Defense and aerospace company L3Harris Technologies has announced that it will work with MAG Aerospace and Leidos to develop the U.S. Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System. HADES is a Bombardier Global 6500 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program of record to support U.S. combatant commands and advance the Army’s long-range precision fires modernization efforts, […]
California-based startup Vector Atomic and Honeywell Aerospace have developed an atomic sensor that takes navigation measurements without using GPS. Funded by the Defense Innovation Unit, the sensor was delivered in August and is planned to be deployed into orbit, SpaceNews reported. DIU awarded Vector Atomic a $10 million contract in 2020 to produce an atomic […]
Intelligence community agencies and the Department of the Treasury have produced an open-source software security fact sheet on using operational technology and industrial control systems. Developed alongside public and private-sector partners, the document contains OSS security information and best practices for critical infrastructure entities and OT/ICS vendors, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said. The […]
NewSpring Holdings-owned company Bridge Core Federal has named former government leaders to its board of directors and acquired systems engineering company teKnoluxion. Avantus CEO Andrew Maner, previously a senior official at the White House and the Department of Homeland Security, has taken on the role of executive chairman, while intelligence community veterans Susan Gordon and […]
Mark Kitz, the head of the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical, said modern command posts should be mobile and dispersed to survive near-peer combat characterized by proliferated sensors, jammers and long-range weaponry. To enhance mobility, the Army is developing Command Post Integrated Infrastructure, a system that stations commanders in trucks loaded […]
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office has chosen six companies to join the 2023 iteration of Hyperspace Challenge, a business accelerator directed by Central New Mexico Community College-owned nonprofit CNM Ingenuity and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Hyperspace Challenge’s 2023 program cohort comprises Dawn Aerospace, High Earth Orbit Robotics, Lexset .ai, Magdrive’s Harwell […]
Drexel University said it is participating in a $4 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to develop algorithms that can imitate decision-making by experienced leaders to support crisis scenarios. The “In the Moment” program is aimed at laying the groundwork for artificial intelligence-based decision-making in medical triage and other complex situations, Drexel said. Parallax […]
Ann Dunkin, the Department of Energy’s chief information officer, said internal operations could transform because of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. The agency and its national laboratories are evaluating potential AI applications based on a use case inventory published earlier in 2023, FedScoop reported Thursday. The DOE is also planning a testing environment for […]
Curtiss-Wright has announced that it will deliver airborne data recorder solutions to the Naval Surface Warfare Center under a five-year, $34 million sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. U.S. and Australian crewed and uncrewed maritime aircraft will carry the technology, Curtiss-Wright said Thursday. The company is expected to produce and maintain its Keyed Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Airborne […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs and 13 medical providers have agreed to increase data sharing to improve health care for former warfighters. The pledge allows private-sector clinicians to access VA data to ascertain whether a patient is a veteran and inform them about benefits they are eligible for, Federal News Network reported Friday. Health care […]
