A partnership between Venus Aerospace and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will undertake simulation flight tests on rotating detonation rocket engines. According to Venus Aerospace, a Houston-based hypersonic flight platforms developer, the tests will involve its engine injector design for a hypersonic RDRE, which has delivered the highest performance and longest detonation engine operation in […]
The Department of Defense is increasing its hypersonic flight tests amid growing tension between the United States and China. To address the issue, the Defense Department’s Test Resource Management Center has been focused on two hypersonic flight tests over the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. TRMC recently received three uncrewed Range Hawk aircraft as […]
Reps. Don Beyer and Anna Eshoo introduced a bill in late December to shed light on the data used to train artificial intelligence foundation models. A summary indicates that the AI Foundation Model Transparency Act would require companies responsible for such systems to disclose “whether user data is collected in inference” and whether any copyrighted […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has trained 100 pilots to fly the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system, exceeding the service’s expectations in 2022. The training milestone is part of the Marine Corps’ efforts to extend its drone-based ISR capabilities by equipping new squadrons with unmanned systems. In 2022, the USMC had trained just 38 pilots out […]
Ondas Holdings announced that its American Robotics subsidiary has enrolled the Optimus System in the Green UAS program. Green UAS is a program administered by the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems designed to establish unmanned aerial system security measures and foster a safe and competitive drone market. It also gives companies a standardized route to […]
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposal allocates nearly $50 million to test an autonomous capability for F-16 aircraft. Through Project Viper Experimentation and Next-generation Operations Model, the service branch aims to collect data on how human and machine pilots cooperate to inform the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, DefenseNews reported Saturday. CCA is […]
The Missile Defense Agency said its planned mission to launch hypersonic missile tracking satellites will be delayed to the second quarter of the fiscal year 2024 due to technical issues with one of the spacecraft. According to MDA spokesperson Mark Wright, one of the contractors experienced technical issues during the final integration testing. He said […]
Artificial intelligence will significantly affect judicial work, particularly during case trials, Chief Justice John Roberts said in his 2023 year-end report released on Sunday. Roberts acknowledged that AI can potentially make the courts more accessible to people with less money “to smooth out any mismatch between available resources and urgent needs in our court system.” […]
The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane entered orbit on Thursday onboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. Developed by Boeing, the X-37B is an uncrewed and reusable testing platform that usually stays in space for extended periods, BNN Bloomberg reported Thursday. Part of the National Security Space Launch program, the vehicle’s most recent launch comes after several […]
Federal agencies can now directly hire artificial intelligence professionals using two methods detailed in a memo from the Office of Personnel Management. Released on Friday, the memo provides direct hire authority where appropriate and allows the use of excepted service appointments to help agencies comply with the Biden administration’s AI goals. However, the authority is […]
