The 2018 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I concepts cover a wide range of innovations selected for their potential to revolutionize future space exploration.

NASA Invests in Shapeshifters, Biobots & Other Visionary Tech

NASA is investing in new technology concepts that include meteoroid impact detection, space telescope swarms, and small orbital debris mapping technologies that may one day be used for future space exploration...
Draken International, the largest commercial provider of tactical aircraft services, has expanded its already extensive operations in support of the United States Air Force.

Draken Expands Tactical Air Services to Luke & Hill Air Force Bases (Video)

Draken International, has expanded its already extensive operations in support of the United States Air Force. Draken, the largest commercial provider of tactical aircraft services, maintains a sizeable presence at Nellis Air Force...
Capable of both ground and water landings, Puma AE's innovative fuselage provides an operational flexibility never before available in the small UAS class. On the ground, Puma AE is man portable. Its powerful propulsion system and aerodynamic design make launch efficient and easy. But it's in the air where Puma AE quietly and effectively gets to work.

Puma 3, Upgraded for Ops in More Challenging Radio Environs (Video)

AeroVironment, a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both defense and commercial applications, is now taking orders for its new Puma™3 small UAS, as announced at the AUSA Global Force Symposium...
The WASP is a highly tactical and mobile aerostat system which can be operated by as few as two soldiers and can provide day/night video, secure multi-frequency and multi-wave form wireless communication range extension capability at the edge of the battlefield from either a fixed, stationary position or while being towed.

DoD Selects Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat (See in Action, Video)

Drone Aviation, a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has received its largest single contract award to date for its multi-mission capable tactical Winch Aerostat Small Platform (WASP). This latest Department of...
Harris Corporation provides reliable electronic warfare technology for aircraft safety and mission success

Harris Corp Awarded $161M F/A-18 Electronic Warfare System Contract

Harris Corporation has been awarded a $161 million contract modification to supply the next production lot of electronic jammers to protect U.S. Navy and Australian F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft...

IARPA UG2 Prize Challenge Aims to Improve UAV Captured Imagery

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, have announced the UG2 Prize Challenge for unmanned aerial vehicles, gliders, and ground data entries. The...
The vehicle-mounted laser combines a solid state laser with an advanced variant of the company’s Multi-Spectral Targeting System™ and installed them on a small, all-terrain Polaris militarized vehicle. (Image courtesy of Raytheon)

Lasers & Microwaves Defeat Drones in MFIX Event (See in Action, Videos)

Forty-five unmanned aerial vehicles and drones fell out of the sky after Raytheon's  advanced high-power microwave and laser dune buggy engaged destroyed them during a U.S. Army Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment...
A U.S. military helicopter, reportedly an HH-60 Pave Hawk, crashed in western Iraq Thursday with seven troops on board. Here, two Pave Hawk helicopters perform maneuvers during training. (Image courtesy of Master Sgt. Stephen D. Schester, Air Force)

7 Killed in US Helicopter Crash in Western Iraq (Learn More, Videos)

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press, Air Force Times A U.S. military helicopter has crashed in western Iraq with seven service members on board, U.S. officials said Thursday. A defense official confirmed...
DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO) focuses on conceiving, designing, developing, and testing advanced technology platforms that provide U.S. forces with overwhelming tactical and strategic advantage, including vehicles, weapons, and other full-scale, potentially field-deployable systems.

DARPA TTO Awards Belcan Gov’t Services $204M Contract

Belcan's Government Services segment has been awarded a five-year prime Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quality (IDIQ) multiple award contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO) in Arlington,...
Image courtesy of TCOM LP, the 2017 Platinum ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner for Best Maritime/Seaport Security Solution

DHS S&T Analytics are Helping to Secure American Skies (Multi-Video)

Extended stretches of U.S. land borders invite illegal entry on the ground, and our coastlines are often used  by non-citizens for unauthorized seaborne entry. Creative attempts at new illegal activity in these...