The U.S. Navy, in partnership with the Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit, has awarded a contract to defense technology firm Anduril to prototype large autonomous underwater vehicles for long-range deployment in contested environments. According to the California-based company, it won the contract after pitting its Dive-LD AUV in a “swim-off” competition at the Naval […]
NASA has selected the first 11 projects under its Science Mission Directorate’s Bridge Program for new research partnerships between the agency and U.S. institutions with no previous NASA funding. The new program seeks to improve the diversity, inclusion and accessibility of the science and engineering communities. According to NASA, the initiative will usher in new […]
Juliane Gallina, a Wash100 Award winner and speaker at a past Potomac Club Officers event, has been named as the Central Intelligence Agency’s deputy director for digital innovation, replacing Jennifer Ewbank, who is transitioning to the private sector after over 30 years in the federal government service. Gallina served most recently as the CIA’s associate […]
The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has granted Sunnyvale, California-based generative artificial intelligence technology firm Alan AI “Awardable” status in the CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace. The company’s marketplace offering is a generative AI assistant that facilitates a wide range of workflow applications through user-friendly text and voice interfaces and AI decision-making […]
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said the service branch will assign brigades deployed overseas for experiments on incorporating new and emerging technologies, such as communication networking, unmanned aerial systems and electronic warfare to bolster the U.S. Army’s combat capabilities. Speaking at the Association of the U.S. Army Coffee Series event Tuesday, George […]
NASA’s Radio Frequency Mass Gauge, designed to measure fuel floating inside a spacecraft, will be tested via the IM-1 lunar landing mission, which has a reserved multi-day launch window in mid-February. The mission provides the opportunity for the first long-duration test on a standalone spacecraft for the gauge, which depends on radio waves and tank […]
U.S. Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot took leadership of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and Northern Command during a turnover ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, on Monday, with Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks presiding. Guillot replaced Gen. Glen VanHerck, whom Hicks credited for leading NORTHCOM’s global integration and contributing to the […]
Defense solutions researchers from the AUKUS military alliance of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States followed up their initial work on artificial intelligence-powered drones in April 2023 with the testing of robotic vehicles in battlefield conditions. According to Kimberly Sablon, principal director of the U.S. Department of Defense’s trusted AI and autonomy and […]
Veterans seeking mental health services for readjustment to civilian life are relying on services from vet centers that still lack the key systems and access to the data needed for their outreach activities, officials from the Government Accountability Office and Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General officials told a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on […]
Tucson, Arizona-based optical sensor system company Geost has announced that it will supply 16 Mercury missile warning and tracking systems to the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer as a subcontractor of the satellite constellation project. The company, a unit of LightRidge Solutions, secured the task order from Sierra Space, one of the three T2 Tracking Layer contractors […]
