L3Harris Technologies today rolled out its latest software solution for multidomain autonomous system swarms -- called "AMORPHOUS."
Monday, November 10, 2025
Monday, November 10, 2025
L3Harris Technologies today rolled out its latest software solution for multidomain autonomous system swarms -- called "AMORPHOUS."
Ground vehicle autonomy software supplier Applied Intuition announced Thursday its acquisition of autonomy software vendor EpiSys Science (EpiSci), expanding its portfolio across all military domains.
Startups Mistral and Zoltix are set to receive awards totaling $150,000 for their first-place solutions in a challenge hosted by the Defense Innovation Unit and the Singapore's Ministry of Defense, which sought dual-use technologies to scale in support of two operational demands for drone warfare, the DIU announced Wednesday.
The Defense Department published an updated version of its supply chain risk management (SCRM) taxonomy at the end of January -- more than two years since the Pentagon published the first "draft" version.
A follow-on operational test and evaluation of the latest update to the Global Command and Control System-Joint (GCCS-J) will be reported a year later than expected, according to the Pentagon's top weapons tester.
The Defense Department only performed one "operationally realistic" test in fiscal year 2024 across several initiatives meant to support the Pentagon's Digital Modernization Strategy, according to the latest annual report from the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E).
The United States doesn't have the energy to support the new joint venture proposing investments of up to $500 billion worth of infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence, Jeff Waksman of the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities Office said Thursday.
Although there are no existing commercial satellite navigation services that meet the Defense Department's position, navigation and timing needs, a Defense Science Board task force recommends in its latest report that a purchasing function be established to position DOD as an agile adopter when such solutions are available.
The Defense Department is developing a method for program offices to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the pursuit of a modular open systems approach (MOSA) on weapon systems in a wide-ranging MOSA Implementation Guidebook DOD expects to release soon.
The Defense Department awarded $5.1 million to Rare Resource Recycling Inc. (REEcycle) in efforts to support its recovery of four elements critical to neodymium iron boron magnets, which enable a variety of defense applications, DOD announced Friday.
The Defense Department and Small Business Administration on Friday published the names of all but one of 18 licensed and "green light approved" funds forming the first cohort of the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative.
Four pilot programs enabling the maintenance, repair and overhaul of U.S. military equipment are set to be launched in the Indo-Pacific theater, with plans to expand into Europe in the coming year, according to a senior Defense Department official.
Startup defense contractor Anduril announced Thursday that it is set to build its first "hyperscale manufacturing facility," Arsenal-1, in Columbus, OH.
The Defense Innovation Board's recommendations for how the Defense Department could field unmanned weapon systems at scale center around one common theme -- the Pentagon needs to get out of its own way.
Some of the main challenges for the Defense Department's efforts at supply chain illumination and risk management include its lack of centralized priority risk areas and the fact that the Pentagon has no long-term vision for supply chain illumination to guide its efforts, Defense Business Board members said during an open meeting session Monday.
The Defense Innovation Unit could better improve the Defense Department's ability to connect with nontraditional and commercial vendors, enabling innovative capabilities for the warfighter at scale, if its current authorities and responsibilities were expanded to make it into a "cross-service Sherpa," according to the Defense Innovation Board.
President Biden's executive order issued today directs the Pentagon to select and lease federal sites for private-sector entities to build and operate large-scale artificial intelligence data centers.
The Pentagon is working to bolster U.S. industrial supply chains and combat overreliance on foreign sources, according to two senior defense officials.
Defense contractor Anduril is acquiring Numerica Corp.'s radar and command and control businesses, according to a company press release published today.
The Defense Business Board will meet Monday to discuss results from the panel's study examining how the Pentagon could provide better visibility into defense-related supply chain risks.