A new order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth includes several directives aimed at facilitating "rapid proliferation” of small uncrewed aerial systems across every military unit.
Friday, July 11, 2025
Friday, July 11, 2025
A new order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth includes several directives aimed at facilitating "rapid proliferation” of small uncrewed aerial systems across every military unit.
The House Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2026 defense policy bill includes provisions from bicameral legislation introduced earlier this year aimed at expanding the United States' defense partnership with Israel, according to an early draft of the bill obtained by Inside Defense.
The office of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering has sent Congress an unfunded priorities list totaling $24.6 million for what it deems to be the Pentagon's most critical Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer projects in fiscal year 2026, according to documents obtained by Inside Defense.
President Trump last week sent nominations for the officials he hopes will fill two roles under Pentagon Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael's research and engineering office -- one a familiar face and another who could be the first Senate-confirmed person to hold the title.
The Pentagon is terminating funding for its rapid experimentation and prototyping initiative in fiscal year 2026, transitioning the program's key elements to the military services, according to recently released budget documents.
The Defense Innovation Unit is looking to start test and evaluation on low collateral defeat counter-drone solutions this fall and “get things out into the warfighter’s hands next summer” in line with the Replicator-2 initiative, an agency official leading the effort told attendees during a conference panel today.
A bipartisan House bill to overhaul the Pentagon's requirements process is the first step toward building a Defense Department that can engage with Silicon Valley and accelerate the delivery of new technologies to warfighters, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) said at a Hudson Institute event today.
AI company Ask Sage, which powers the Army's new generative AI system, announced a $10 million strategic partnership this week with the Army and the Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to expand access across multiple Defense Department components.
The Defense Department's Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office announced yesterday that it will award OpenAI $200 million to develop AI-enabled systems designed to perform complex tasks while maintaining human oversight and control.
House appropriators last week acknowledged an ongoing review of the Defense Department's numerous innovation offices -- the latest in a series of reorganization initiatives at the Pentagon in recent months.
House appropriators are urging the Pentagon to establish a network of dual-use factories, emphasizing the Defense Department must scale commercially available, advanced manufacturing technologies during peacetime to ensure wartime surge capacity.
Amazon's cloud computing platform is set to roll out its "AWS Secret-West Cloud Region" in 2025, the company announced today, marking its second cloud architecture verified to support workloads including data at the secret-level classification for the U.S. federal government.
Defense technology startup consulting firm SBIR Advisors announced today it is rolling out a catalog of sole-source-eligible technology for Pentagon procurement officers with initial deployment through AWS Marketplace.
With China outpacing the United States in industrial capacity, the Pentagon must take a broader approach to building the defense production base needed to counter Beijing, according to a new report from a Defense Science Board task force.
Homeland defense is becoming a central front in future warfare, underscored by the success of Ukraine's recent drone strike, former defense officials said at an AI conference this week.
The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for "ready now" uncrewed systems enabling enhanced mission effectiveness for small military cells operating in contested environments, the organization said in an open call for its latest prize challenge issued yesterday.
The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for outside organizations to assess drone platforms and components for compliance with relevant legislation, according to a request for submissions published Monday.
The NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) launched new challenges Monday to boost the development of cutting-edge, dual-use solutions across 10 technology areas.
The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking submissions for U.S.-owned and operated startups with roots in academia to participate in a 12-week accelerator program preparing them for engagement with the Pentagon's acquisition ecosystem, according to a newly released solicitation from the military's innovation arm.
The White House is directing the Army to build a nuclear reactor at a domestic military base or installation within the next three years, according to an executive order published Friday.