Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Army leaders across all areas of responsibility shared the challenges they face in efforts to meet the threat posed by adversaries' small, uncrewed aerial systems this week, but one similar refrain remained -- the U.S. military's response must be layered.
The Microelectronics Commons initiative has released a comprehensive list of the 33 semiconductor technology projects that have been chosen to receive the program's first round of funding.
Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin seeking insight into the Pentagon's use of quantum sensing technology to maintain a strategic advantage over the nation's adversaries.
The Pentagon has not treated its responsibility to ensure the resiliency of critical civilian infrastructure with the urgency it deserves, a Defense Science Board task force said in a new report.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's memo announcing Replicator 2 would focus on countering small drones signals that procuring counter-drone technology at scale has been elevated to the highest level, analysts told Inside Defense this week.
Startup defense contractor Anduril Industries announced a "strategic partnership" with California-based satellite bus supplier Apex to deliver capabilities fulfilling the space domain's "deep mission need," the company announced today.
The Defense Department's Office of Strategic Capital has announced the availability of nearly $1 billion for its inaugural loan program aimed at spurring investments in emerging technologies, according to a recent Federal Register notice.
The Pentagon is inviting industry investors and business advisors to Thunderstorm 24-4 -- the latest in its experimental event series -- which will feature technologies meant to enable military operations in contested or remote environments, according to a Friday announcement.
The second iteration of the Pentagon's Replicator initiative will focus on countering small uncrewed aerial systems, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo released Monday.
The Defense Science Board will hold a closed-door meeting next Thursday where the panel will "meet with DOD Leadership" to discuss classified findings and recommendations from several studies and DSB task forces, according to the Federal Register.
New York City-based Distributed Spectrum Inc. will receive $150,000 as U.S. branch winner of the inaugural AUKUS Electronic Warfare Innovation Challenge, the Defense Innovation Unit announced today.
The Defense Department is awarding Nathan Trotter & Co. Inc. a $16.2 million contract to establish a facility enabling comprehensive capacity for the domestic smelting, refining and recycling of tin, the department announced today.
The Pentagon's secretive technology office is seeking research proposals for funding that would deliver the "unconventional uses of existing systems" to enable capabilities across five specific areas, including autonomy and cyber defense, according to a broad agency announcement posted Monday.
Two amendments added to the Senate's version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill would direct the Pentagon to provide congressional defense committees with reports on department actions and procedures related to unmanned systems.
There's no regulation in effect specifically directing federal acquisition personnel to consider the possibility that consultants with U.S. contracts may have ties to China, which, according to the Government Accountability Office, poses a risk to national security.
The Defense Department’s Strategic Advisory Group will brief the head of U.S. Strategic Command on topics including electromagnetic warfare and the annual assessment of the national defense stockpile during a closed-door meeting Oct. 2, according to a Federal Register notice published today.
The Army has awarded Palantir a contract worth more than $99.8 million to scale the company's Maven Smart System prototype for availability across the military services.
The Defense Innovation Unit and the Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration signed an agreement to collaborate on regional approaches to dual-use innovation, DIU said in a press release this week.
The Defense Innovation Unit and Singapore's Ministry of Defense have launched a joint challenge in pursuit of dual-use technologies to scale to support two operational demands for drone warfare, DIU announced Thursday.
The Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital will provide funding support to the Navy for a $25 million joint investment with Ursa Major to mature the company's Lynx manufacturing process to design, produce and test solid-rocket motor prototypes, the company announced today.