The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office awarded Anduril a $100 million other transaction agreement to scale its "edge data integration services capabilities," the Defense Department announced Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office awarded Anduril a $100 million other transaction agreement to scale its "edge data integration services capabilities," the Defense Department announced Tuesday.
The Defense Department has released new information in recent weeks about its classified Replicator drone program, leading Washington analysts to question what kind of future the initiative might have in the incoming Trump administration.
The Defense Department’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office released a long-awaited chartering directive Monday -- which, combined with an upcoming instruction, will form an implementation plan for the AI Adoption Strategy and DOD’s AI policy.
Former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was noncommittal when asked how he felt about Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Pentagon, Wednesday.
Defense contractor AeroVironment is set to acquire startup BlueHalo in an agreement with an “enterprise value of approximately $4.1 billion,” the companies announced Tuesday.
The Defense Innovation Unit is pushing to rapidly expand the Pentagon's domestic supply chain to better deter China, according to senior DIU officials, who highlighted ongoing work with the Replicator drone program and other efforts.
The Defense Department has announced an additional $160 million in Microelectronics Commons investments made during October.
The Pentagon is seeking to amend existing acquisition regulations to prohibit the procurement and operation of uncrewed aerial systems manufactured or assembled by certain foreign entities, according to a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Tuesday.
Participants in the Navy's 2024 Silent Swarm demonstration say the event, which grew to its largest size ever this summer, highlights the need for hardware and software vendors to collaborate on the delivery of electromagnetic warfare capabilities in contested maritime environments.
There is near-unanimous agreement among stakeholders in Microelectronics Commons that the initiative is a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to accelerate the domestic prototyping and production of microchips for national defense, according to one of the program’s leaders.
The Defense Science Board will meet to discuss its 2024 summer study on Nov. 13, according to a Federal Register notice posted Wednesday.
The Defense Department plans to release the next Microelectronics Commons call for projects at the beginning of fiscal year 2026, a senior defense official said today.
The Defense Department is set to fund a research project to develop infrared seekers for hypersonic weapons for use across military services in the amount of $45 million over three years, the department announced Wednesday.
The Defense Department and the Small Business Administration announced the first group of Small Business Investment Company licensees and “green light approved” investment funds under the agencies' joint initiative Monday. (UPDATED)
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.