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Courtney Albon
Courtney Albon is C4ISRNET’s space and emerging technology reporter. She has covered the U.S. military since 2012, with a focus on the Air Force and Space Force. During that time, she reported on some of the Defense Department’s most significant acquisition, budget and policy challenges, including the F-35 jet, hypersonic capabilities and the creation of the Space Force.
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Defense Innovation Unit project makes supercomputers more accessible
Two commercial firms demonstrated that they could provide high-performance computing tools on the cloud.
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Kratos’ Erinyes test vehicle logs hypersonic speeds on first flight
The company developed Erinyes in three years for under $15 million with a mix of internal investment and congressional funding.
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Pentagon wants to make AI acceleration initiative a long-term fixture
The Pentagon is crafting a plan to make its AI and Data Acceleration initiative a more permanent fixture within combatant commands.
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US Central Command to demo integrated counter drone sensors this fall
CENTCOM will stage a U.S.-based exercise in October focused on spotting UAS threats followed by a second demo in theater early next year.
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United Launch Alliance to fly second Vulcan mission in September
CEO Tory Bruno told reporters the company aims to complete the Space Force's certification process in time to fly two national security missions this year.
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Pentagon to identify next Replicator capability set this summer
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said the Pentagon plans to propose Replicator 2.0 funding in its fiscal 2026 budget.
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Army to buy more than 1,000 Switchblade drones through Replicator
The Army’s vice chief of staff, revealed the quantity for the first time during a June 21 House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing.
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Pentagon tech hub to launch dozens of new projects with FY24 funding
DIU offered details on how it will spend nearly $1 billion FY24 funding, most of which will go toward speeding up existing projects and starting new ones.
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