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Space Force picks Northrop for ‘Elixir’ satellite refueling demo

3 weeks ago | c4isrnet.com | Courtney Albon

The Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to develop a satellite refueling capability and demonstrate it through a new mission called Elixir. The award follows a Space Systems Command contract Northrop received last year to develop a tanker satellite called GAS-T, or the Geosynchronous Auxiliary Support Tanker, and incorporates technology and lessons learned from that effort, which the company recently completed.
How Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ could speed up hypersonic range expansion

1 month ago | c4isrnet.com | Courtney Albon

The Pentagon is weighing options to establish new flight corridors to test hypersonic weapons over the U.S. and Australia — and it’s eyeing the Trump administration’s urgent call for a homeland missile shield as a mechanism to speed up the approval process. The Defense Department already leverages several over-sea test ranges to validate that the hypersonic vehicles it’s developing — which are designed to travel and maneuver at speeds above Mach 5 — can hit their targets.
Pentagon expands list of commercial drones certified for military use

2 months ago | c4isrnet.com | Courtney Albon

The Defense Innovation Unit announced Friday it has selected 37 systems and components to add to its list of commercial drone capabilities certified for military use, pending final approvals to ensure they meet congressionally mandated cybersecurity and supply chain standards. DIU in November staged a three-day flight demonstration at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms in California.
Survival of the quickest: Military leaders aim to unleash, control AI

2 months ago | c4isrnet.com | Rudy Ruitenberg |Courtney Albon

PARIS — Artificial intelligence is massively accelerating military decision making, and armed forces that don’t keep up risk being outmatched, the NATO commander in charge of strategic transformation at the alliance said at the AI Action Summit in Paris this week. Alliance members are now using AI in the decision-making loop of observe, orient, decide and act, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Adm. Pierre Vandier, said at a conference focused on military AI.
L3Harris unveils Amorphous autonomy software to manage drone swarms

2 months ago | c4isrnet.com | Courtney Albon

L3Harris on Monday unveiled a software platform, Amorphous, for controlling large swarms of uncrewed systems across multiple domains, allowing aerial drones, ships and other platforms to operate together seamlessly. The software is designed with an open architecture to be platform-agnostic and scalable.
Applied Intuition acquires AI software firm EpiSci

2 months ago | c4isrnet.com | Courtney Albon |Stephen Losey

Software company Applied Intuition announced Thursday it acquired Silicon Valley autonomy firm EpiSci, whose technology has supported a slew of Pentagon programs aimed at integrating AI with military platforms. The move positions Applied, which has until now focused largely on dual-use autonomous technology for land systems, to expand its portfolio into other domains. “We’ve done a lot of on-the-ground, land autonomy,” Applied’s CEO Qasar Younis told Defense News.
Anduril to build ‘Arsenal-1′ autonomous weapons plant in central Ohio

Jan 16, 2025 | c4isrnet.com | Courtney Albon

COLUMBUS, Ohio — U.S. defense contractor Anduril Industries is preparing to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio, adding a planned 4,000 jobs to the area’s burgeoning high-tech sector, state officials announced Thursday. The Cosa Mesa, California-based defense technology company plans to begin construction of what it’s calling “Arsenal 1” as soon as state and local approvals are secured.
The Pentagon’s ‘Replicator’ drone bonanza faces an uncertain future

Jan 14, 2025 | c4isrnet.com | Noah Robertson

In a speech last August, Kathleen Hicks listed the two most common questions about Replicator, her two-year pledge to buy thousands of drones and help the U.S. military compete with China. “When we launched Replicator, a common refrain I heard was: ‘Can it work?’ These days I’m more likely to hear: ‘Will it stick?’” said Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense. That second question soon won’t be hers to answer.
This new tool lets brigades ‘see’ their electronic warfare footprint

Dec 12, 2024 | c4isrnet.com | Todd South

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – A handful of operational U.S. Army brigades now have a tool to “see” how they and enemy forces look in the otherwise invisible electromagnetic spectrum. The Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team Manpack, or TLS BCT, is being fielded to the service’s three “Transformation in Contact” brigades. The Army selected the brigades to receive new commercial equipment, expert training and a series of experiments while preparing for operational deployments.
Pentagon green-lights counter-drone strategy amid ‘urgent’ threat

Dec 5, 2024 | c4isrnet.com | Courtney Albon |Noah Robertson

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed off on a classified strategy Monday for countering drone threats in an effort to unify the military’s approach to protecting its facilities and personnel from weaponized unmanned aerial systems. “Unmanned systems pose both an urgent and enduring threat to U.S. personnel, facilities, and assets overseas,” the Pentagon said in a statement Thursday announcing the strategy.