The Department of Defense is prototyping new spectrum management technology that lets artificially intelligent software route radio communications and wireless data links to the best frequency available, taking account of congestion on the airwaves and even enemy jamming. The news comes amid increasing congestion of ...
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The Air Force Research Laboratory decided last year it would not separate out its space research in light of the creation of the Space Force but would instead remain one lab serving two services. The lab’s new Space Force customers say that, so far, they ...
As part of a continued overhaul of the Air Force’s approach to software acquisition, the Kessel Run software factory signed a user agreement with Air Combat Command last month. The new agreement is a significant milestone in how the MAJCOM and the software factory will ...
Speaking during a virtual panel organized by the Center for a New American Security, director of the Defense Innovation Unit Michael Brown acknowledged that the Defense Department has a number of programs to bring in people necessary to bolster its tech efforts, such as the ...
Held an ocean apart but simulating adjacent military forces, a virtual demonstration Oct. 18 gave the U.K. and U.S. militaries cause to project optimism over someday jointly adopting artificial intelligence “that can learn in the field.” The test represented “just the first step” on the ...
Across the defense establishment, officials have declined to comment on a report that China fielded a nuclear-capable hypersonic weapon in August, but defense policy nominee Alexandra Baker told senators Oct. 19 there was a “sense of urgency” for the Defense Department to develop similar capabilities. ...
The Air Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., brought together top defense experts in September to discuss some of the biggest topics and challenges facing the Air Force and Space Force in a series of 10 “Mission Capability Area” panels. ...
The congressionally chartered National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence has completed its work, but the team that created its 756-page report will continue, backed this time by its former chair, Eric Schmidt, who is committing his own money to the new effort, dubbed the "Special ...
On the same day industry proposals were due for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1 of 126 small satellites, one of the contenders filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office.