Emerging Tech Archives

U.S., Coalition and Five Eye alliance partners experiment with Air Combat Command’s Tactical Operations Center-enabled Control Reporting Center during the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis’ Capstone event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 8, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Keel)

Air Force plans ‘sprint week’ to experiment with ABMS solutions from industry

The event will focus on different human-maching teaming solutions that can aid battle managers in quickly defeating targets.

Jul 18, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Next-generation air dominance and CCA drone concept art (Lockheed Martin image)

Air Force still expects to award NGAD contract in 2024 despite uncertainties — ACC commander

Although the NGAD program's fate has become uncertain in recent weeks, Gen. Wilsbach still expects a contract award to happen this year.

Jul 10, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. Soldiers from the Fort Hood, Texas-based 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and the Vilseck, Germany-based 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, participate in closing ceremonies for Iron Sword 2014 in Pabrade, Lithuania, Nov. 13. More than 2,500 troops from nine NATO countries, including Canada, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the United States and the United Kingdom, participated in the two-week, multinational combined arms exercise, aimed at enhancing interoperability and ensuring readiness to complete offensive and defensive operations. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson)

Hicks urges NATO to grow industrial capacity, adopt Replicator-like systems

“We need to more rapidly and responsibly adopt new technologies wherever they can add military value — like ... all-domain attritable autonomous systems,” U.S. Deputy Secretary of…

Jul 9, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

(NATO FLAG Photo by MATEUSZ SLODKOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

NATO’s innovation accelerator begins search for its second cohort

Applications will be open for NATO’s Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) for the next six weeks.

Jul 1, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

From Building 213 to the Pentagon: John Sherman reflects on his legacy in government

As he departs from his role as Pentagon CIO, John Sherman spoke with DefenseScoop about his career in government and what challenges DOD faces in the future.

Jun 28, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) walks down the steps of the House Of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on June 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Call for new DOD-led quantum hub builds momentum on the Hill

A House lawmaker is proposing a $20 million increase in Army RDT&E funding for a first-of-its-kind quantum center of excellence.

Jun 21, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Lockheed Martin rendering of the Next-Generation Air Dominance platform

Air Force likely weighing several factors as it contemplates future of NGAD

Analysts told DefenseScoop that a number of variables are likely shaping the Air Force's decision on the fate of its sixth-generation fighter jet, including new technologies, budget…

Jun 21, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

New interoperability standards key to implementing Army’s digital engineering strategy

“There have not really been clear standards that digital engineering tools are developed to comply with, and so what we end up with is a lack of…

Jun 18, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

FCC, NTIA move to expand spectrum access for commercial wireless in partnership with Navy

The changes to the Citizens Broadband Radio Services framework could provide uninterrupted wireless services for approximately 72 million people.

Jun 13, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Abraham Denmark, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for AUKUS, left, Adm. James F. Caldwell Jr., director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, right, Royal Australian Navy Vice Adm. Jonathan Mead, director-general of the Australian Submarine Agency, Royal Australian Navy Lt. William Hall, Royal Australian Navy Vice Adm. Mark Hammond, Chief of Navy, and Erik Raven, Under Secretary of the Navy, pose for a photo during a United States Naval Nuclear Power School (NPS) graduation ceremony at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC), July 7, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dart D. De La Garza)

Pentagon’s top AUKUS adviser and coordinator steps down

The AUKUS alliance is steering trilateral defense technology cooperation between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Jun 13, 2024 By Jon Harper