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Defense Department
Section 809 Panel Recommending Changes to Hiring Authorities
The latest report by the influential Section 809 Panel offers suggestions to Pentagon leaders to speed up the hiring of key acquisition positions, a panel commissioner said July 13.
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Army News
Austin Chosen to Host New Army Futures Command
Austin, Texas, won the hard-fought competition among American cities to be the home of the Army’s Futures Command, service officials announced July 13.
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Emerging Technologies
Editor’s Notes: The Opaque Hypersonics Arms Race
For decades, the United States didn’t show a sense of urgency for developing missiles and aircraft that could reach hypersonic speeds — defined as Mach 5 and higher.
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Space
U.S.-China Space Race Driving Increased Spending
The United States and China are boosting investments in space capabilities as the Pentagon prepares for an era of great power conflict.
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems
General Atomics Reaper Variant Makes First Trans-Atlantic Flight
A General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian successfully flew from North Dakota to the United Kingdom, marking the first time a medium-altitude, long endurance remotely piloted vehicle transited over the Atlantic, the company announced July 11.
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Report: Manned-Unmanned Teaming Needed to Boost Combat Airpower
The Air Force is on the technological cusp of flying traditionally manned combat aircraft partnered with unmanned systems, and should adopt that concept as it looks to add combat capacity and keep ahead of peer competitors’ capabilities, analysts said in a new report.
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Space
DARPA’s Experimental Spaceplane Project Hits Major Engine Milestone
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, working alongside Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne, recently demonstrated that it could successfully fire the AR-22 booster rocket engine 10 times over 240 hours.
National Defense Columnists
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING INSIGHTS
By Susan B. Cassidy and Justin M. Ganderson
National Defense Podcasts
JULY 2018
Improving Lethality of Weapons, New Space Launch Options & Advanced Super Hornet Cockpit
In this podcast, we examine how the military is seeking to improve the lethality of its weapons, the exploration of new launch options of small satellites in order to protect the U.S. space architecture, and the development of a more advanced cockpit for the block 3 F-A-18 Super Hornet.