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  • Navy scientists seek tech breakthroughs in areas that companies ignore
  • Pentagon Lab Day Demonstrates Best of War Department Research

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war.gov /1 week ago

War Department's Science Enterprise Maintains Tight Focus on Half-Dozen Key Areas

Emil G. Michael, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and War Department chief technology officer, shared his plan to guarantee U.S. troops always have the tools...

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defenseone.com /1 month ago

Navy scientists seek tech breakthroughs in areas that companies ignore

With private-sector R&D funding rising, the Office of Naval Research is adjusting to new budget priorities.

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war.gov /3 weeks ago

Pentagon Lab Day Demonstrates Best of War Department Research

Dozens of scientists and engineers from around the War Department visited the Pentagon to showcase what the best and brightest minds are creating in the nation's most advanced rese...

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defenseone.com /1 month ago

Budget would cut Pentagon research by one-third. Can industry compensate?

Tech firms are more willing to spend their own money on R&D.

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

How the Army could spend nearly $19 billion in RDT&E funding 

The programs taking up the majority of the Army’s RDT&E funding include FLRAA, THAAD, hypersonic weapons, counter drone tech and M-SHORAD.  

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indiandefensenews.in /1 month ago

DRDO’s Drive For Indigenous Drones And Missiles To Secure India’s Strategic Edge

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is intensifying efforts to strengthen the country’s drone and missile capabilities, positioning itself to meet the dema...

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govconwire.com /2 weeks ago

Applied Research Associates Lands $111M Naval Research Laboratory Contract for R&D Support

ARA landed a $111.5M Navy contract for research and development services for the Center for High Performance Computing. Initial work under the award will run through May 2027 at NR...

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govconwire.com /1 month ago

Air Force Awards $200M IDIQ for Aerospace R&D to Six Contractors

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has awarded six companies positions on a $200 million contract to conduct research and development for advanced aerospace vehicle techno...

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defenseone.com /1 week ago

The Pentagon’s $54 billion bet on autonomous warfare

With new DAWG initiative, the DOD is attempting to fix a historically slow-moving, broken acquisition pipeline.

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indiandefensenews.in /1 month ago

DRDO And IISc Launch National Compo-Rheo Die Casting Facility To Advance Defence Alloy Manufacturing

On 11 April 2026, the Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Dr Samir V. Kamat, inaugurated the National Facility for Compo-Rheo Die Casting (CRD...

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indiandefensenews.in /1 month ago

DRDO And IISc Launch National Compo-Rheo Die Casting Facility To Advance Defence Alloy Manufacturing

On 11 April 2026, the Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Dr Samir V. Kamat, inaugurated the National Facility for Compo-Rheo Die Casting (CRD...

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govconwire.com /2 weeks ago

Elsevier: Geopolitical Tensions Reshaping Mission-Driven Research

Elsevier highlights growing impact of geopolitical tensions on research Governments face tension between security priorities and open science goals AI tools may help researchers ad...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

DOW’s Economic Defense Unit: Top points for defense and defensetech companies

The United States Department of War (DOW)’s newly formed Economic Defense Unit (EDU) introduces funding opportunities and a new set of legal, structural, and governance considerati...

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executivegov.com /1 month ago

Pentagon Issues Presolicitation for Potential $1.4B R&D Engineering IDIQ

The Department of War has announced plans to launch a competition for a potential five-year, $1.4 billion multiple-award contract vehicle to provide research, development, test and...

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wispolitics.com /1 month ago

Tom Still: More defense research in Wisconsin can apply to civilian issues, too

It’s important to know much national defense research has little to do with building better missiles or bombs. It’s often about prevention, detection, reaction and recovery in time...

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fastcompany.com /1 month ago

The Pentagon is doubling down on laser weapons research

After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ambitions, the U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth is. The U.S. Defense Department’s published a “s...

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defence-blog.com /1 month ago

Pentagon upgrades its hypersonic weapon test range

Radiance Technologies has been awarded a minimum $149,6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to upgrade infrastructure and instrumentation at the Reagan Test Range, the Department...

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indiandefensenews.in /4 days ago

Virupaksha Radar Advances With X‑Band Vivaldi Antenna Testing

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is setting up a specialised X‑band Radome Test Rig, a facility that will play a pivotal role in validating the performance...

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indiandefensenews.in /4 days ago

Virupaksha Radar Advances With X‑Band Vivaldi Antenna Testing

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is setting up a specialised X‑band Radome Test Rig, a facility that will play a pivotal role in validating the performance...

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physicsworld.com /1 month ago

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research ‘deeply embedded’ in Russia’s military efforts, states report

JINR maintains links with almost 700 research centres and universities in 60 countries The post Joint Institute for Nuclear Research ‘deeply embedded’ in Russia’s military efforts,...

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indiandefensenews.in /1 month ago

India’s Space Race: DRDO Chief Calls For National Push To Secure Future Wars

Space has moved from being a supporting tool for national security to the decisive domain that will shape the outcome of future wars, according to Defence Research and Development...

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indiandefensenews.in /1 month ago

India’s Space Race: DRDO Chief Calls For National Push To Secure Future Wars

Space has moved from being a supporting tool for national security to the decisive domain that will shape the outcome of future wars, according to Defence Research and Development...

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executivegov.com /1 month ago

AFRL Undergoes Organizational Restructuring to Accelerate Delivery of Warfighting Capabilities

The Air Force Research Laboratory has announced an organizational restructuring aimed at aligning its research enterprise with mission priorities and accelerating the delivery of a...

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defenseone.com /1 month ago

Space Force picks firms to develop Golden Dome’s space-based interceptors

Defense giants and startups vie to create orbital defenses—even as the program’s czar concedes they may be unaffordable.

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