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Government to Shell Out $15 Billion for Hypersonics EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 4/21/2021 NASA photo Between fiscal years 2015 and 2024, federal agencies will have spent about $15 billion on hypersonic weapons and related technologies, according to projections by a watchdog group. The Government Accountability Office has identified 70 efforts across the Defense Department, Department of Energy and NASA, according to its recent report, “Hypersonic Weapons: DoD Should Clarify Roles and Responsibilities to Ensure Coordination Across Development Efforts.” “DoD ...

Commercial Interest Grows in Defense Innovation Unit BUDGET 4/5/2021 DIU photo The Defense Innovation Unit received nearly 1,000 proposals in response to its solicitations last year, another sign that the Pentagon’s outreach to commercial industry is bearing fruit. DIU was launched in 2015 by then-Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to bridge the gap between the military and the nation’s tech hubs. It is headquartered in Mountain View, California, in Silicon Valley, with additional outposts in Austin, Texas, Boston and the Pentagon. “DIU’s mission to st...

Navy Has High Hopes for Robotic Ships ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS 2/26/2021 Boeing illustration The Navy is keen to integrate large unmanned vessels into the fleet in coming decades. But there remains a great deal of uncertainty about how much of the total force will be robotic as political, budgetary, operational and industrial considerations complicate the calculus. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday in his “CNO Navigation Plan” said these types of vessels will play a vital role in the future. “Successfully integrating unmanned platfo...

Small Number of States Dominate Defense Spending

London Calling for Military Tech Cooperation INTERNATIONAL 2/18/2021 Royal Navy photo With extra money in its coffers for modernization, the U.K. Ministry of Defence is looking for additional opportunities to work with the United States on high-tech military capabilities. The British government in November announced that it had approved about $22 billion in additional defense spending over the next four years, including a major plus-up for research and development. “It will represent an increase of around 10 percent in defense spending as a whole,” Kare...