Four guardians from the Space Systems Command’s Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking unit participated in a 10-day multinational training exercise in South America featuring real-life operations. The SRT guardians and their counterparts from the United Kingdom and South America tested their ability to deliver operational planning products to unified combatant command users. OPPs can be used […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Commerce have increased the capacity of the Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System by 20 percent, improving forecast model guidance and enabling advancements in weather prediction. According to NOAA, WCOSS improvements allow the twin supercomputers to operate at 14.5 petaflops each and generate 29 quadrillion […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded RTX a contract to ensure that artificial intelligence-made decisions are in line with those made by humans in real-life situations. Under the contract, RTX’s Raytheon BBN division will use a cognitive interviewing technique to understand how experts in the medical and emergency response fields evaluate information to […]
The U.S. Cyber Command has awarded Parsons Corporation a potential five-year, $109 million classified contract to continue providing command, control, communications, computers and capabilities development services. Mike Kushin, president of Parsons’ Defense and Intelligence sector, said the contract allows the company to continue supporting the CYBERCOM J9 Acquisition and Technology Directorate mission set. He stated […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, a $36 million contract to develop and demonstrate a platform-agnostic satellite communications pod for beyond-line-of-sight capabilities. The communications pod will work to enable resilient, high-bandwidth, low-latency and multi-satellite communications and data transportation capabilities for warfighters. The communications pod must accommodate satellites in […]
Teal Drones, a Red Cat Holdings subsidiary, has secured a $2.6 million purchase order from the Defense Logistics Agency for small unmanned aerial systems. Teal Drones will deliver 172 Teal 2 sUAS units, spare parts and training services to the U.S. Air Force Security Forces, which defends Air Force bases and installations. Teal 2, designed […]
V2X recorded $977.9 million in revenue in the second quarter of 2023, representing a 10.2 percent on-year increase. Chuck Prow, president and CEO of V2X and a 2023 Wash100 winner, said revenue growth was made possible by new contract awards, program expansions and $520 million in successful military contract recompetes. Prow, a 4×24 member, noted […]
The CEO of Leidos said the company will improve its organizational structure and strategy to meet future demands. In an interview with C4ISRNET, 4×24 member Tom Bell said the company will need to adjust its focus to ensure that it can meet its clients’ mission requirements. He explained that while the company is generally doing […]
The Defense Information Security Agency assumed control of the SharkSeer cyber defense tool from the National Security Agency on June 30. SharkSeer is a system comprising commercial, government and open-source systems that autonomously detect, alert and block malicious or anomalous elements on the Department of Defense Information Network. It was developed by NSA in 2015 […]
The Department of State has shut down a pilot program that aimed to use artificial intelligence to identify the relationship between overseas social media activity and violent extremist organizations. According to the department’s AI Inventory website, the “forecasting” AI pilot uses statistical models to predict how extremist organizations would act based on social media patterns. […]
