The U.S. Army awarded $4.5 million through two xTech|Disrupt competitions at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition, advancing commercial technologies aimed at two pressing operational challenges: sustaining power-dependent formations in contested environments and defeating increasingly affordable aerial threats without exhausting defensive resources.
xTech|Disrupt Awards $4.5M to Advance Power and Air Defense Technologies at AUSA 2026 Read More »
The U.S. Army is calling on non-traditional innovators to submit mature spectrum warfare capabilities for the latest Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate (G-TEAD) Accelerated Capability Event: G-TEAD USAREUR-AF ACE 27-02 Spectrum Enabled Warfare powered by xTech.
U.S. Army Launches Spectrum Warfare Innovation Challenge in Europe Read More »
Every acquisition professional in this workforce has heard some version of the same message over the past year—we must move faster.
FROM THE ARMY ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE: CAPACITY, PARTNERS AND THE COURAGE TO ACT Read More »
AUSTIN, TX — Last month five small businesses were selected as winners of xTech|Inversion, advancing an Army effort that opened government-developed intellectual property to commercial innovators and challenged industry to find new ways to turn that technology into viable capabilities.
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In July 2026, the Army FUZE Strategic Integration Program hosted the inaugural xTechAutonomy Phase II Live Demonstrations at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Robotics Research Collaboration Campus at Graces Quarters in Maryland, the event brought together seven small businesses innovators for a full-scale field evaluation of their emerging autonomous capabilities.
Seven Technologies, One Mission: Accelerating Autonomy Across the Army Enterprise Read More »
The Army formally launched today its low-cost interceptor (LCI) program to produce scalable, affordable interceptors in an effort to end the days of relying solely on multimillion-dollar systems to down drones costing a couple thousand dollars.
Army launches new low-cost interceptor program, targets fall for first live fire demo Read More »
The future of warfare is defined by speed—speed in decision-making, rapid adaptation, and most critically, delivering capability to Soldiers when they need it. As the Army continues to modernize, this driving principle remains clear: We cannot afford delays when lives are on the line. The Army must be strategically equipped at the “speed of relevance,” ready to outmaneuver adversaries in tomorrow’s combat environment.
The Soldiers trained on both the Bumblebee V1, a small, first-person-view drone that has seen thousands of combat flights in Ukraine, and the newer Bumblebee V2, which has automatic target recognition specifically meant to counter other drones and which has not been deployed yet.
82nd Airborne Soldiers train on drone-countering maneuvers used in Ukraine Read More »
Building on Version 1 of the U.S. military’s so-called Bumblebee counter- drone system, the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (JIATF) 401 began testing initial prototypes of the second iteration on April 23 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Initial Counter-Drone Technologies Look Good Read More »
Army paratroopers here last Thursday began assessing a new drone prototype designed to autonomously intercept adversary small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to inform further development of the Bumble Bee Version 2 (BBV2) before it goes into production, officials with the Pentagon’s counter-drone task force said last week.
Army Begins Evaluating Bumble Bee Drone Interceptor With Autonomous Kill Capability Read More »
