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MITRE opens sUAS experimentation range – Aerospace Manufacturing and Design

Northrop Grumman to design autonomous VTOL aircraft for DARPA. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office awarded …

DARPA selects Boeing to develop counter-hypersonic capabilities, evaluate Glide Breaker program

As part of a four-year effort under DARPA’s Glide Breaker program, Boeing will develop and test technologies for a hypersonic interceptor …

DARPA Seeks Tech Solutions to Create Autonomous Capabilities for Commercial Drones

DARPA’s Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA) program aims to enable a drone to autonomously continue its predefined mission when …

US Army base in Grafenwoehr shows off new elementary school – Stars and Stripes

The community at this vast Army training center got its first look Tuesday at the long-awaited Defense Department elementary school now providing …

Another $20M in federal funds for northern Minnesota Talon nickel mine – Star Tribune

… a high-grade nickel mine in Minnesota has received its second federal grant, a $20.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Cloud Computing: DOD Needs to Improve Tracking of Data User Fees | U.S. GAO

In fiscal year 2022, the Department of Defense committed about $3 billion for cloud computing contracts. Cloud service providers charge user fees …

Boeing leading hypersonic interceptor technologies for DARPA’s Glide Breaker evaluation

Artistic rendition of hypersonic weapons intercepts, courtesy of DARPA. Glide Breaker is intended to inform the design and development of future …

GA-ASI set to start LongShot flight testing phase – SatNews

… (DARPA) LongShot program. Begun in 2020, General Atomics was competitively awarded a contract to develop DARPA’s concept for disruptive air combat …

Space Force prototypes new ‘integrated’ Deltas for readiness boost – Breaking Defense

Recommended · US, allies struggle to find ‘collaborative’ space development projects · Boeing nabs DARPA contract for hypersonic interceptor testing …

Defense Dept. Releases 2023 Cyber Strategy Summary – Lawfare

On Sept. 12, the Department of Defense released an unclassified summary of the classified 2023 Defense … = U.S. Department of Defense of FIER PRAT RTL …