Emergent Defense

06/07/2024

Rockwell Improves Autonomous Robots – Next generation enhanced with NVIDIA technologies 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/rockwell-improves-autonomous-robots

The world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, Rockwell Automation, Inc., has entered into a further collaboration with NVIDIA to develop smarter and safer industrial AI robots through OTTO Motor by Rockwell Automation.

05/31/2024

“Sparking” Innovation – Air Base annual competition considers new ideas 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/%E2%80%9Csparking%E2%80%9D-innovation

If you’re a company that is targeting emerging defense technology opportunities, you would be well advised to hire veterans leaving the service. That’s especially true for members of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.

During the recent 2024 Spark Tank Competition at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, $30,000 in innovation funds were awarded to two entities of the 72 Air Base Wing.

Air Base annual competition considers new ideas

05/27/2024

� As a veteran-owned business, we would like to wish you and your family a happy, healthy and fun Memorial Day! Today we honor the sacrifices of those who serve.

05/24/2024

Employing Due Diligence – AFWERX process is at the core of its investment strategy 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/employing-due-diligence

If you are a small business that wants to introduce new defense technologies to our armed forces, you need to be concerned about intellectual property theft. AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory employs a thorough due diligence process that is at the core of its investment strategy for safeguarding our national security interests.

05/23/2024

We want to know about the Best Workplaces in Defense! Nominate a deserving company for great exposure and recognition as one of the Best Workplaces in Defense and improve your company's recruitment and branding efforts. Nominations will be open until June 23rd! 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/bestworkplaces-in-defense

Best Workplaces in Defense will be awarded by Emergent Defense Magazine to recognize the top workplaces throughout the country.

Emergent Defense Magazine will profile awardee companies in it's first print edition with the awarded companies given an extraordinary amount of positive exposure in print, video, web, and social media for months following. We encourage all types of companies to apply that serve in any fashion or initiative to our nation's defense including any for-profit, non-profit, education, and government institutions.

05/17/2024

Fighting On-Orbit Threats – SpaceWERX completes first innovation workshop with contract recipients 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/fighting-on-orbit-threats

SpaceWERX the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a unique division within AFWERX, recently completed a 12-week extensive education program for its Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) Small Business Innovation Research contract recipients. Eighteen companies with a total of 19 contracts between them (totaling government funds equal to $30 million) attended the event, which had the goal of providing solutions to the U.S. Space Force to facilitate more rapid and flexible responses to emerging on-orbit threats by 2026.

05/16/2024

It's a new week and a new opportunity to submit your recommendations for the 2024 Best Workplaces in Defense Awards! Nominate a deserving company for great exposure and recognition as one of the Best Workplaces in Defense and improve your company's recruitment and branding efforts. Nominations will be open until June 23rd! 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/bestworkplaces-in-defense

Best Workplaces in Defense will be awarded by Emergent Defense Magazine to recognize the top workplaces throughout the country.

Emergent Defense Magazine will profile awardee companies in it's first print edition with the awarded companies given an extraordinary amount of positive exposure in print, video, web, and social media for months following. We encourage all types of companies to apply that serve in any fashion or initiative to our nation's defense including any for-profit, non-profit, education, and government institutions.

05/10/2024

✨New!✨ Nominations Are Now Open for the 2024 Best Workplaces in Defense Awards! Best Workplaces in Defense will be awarded by Emergent Defense Magazine to recognize the top workplaces throughout the country. Nominations will be Open until June 23rd! 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/bestworkplaces-in-defense

Nominate a deserving company for great exposure and recognition as one of the Best Workplaces in Defense and improve your company's recruitment and branding efforts!

Emergent Defense Magazine will profile awardee companies in it's first print edition with the awarded companies given an extraordinary amount of positive exposure in print, video, web, and social media for months following. We encourage all types of companies to apply that serve in any fashion or initiative to our nation's defense including any for-profit, non-profit, education, and government institutions.

05/03/2024

New AFIT Leadership – Organization’s veteran Graham takes over reins 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/new-afit-leadership

Scott Graham is taking over as dean of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), leading the office of Research and Outreach. Graham had been a professor of computer engineering in AFIT’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management.

04/26/2024

Breakthroughs in AI Combat? USAF and DARPA announce successful tests on X-62A VISTA aircraft 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/breakthroughs-in-ai-combat

The United States Air Force (USAF) Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA have announced successful test ex*****on of AI algorithms using the X-62A VISTA aircraft as a part of DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program.

(Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem.)

04/26/2024

This week U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David N. Miller, Jr., SpOC commander, visited the Starfire Optical Range located at Kirtland Air Force Base. AFRL provided an in-depth overview of their latest Space Domain Awareness research, to include advancements in laser guidestar adaptive optics used to correct turbulence in the atmosphere to image satellites.

Space Delta 2 Detachment 2 co-located at the SOR demonstrated a Space Domain Awareness imaging mission using two laser guidestars to collect imagery of objects of interest in Low Earth Orbit.

Starfire Optical Range leads research into laser-beacon adaptive optics for military uses and civilian applications, such as astronomy. It is a major component of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s support to the U.S. Space Force. The SOR operates one of the world’s premier telescopes capable of tracking low-earth orbiting satellites.

United States Space Force

04/19/2024

Space Symposium Synopsis – Colorado event showcases the latest in technology and innovation 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/space-symposium-synopsis

More than 12,000 space professionals, business leaders and government officials came together at The Broadmoor and Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs for last week’s Space Symposium, an annual event designed to inform, engage and connect prominent decision-makers with the latest technological advancements. The Space Symposium has been hosted by the Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization, since 1984.

In case you couldn’t make the trip this year, several significant stories came out of this year’s event.

