Sunday, October 6, 2024
Georgina DiNardo was a beat reporter covering emerging technologies until July 2024. Previously, she worked at the "Military Times" and "Defense News", where she reported on technology advancements, military updates and the federal workforce. Before that she graduated from American University, where she interned for "PBS To the Contrary" and served as Managing Copy Editor for "The Eagle", the university newspaper.
The Defense Innovation Unit is focusing on upgrading capabilities for U.S. combatant commanders, including integrated air defense, command and control, counter-drone systems and autonomy, with emerging technology discussions being mostly driven by the war in Ukraine, the organization's U.S. European Command lead told Inside Defense.
Ursa Major's developmental liquid hypersonic engine known as "Draper" has made it out of the startup period and is currently in duration testing to ensure engine survivability through stress tests, a senior company official told Inside Defense.
The Office of Strategic Capital is seeking public input to sculpt the layout of the Defense Department’s new loan program aimed at procuring critical technologies.
The Defense Business Board will hold closed and open meetings on Aug. 1 and 2 to hear from senior Pentagon officials to discuss technology integration, global security operations and transitioning to the next presidential administration.
Saronic, a company that specializes in maritime defense, secured $175 million in private capital funding, valuing the company at $1 billion and giving way to continued development of autonomous surface vessels.
The Defense Innovation Board today said it will launch two new studies focused on expanding Defense Department partnerships with non-traditional companies and the effective development of small, cheap drones for Ukraine as it also provided final recommendations for two past studies, including combining the Office of Acquisition and Sustainment and Office of Research and Engineering into one office, reversing a 2018 congressional decision.
A senior Pentagon official said today that the Joint Fires Network battle management system is on track to deliver prototype 1.0 to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command by the end of the year.
Task Force Lima's report on generative artificial intelligence is in the "final stages" with a due date in August, a senior Pentagon official said today.
The Defense Department today announced an additional security assistance package for Ukraine, including air defense systems, munitions and anti-tank weapons worth an estimated $225 million, with the announcement coming on the heels of the NATO summit in Washington.
The Office of Management and Budget director and the national cyber director said that fiscal year 2026 agency budget submissions for cybersecurity investment priorities should align with the five pillars outlined in the National Cybersecurity Strategy.
Tonya Wilkerson, the nominee to become the new under secretary of defense for intelligence and security, said at a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing today that China remains the U.S.’s main challenge, a threat that, if confirmed, she would focus on.
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks called for a multinational surge in defense industrial capacity procurement at a NATO summit today amid officials' discussions of Ukrainian aid pledges.
The Defense Innovation Unit has released solicitations seeking industry technology that can connect hundreds -- or even thousands -- of autonomous weapon systems across great distances at sea.
It's been about a month since the Defense Department announced it has begun fielding autonomous Replicator drones to troops and Bob Work, a former deputy defense secretary, is voicing praise and concern for the fledgling program, especially regarding funding and its potential impact on operations in the Taiwan Strait.
The Defense Department issued fiscal year 2024’s Microelectronics Commons "call for topics" this week, kicking off a new cycle of projects to flow through the Commons to various Pentagon programs.
A senior official at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency said today that the Maven artificial intelligence program is receiving thousands of updates per week amid efforts to implement it across all U.S. combatant commands.
The Defense Policy Board will hold two classified meetings today and tomorrow to discuss Defense Department readiness for mobilization in a "protracted high-intensity conflict."
The Defense Department released a new information technology strategy today focused on joint warfighting, modernization, management and workforce development.
The Defense Innovation Unit announced it has created a spending plan to handle the nearly $1 billion injection of funds from Congress, which will send roughly half of the funding toward ongoing projects, like the Replicator initiative, in attempts to further DIU 3.0's strategy.
The Replicator initiative has unearthed testing and evaluation infrastructure capability gaps in the Defense Department, which has required the Defense Innovation Unit to work closely with the Pentagon to test capabilities, a DIU official said today.