The “Agility Prime” event next week will kick off with speeches by Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, and Air Force acquisition head Will Roper.
By Theresa HitchensB-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
The real challenge for small, innovative companies, says Anduril’s Chris Brose said, is “the scaling challenge, and the bridge across the valley of death.”
By Theresa Hitchens
“What I hope industry will see in ABMS is a pot of money for connecting things, both new things and legacy things,” says Will Roper as the Air Force gears up for its next ABMS exercise in April.
By Theresa Hitchens
Of 20 commercial startups the Techstars Air Force Accelerator has helped, 19 have gone on to win a collective $20-plus million in DoD Small Business Innovation Research contracts.
By Theresa Hitchens The new effort focuses on space situational awareness, space data analytics, space communication, artificial intelligence (AI) and satellite servicing.
By Theresa Hitchens “It’s not enough to develop and procure systems anymore. We’ve got to get in the business of of buying ideas and generating ideas,” says Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper.
By Theresa Hitchens
The nine startups are pitching everything from composite materials to small propulsion units that can enable hypersonic (i.e. faster than Mach 5) flight.
By Theresa Hitchens
Gray Eagle is the low-cost, low-risk answer to Army modernization
Gray Eagle STOL and Gray Eagle 25M are the best options for Army aviation as it assesses where to move from its current inflection point.
The goal of the matching fund is to support tech startup firms to bridge the ‘valley of death’ and rapidly scale up capability.
By Theresa Hitchens
Data from Kleos satellites will be able to cue other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites or aircraft as they spot ships.
By Theresa Hitchens
BOSTON: “It’s like running through a briar patch naked,” Will Roper said of trying to bring start-up companies into the service’s contracting model to keep apace of commercial innovation. “You have to be willing to bleed a little bit,” Roper, the Air Force’s top acquisition official told me in an interview last Thursday, after watching 10 newborn…
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