Army Futures Command picks Austin Community College for software factory The Army is setting up a software factory that will help the service collaborate with students and industry as it modernizes in the digital age. By: Jen Judson 20 hours ago
Companies are lining up to build a replacement for the MQ-9 Reaper drone Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and General Atomics all showed off new design concepts for the MQ-Next program. By: Valerie Insinna 21 hours ago
Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021 As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year. By: Joe Gould 1 day ago
Coronavirus has kept us close to home. It’s a helpful lesson for strengthening national defense. The U.S. Defense Department must throw open its doors to innovators and free itself to make bets; if it does, it will get more world-class tools for its mission owners. By: Justin P. Oberman 2 days ago
The US Air Force has built and flown a mysterious full-scale prototype of its future fighter jet Does this give the Next Generation Air Dominance program more momentum, or does it open it up to more scrutiny? By: Valerie Insinna 2 days ago
Reshoring does not mean ‘Buy America’ only Protectionist efforts are wrong-headed because they are not strictly focused on the real problem in our industrial base, namely the dependencies on companies based in adversarial countries such as China. By: Jerry McGinn 3 days ago
Maintenance delays are ‘blood in the water’ for aircraft carrier critics, admiral says The U.S. Navy has to demand better performance from the shipyards, says Rear Adm. John Meier. By: David B. Larter 6 days ago
Hungary is Rheinmetall’s launch customer for the Lynx fighting vehicle Executives celebrated the order as a key deal for the company, following an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Army’s Bradley replacement program last year. By: Sebastian Sprenger September 11
Analysis: What does the new AFWERX data say about the tech pipeline? While the jury is still out over whether AFWERX and its AF Ventures program will be able to move companies across the valley of death and into recurring defense revenues, it has already lowered barriers to entry. By: Eric Lofgren September 11
AI’s dogfight triumph a step toward human-machine teaming The Pentagon’s director of research and engineering for modernization says it’s more likely that an AI will team with military pilots than replace them. By: Joe Gould September 10
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