Colorado event showcases the latest in technology and innovation

04/18/2024

Advanced Air Mobility – AFWERX discuses efforts at XPONENTIAL 2024 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/advanced-air-mobility

If you’re a company or entrepreneur working on Advanced Air Mobility Systems, you’ll want to be at the San Diego Convention Center April 23 to 25. Those are the dates of XPONENTIAL 2024 where AFWERX will discuss efforts to safely integrate Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) into the national airspace system.

AFWERX discuses efforts at XPONENTIAL 2024

04/11/2024

Publisher Eric Harmon remarks about American drone technology. https://ow.ly/w6T150RcYEa https://ow.ly/LJPp50RcYE9

I thought a very informative article here by WSJ about American made drones. It’s important to note that we have some catch up required to ensure our…

04/05/2024

High-Flying Tech – 39th Space Symposium features new technologies and programs 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/high-flying-tech

Next week at the 39th Space Symposium held at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO from April 8 to 11, the Air Force Research Laboratory - AFRL will feature several emerging space-related technologies. The AFRL is the primary scientific research and development center for the Department of the Air Force (DAF), which plays an integral role in the discovery, development and integration of warfighting technologies for our nation’s air, space and cyberspace forces.

03/29/2024

Bringing AI to the Battlefield – Parallax Advanced Research, a private nonprofit research institute that works in a collaborative affiliation with the Ohio Aerospace Institute, announces advances in geospatial intelligence detection algorithms 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/bringing-ai-to-the-battlefield

03/22/2024

What was once new tech has demonstrated long term value - https://ow.ly/tptn50QZEwZ https://ow.ly/x24550QZEp4

Thirty-five years ago, the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey celebrated its first flight in Arlington, Texas. The V-22 has helped achieve outstanding mission success… | 55 comments on LinkedIn

03/15/2024

BlueHalo and Eqlipse Technologies Merge – The two defense technology companies are joining their resources and innovations 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/bluehalo-and-eqlipse-technologies-merge

BlueHalo, a global defense company that has locations in Fairborn and Dayton, announced on Feb. 13 that it would be merging with Eqlipse Technologies, according to a press release. Eqlipse, a Virginia- and Maryland-based company, believes that when it comes to national security, “’good enough’ isn’t good enough.”

The two defense technology companies are joining their resources and innovations

03/01/2024

Red Hawk Extreme Weather Testing – Air Force’s new T-7A trainer complete month long trial at Elgin AB 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/red-hawk-extreme-weather-testing

The Air Force’s new trainer aircraft, the T-7A Red Hawk, just completed the month-long trial of extreme weather inside the McKinley Climatic Lab at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida. During the trial, the T-7A was subjected to temperatures ranging from 110 degrees to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit as well as heavy humidity conditions.

02/22/2024

Have time for a workday break? See today’s anniversary of the Miracle on Ice.

OTD in 1980 -🇺🇸 vs 🇷🇺 - We played the heavily favored Soviet team and won 4-3! Hard to believe it was 44 years ago today! Happy Miracle on Ice Day! 🏒🏅🇺🇸

Highlights of the game can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR56GJ05IMs&t=13s

02/20/2024

Showcasing New Tech – The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering conducted the first of multiple Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) technology showcases at Camp Roberts in California last week. 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/showcasing-new-tech

02/19/2024

Looking into cutting edge defense tech? Look no further than Ohio-based Parallax Advanced Research https://ow.ly/k8eo50QErB4

02/17/2024

Looking into cutting edge defense tech? Look no further than Ohio-based Parallax Advanced Research

Parallax develops cutting-edge command and control for a variety of autonomous systems. Our national and international test development and ex*****on expertise…

02/09/2024

Building Biomimicry – New Material and Energy Committee will Focus on Product Design, Development and Manufacturing 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/building-biomimicry

If you’re an aerospace or automotive company that uses the science of biomimicry, or is planning to do so in the near future, a new committee could be of big help. Great Lakes Biomimicry, a subsidiary of the Ohio Aerospace Institute, is working with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

New Material and Energy Committee will Focus on Product Design, Development and Manufacturing

02/03/2024

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02/01/2024

New Leadership – Lt. Gen. Shipton Assumes Command of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/new-leadership

Shipton is slated to present a “State of the Center” address, Feb. 5 in Burlington, MA. Hosted by the Lexington-Concord Chapter of AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association), the event will be at the Boston Marriott Burlington hotel and begin at 11:30 a.m. Personnel must register for the event no later than Friday, Feb. 2 at noon.

01/25/2024

Into the Wild Blue Yonder – Company completes Ohio land purchase for R&D and training facility 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/into-the-wild-blue-yonder

John Vickers, CEO of Cornwall, UK-based Blue Abyss and Edward Orcutt, mayor of Brook Park, Ohio, confirmed this month that the company has completed the purchase of 12 acres of land in the city of Brook Park, Ohio, on which it plans to build a state-of-the-art extreme environment research, development, and training centre/hotel.

Company completes Ohio land purchase for R&D and training facility

01/18/2024

Navigating Grant Opportunities – Virtual Event Offers Funding Advice with NASA, DOE, Air Force and others 👉 https://emergentdefense.com/content/f/navigating-grant-opportunities

Hosted by the Ohio Aerospace Institute and its partners, this very helpful virtual session is slated for January 19.

01/18/2024

✨NEW!✨ Emergent Defense Magazine – Inaugural issue coming soon! At Emergent Defense Magazine, our mission is to serve as the premier source of insightful analysis, cutting-edge research and in-depth coverage dedicated to the understanding of military defense strategies, technologies and operations. We are committed to providing a platform that empowers military professionals, defense industry leaders, policymakers and informed citizens.