 'Reindustrialize' event
Defense tech startups showed their ideas at a conference intended to recharge U.S. manufacturing.
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Could modular manufacturing solve US weapons stockpile woes?
Exquisite U.S. weapons are too difficult to build at scale, report finds.
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Microsoft ends use of China-based engineers to patch DOD systems
The move comes after a ProPublica report highlighted a Microsoft program that allows foreign engineers to indirectly interact with U.S. military systems through American “escort” intermediaries.
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