All Department of Defense articles – Page 15
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NewsDARPA tests artificial intelligent dogfighting in two-versus-one simulations
DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution programme tested team dogfighting between artificial intelligence-controlled fighters in a software simulation in February.
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NewsDARPA kicks off feasibility study of military jetpacks
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is studying the technical feasibility of military jetpacks, and other personal flying platforms, potentially for use by US special forces.
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NewsDARPA’s multi-modal ‘LongShot’ missile programme awards design contracts
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded preliminary design contracts for its LongShot programme, a concept that envisions an air-launched unmanned air vehicle carrying and firing multiple smaller air-to-air missiles.
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NewsBoeing F-15EX goes vertical in first flight
The first example of the new combat aircraft went vertical in a “Viking” departure manoeuvre shortly after it lifted off from St. Louis Lambert International airport in Missouri on its first flight.
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NewsFacing Biden administration, Raytheon drops sale of offensive weapon to Middle Eastern country
Raytheon dropped the sale of an offensive weapon system to an unnamed Middle Eastern country due to concerns that the new President Joseph Biden administration would not grant it a direct commercial sales export license.
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NewsLloyd Austin confirmed as USA’s first African American secretary of defence
The US Senate confirmed Lloyd Austin as the USA’s first African American secretary of defence on 22 January.
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NewsStealthy Fifth-Generation Aerial Target lost due to in-flight mishap
The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation’s stealthy Fifth-Generation Aerial Target (5GAT) was lost to an in-flight mishap in October.
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In depthUS Marine Corps commits detachment of F-35Bs to HMS Queen Elizabeth
The US Marine Corps has committed a detachment of Lockheed Martin F-35Bs to the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier for its first overseas deployment this year.
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NewsExcess movement prevents C-130 from retrieving Gremlins in mid-air test
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) came within inches of snatching several X-61A Gremlins unmanned air vehicles out of the sky using an arm extended from the cargo bay of a Lockheed Martin C-130. However, the aerial captures were aborted because of too much movement between the docking mechanism and the drones.
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NewsBiden to nominate retired US Army general Lloyd Austin as defence secretary: reports
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate retired US Army general Lloyd Austin as defence secretary, according to widespread news reports that cite confidential sources. If confirmed by the US Senate, Austin would be the first African American to lead the Pentagon in its 73-year history
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NewsDARPA’s CODE autonomously flies General Atomics’ Avenger UAV
A General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Avenger unmanned air vehicle was recently autonomously flown by an artificially intelligent software program developed by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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NewsKratos upgrades mixed-reality helicopter trainer to simulate aerial assaults
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has launched a new upgrade to its mixed-reality helicopter aircrew training system.
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NewsUSA approves $23bn sale of F-35s, MQ-9Bs and thousands of weapons to UAE
The US Department of State has approved the sale of an aircraft and weapons package worth up to $23.37 billion to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including 50 examples of the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter.
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NewsNorthrop, Boeing AEW&C work demonstrates open mission system potential
Northrop Grumman and Boeing have demonstrated an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar optimised as an open mission system connecting with an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system in recent ground and flight tests.
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NewsUSA approves sale of four MQ-9B SkyGuardians to Taiwan
The US Department of State has approved the possible sale of four General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned air vehicles to Taiwan.
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NewsF-35 saga of delays continues as full-rate production pushed back again
The DoD had expressed confidence as recently as August that IOT&E would be complete by March 2021, after multiple delays since the process started in December 2018.
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NewsTexas A&M to lead $100m hypersonic research consortium for Pentagon
The US Department of Defense has awarded Texas A&M University’s Engineering Experiment Station a 5-year contract worth $20 million per year to establish and manage the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics.
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News5GAT first flight scheduled for October
The US Department of Defense’s Office of Operational Test and Evaluation plans to test fly its Fifth-Generation Aerial Target prototype for the first time in October at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.
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NewsLockheed Martin plans to buy Integration Innovation’s hypersonics portfolio
In the realm of hypersonic technologies, Integration Innovation says it specializes in thermal protection systems, propulsion, missile seeker windows and domes, ground test and evaluation facilities and services, flight test services, weather evaluation, modelling and simulation, and software development.
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NewsPentagon, SpaceX may demo rocket delivery of cargo in 2021
The US Transportation Command has partnered with Space Exploration Technologies Corporation to study delivering tens of thousands of kilograms worth of cargo to anywhere on Earth within about an hour using the aerospace company’s vertical landing rockets.