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By   Theresa Hitchens on March 31, 2021 at 6:37 PM A KC-46 refuels an F-35 WASHINGTON: Tankers and cargo aircraft could in future carry their own counter-air missiles — or even launch missile-carrying drones — to help them survive ever-more sophisticated enemy air defenses, Air Mobility Command head Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost says. “We have hardpoints on the C-17; we have hardpoints on the KC-46. It’s not a hard stretch to think that we could put one or two missiles on there for self ...

Ministry of Defence commits £6.6bn to development of new technologies such as hypersonic missiles and laser weapons 17 March 2021 • 10:00pm Boris Johnson has committed £6.6 billion for novel military research The development of new technologies such as hypersonic missiles and laser weapons is to be given a boost from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with extra money, the Government has announced.    The MoD will invest a significant amount of the extra money it won from the Treasury last ye...

Utah Business Utah’s technology sector continues to make waves, with five metro areas topping the Milken Institute’s tech-focused Best-Performing Cities index. Utah’s software, consumer tech, and health tech sectors are turning heads and attracting huge amounts of money and prestige.  To see where Utah’s next big tech boom will come from, you need to look up— way up. After quietly building momentum for decades, Utah’s aerospace industry is primed for a prolonged heyday, fueled by a...

Chaos, cash and COVID-19: How the defense industry survived — and thrived — during the pandemic By: Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna March 15 Photo credit: Sgt. Wesley Timm/U.S. Marine Corps Photo credit: Sgt. Wesley Timm/U.S. Marine Corps WASHINGTON — U.S. Air Force leaders faced a dilemma. The service needed a key raw material from Italy for one of its critical nuclear modernization programs. But in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, as industrial facilities shut down a...

Quick Hits Will Roper, the former Air Force acquisition chief, has joined the board of directors of Volansi, a company focused on autonomous, vertical take-off and landing middle-mile drone delivery services and holds a spot on the USAFs Skyborg program, and also joined the board of advisers at augmented reality firm Red 6. *** According to a recent Government Accountability Officereport, federal agencies continue to pursue data center consolidation goals without a clear, consistent metric f...

Share this article Share this article SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Red 6, a revolutionary technology firm at the forefront of synthetic air combat training, is proud to announce Dr. Will Roper, former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) as a member of the Advisory Board. In this role, Roper will lend his expertise to support Red 6s Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS). "We are overjoyed to welcome Dr. Roper...

socaltech.com Santa Monica-based augmented reality, air combat training technology developer Red 6 said on Thursday that it has added Dr. Will Roper, former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L). Red 6 said Roper was responsible software, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital engineering, and initiated high-tech programs for hypersonic weapons, autonomous drones, advanced satellites and rockets, and a militarized Internet of Things (IoT). Red...

By Washington Technology staff Mar 04, 2021 Will Roper, the former Air Force acquisition chief, has taken up a pair of new roles in the private sector announced over the course of this week. As a member of Volansi’s board of directors, Roper will help that commercial drone company further iterate its strategy for growth in defense markets. Volansi focuses on autonomous, vertical take-off and landing middle-mile drone delivery services and holds a spot on the Air Force’s Skyborg program thro...

As the company cuts costs in other areas, a new drone flew for the first time last week.

Roper will help the Volansi grow its business in the defense market, the company said.