1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (251+ words) In an effort to align IT and cyber responsibilities, senators are proposing to create a new Undersecretary of Defense for Cyber, Information, and Networks position within the Pentagon. The Pentagon's CIO serves as the top advisor for information technology matters…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (241+ words) U. S. Special Operations Command is on the hunt for new technologies to enable a variety of robotic platforms to detect and process adversary signals. SOCOM's program executive office for tactical information systems and the SOFWERX innovation hub are spearheading a new…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (216+ words) U. S. Special Operations Command and the SOFWERX innovation hub are launching a new initiative to support SOCOM's pursuit of new capabilities to train computer vision models for unmanned systems. American special operations forces use various types of drones in the air,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (490+ words) While small drones increase the distance at which small units can identify or destroy an adversary target, Marines are still contending with how much those systems weigh and the "cognitive drains" it takes to operate them, a service official said…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (345+ words) A major counter-drone exercise taking place in Europe this month has demonstrated U. S. soldiers" additive manufacturing prowess, according to an officer involved in the experimentation and training event. The effort, dubbed Flytrap 5. 0, is being held at Pabrad" Training Area in Lithuania,…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (508+ words) The Pentagon's counter-drone task force announced a new pilot program this week aimed at fielding directed energy systems for UAS defense to five military installations across the country over the next six months. Joint Interagency Task Force 401, an Army-led entity…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (380+ words) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has notched the first flight of the XRQ-73, a reconnaissance drone designed to demonstrate hybrid-electric propulsion technologies for future autonomous systems. The flight occurred in April at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in collaboration…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (481+ words) The Pentagon's Chief Digital and AI Office is eager to expand its deployment of a new task automation platform " the "CDAO Wingman" " that's designed to help defense and military users develop and scale their own digital assistants to offload document-heavy…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (449+ words) The Army is on the hunt for a readily available, rapidly deployable drone that service officials hope will address "reconnaissance and security gaps" that "severely limit" a battalion's ability to assess the battlefield, according to a recent call for solutions…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (895+ words) As the Marine Corps prepares to introduce a robotic wingman drone into its aviation fleet in the next few years, officials are simultaneously parsing out its long-term plans for developing unmanned aerial vehicles for other missions. The Corps wants to…...