HAL Unveils Cleansheet Supersonic Trainer
A brand new Indian supersonic jet trainer is all set to be unveiled by India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) at the upcoming Aero India … HAL Unveils Cleansheet Supersonic Trainer Read More »
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DARPA Exploring Use of Drone Swarms Under AMASS Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is exploring the future U.S. use of autonomous drone swarms against high-tech adversaries under the agency’s Autonomous Multi-Domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms (AMASS) program. Responses to a b…
Chinese Balloon Incident Renews Call by Colorado Leaders to Keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado
In the wake of the Chinese balloon overflight of the U.S., seven Colorado leaders, including Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)–the new chair of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, are urging the Pentagon to keep the headq…
U.S. Space Force Launches Third Pathfinder Mission to Demonstrate High-Bandwidth Protected Communications
The U.S. Space Force launched Hispasat‘s Amazonas Nexus satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 6 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. The Pathfinder 2 mission is the third Pathfinder mission to explore the military use of comm…
Pentagon Limits V-22 Fleets Due To Clutch Issue
Bell [TXT]/Boeing [BA] V-22s Osprey tiltrotor aircraft across the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force are getting time limits and some aircraft are being grounded due to an engine clutch issue, pending replacement parts and a longer term fix. The V-22 Osp…
DARPA Program Explores Possibility of Scaling Up Quantum Computers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing (US2QC) program is exploring the costs and benefits of accelerating the development and scaling up of quantum computers to head off …
India’s Largest Military Helicopter Factory Kicks Off
A long awaited hub facility where India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will build a range of helicopters for the military and civilian customers will be … India’s Largest Military Helicopter Factory Kicks Off Read More »
U.S. Air Force Acquisition Chief Letter to North Dakota Senators Acknowledges Threat of Chinese Company Near Base
A letter from U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter last month to North Dakota’s senators acknowledges the thteat that a Chinese company would pose to national security, if the company–a leading maker of monosodium glutamate–…
U.S. Air Force Awards Boeing Up to $1.6 Billion for ICBM Engineering Support
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill AFB, Utah has awarded Boeing [BA] an up to $1.6 billion sole-source contract through Feb. 1, 2039 for engineering services to support the guidance systems for company-built Minuteman III ICBMs. Boeing said o…
USAF Official Proposes Leasing Intellectual Property to Allies to Ramp Up Production
A top U.S. Air Force official has broached allowing allies to use intellectual property for defense articles to ramp up their production overseas. “We are going to need to figure out incentivizing intellectual property, but also using it to scale…