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An Air Force pilot will battle AI in a virtual F-16 dogfight next week. You can watch it live. “We envision a future in which […]

Tinker units collaborate, produce first 3-D printed engine component. “We haven’t had a 3D printed metal component in Air Force engines before, but in the […]

The last tank has left Marines Corps base 29 Palms, soon the entire service. “The Marine Corps plans to eventually divest the entirety of its […]

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is working to launch a university that would rival Stanford and MIT and funnel tech workers into government work. “The National […]

Congress skeptical of Navy’s unmanned vessels plans. Navy wants $464 million for unmanned surface vessels, Congress is unimpressed. HASC agreed to just $270 million. SASC […]

US Air Force ready to test tech for new battle management system. “The vision involves networking every shooter and sensor to a cloud computing environment […]

ABMS moves ahead with second round of contract awards. Adds 18 companies to 28 previously selected to compete for ABMS work. That sounds like a […]

R&D head Mike Griffin & deputy Lisa Porter resign. “I have never seen two political appointees leave together to pursue the same opportunity, but if […]

US Air Force says these are its options for hiring private aerial refueling companies. “The cost per flying hour for these solutions ranged from $15,000 […]

Pentagon reshuffles R&D priorities. “We’ve made a lot of progress in hypersonics,” said Mark Lewis, director of defense research and engineering for modernization. “We love […]

SpaceX and US Army sign deal to test Starlink broadband for military use. “…  the Army and SpaceX signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement […]

CVN-78 completed a record 167 aircraft launches & recoveries in a single day. “For comparisons, the existing Nimitz-class with its steam catapults can sustain 120/240 […]

Podcasts I like: S&T Voices from DARPA (restarting production) US Army CCDC’s In the Lab Air Force Research Lab’s Lab Life Acquisition & Contracting Air […]

Marines are finally about to receive their first new pistol in 35 years. “The M18 will replace the Beretta M9 that the Corps adopted in […]