Patrick Fischer serves as the program manager of Northrop Grumman’s directed energy and payloads product family. Fischer assumed his current role in March 2017. Since then, he has been in charge of a national security satellite payload portfolio valued at more than $100 million and multidisciplinary teams responsible for the design, development, fabrication, integration and […]
Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems have received cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop an off-board sensing station. An off-board sensing station is an unmanned fighter escort envisioned to extend the sensing range of and carry additional weapons for manned aircraft, Air Force Magazine reported. According to announcements […]
The U.S. military has turned to commercially-developed directed energy weapons amid the proliferation of unmanned aerial systems, which have been a cause of concern for defense officials due to their threat to warfighters and civilian populations. Lockheed Martin is working with the Navy on the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance program. Designed for ship […]
President Joe Biden has announced his picks for top posts in the Federal Communications Commission. Jessica Rosenworcel, who has been serving as acting FCC chair following the exit of Ajit Pai, has been nominated to be the agency’s permanent leader. Biden also selected Gigi Sohn, who had a three-year stint as general counsel for former […]
General Dynamics Land Systems has entered into a partnership with Epirus to modify Stryker vehicles with new counter-drone technology. The collaboration will focus on upgrading the U.S. Army’s Stryker fleet with Epirus’ Leonidas directed energy system and broader high-power microwave technology. The tech is designed with an open architecture, meaning it can be integrated not […]
New legislation circulating in Congress aims to address the inadequate federal response to cyber incidents. If passed, the proposed DHS Roles and Responsibilities in Cyber Space Act would require the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to assess the agency’s cyber incident response plans and procedures, including how the agency works with private sector […]
Firefly Aerospace is set to begin the construction of its Blue Ghost lunar lander following a successful critical design review. The Texas-based company is building Blue Ghost to fulfill requirements under a $93.3 million Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract that it received from NASA. The vehicle is scheduled to touch down on the Moon’s Mare […]
Heidi Shyu intends to get a better sense of the Department of Defense’s vast innovative ecosystem as she begins her tenure as the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. Speaking with Federal News Network on the sidelines of the annual AUSA conference, Shyu, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, said she wants to find […]
The Army is pursuing digital transformation, a move which, according to the service’s top information technology official, will be fraught with complex technological problems and require an enterprise-wide change in culture and mindset. Published Wednesday, the Army’s Digital Transformation Strategy proposes the establishment of a digital force by 2028 capable of delivering overmatch through multi-domain […]
The Department of State intends to issue a potential 10-year, $8 billion multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to modernize its end-to-end information technology service delivery. The proposed EVOLVE IDIQ will be split into five contracting pools: IT management, network and telecom services, cloud and data services, application and development, and customer and end-user support services. However, the […]
