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U.S. Air Force Launches Agility Prime Program

May 2, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Agility Prime, All-electric aircraft, eVTOL Aircraft, Flying car, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force and its partners pushed forward with the kickoff of the Agility Prime program this week despite

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Americas Cruise Missiles Technology 

U.S. Air Force Initiates Effort to Develop New Air-Launched Hypersonic Cruise Missile

May 2, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Air-launched cruise missile (ALCM), Cruise missile, Hypersonic missile, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has initiated a new effort to develop a new air-launched conventionally-armed hypersonic cruise missile. According

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Europe Technology 

Qinetiq Awarded Contract to Lead Phase 5 of Dstl Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE) Project

April 29, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) UK, Dstl Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE) project, QinetiQ, UK, Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV)

Qinetiq was recently awarded a significant new contract to lead phase five of the Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE) project

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Americas Space Technology 

Augustus Aerospace Co. Awarded DARPA Contract for Gunsmoke Payload Development

April 26, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Augustus Aerospace Company, DARPA, Gunsmoke satellite, USA

Augustus Aerospace Company has been awarded a 1.5 million contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for

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Americas Technology 

DARPA Awards Contracts for OFFSET Program

April 24, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments DARPA, DARPA OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET), Swarm robotics, Unmanned Vehicle (UxV), USA

DARPA has awarded contracts to nine performers to begin work on the fifth swarm sprint for the agency’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled

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Americas Technology 

BAE Systems Wins DARPA Contract to Develop Machine Learning Analytics As A Service

April 23, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments BAE Systems, BAE Systems FAST Labs, DARPA, DARPA Geospatial Cloud Analytics (GCA), Machine learning, USA

BAE Systems was awarded a contract by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop machine learning analytics

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Americas Technology 

U.S., Norway Collaborating to Explore Advanced Solid Fuel Ramjet Technologies

April 22, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Nammo, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), NAWS China Lake, Norway, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Ramjet, Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR), USA

The U.S. Department of Defense and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence announced their intent to continue a bilateral effort to

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Air Europe Technology 

Airbus Achieves World’s First Fully Automatic Refuelling Contacts

April 17, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Aerial refueling, Airbus, Airbus A330 MRTT, Automatic Air-to-Air Refuelling (A3R)

Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system, the company announced on

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Americas Technology Torpedos 

U.S. Navy Hosts Virtual Industry Day for Hammerhead Program

April 15, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Hammerhead Program (US Navy), Naval mine, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Torpedo, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

The U.S. Navy hosted a virtual industry day in April for the service’s new Hammerhead program seeking to develop a

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Americas Technology 

NASA Tests Telemetry Signal on X-57 Maxwell All-Electric X-Plane

April 15, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments All-electric aircraft, NASA, NASA X-57 Maxwell, USA, X-planes

NASA has announced the successful completion of the telemetry testing of the agency’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell. Telemetry

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