Washington, D.C.-based Armaments Research Co. has been awarded the potential four-year, $60 million AFWERX Strategic Finance Increase contract, which delivers a scalable training performance capability for ground personnel. Under the STRATFI contract, ARC will fuse data from its miniaturized, artificial intelligence-enabled edge computing sensors with other battlefield data sources to enhance training programs. The contract […]
Fairfax, Virginia-based technology services provider ECS has secured a seven-year, $138 million contract to support the U.S. Postal Service’s Addressing and Geospatial Technologies Professional Support Services program. The contractor will provide enterprise applications and IT support for the AGT program’s application development, geospatial analytics, database management, helpdesk and project management offices. The company will also […]
NASA has issued a request for proposals for a potential lunar terrain vehicle-as-a-service for exploration missions under the Artemis program. According to the RFP, astronauts will use the LTV to explore the southern polar region of the moon. The vehicle must be able to support manned and unmanned activities akin to the Curiosity and Perseverance […]
Derek Tournear, the head of the Space Development Agency and speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Air Force Summit, told SpaceNews in an interview that his agency intends to launch 13 Tranche 0 satellites in June. Tranche 0 is a constellation of 28 satellites that will work to demonstrate space-based communications and missile defense […]
The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency is calling for an enterprise-level integration officer who will help improve the intelligence community’s collaboration capabilities on complex challenges. Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, a 2023 Wash100 awardee and a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s 7th Annual Intel Summit in 2021, said during the GEOINT Conference on May […]
The National Geospational-Intelligence Agency will demonstrate how the Joint Regional Edge Node can turn satellite imagery into usable data that would be disseminated in hard-to-reach locations. The NGA is developing four JRENs that will be installed in multiple locations around the world. Under the JREN concept, nodes will be placed closer to users, allowing them […]
The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking feedback on regulatory considerations for potential low-altitude, beyond visual line-of-sight drone operations. David Boulter, acting associate administrator for aviation safety at the FAA, said in a request for comment that proposed regulations would address drone technology advancements, operational strategies and safe unmanned aerial systems BVLOS operations. The request stems […]
U.S. Space Force guardians are working with the 16th Air Force to identify ways to hack targets from space. Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the commander of the Space Operations Command, said during a Mitchell Institute event that the military wants to see if offensive cyber capabilities, such as those handled by the U.S. Cyber Command, […]
The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors will accept additional cyber efforts from the start of the fiscal year 2024. PEO IEW&S will absorb defensive cyber operations, cyber analytics and detection, cyber platforms and systems and the technology applications office. The aforementioned efforts are currently associated with the PEO Enterprise […]
Australian additive manufacturing company SPEE3D will deliver to the U.S. Navy a 3D printing technology that would create submarine parts. Under the partnership, the Navy will determine if SPEE3D’s metal cold spray additive manufacturing technology can produce components that meet the service’s engineering, quality and safety requirements. SPEE3D said its CSAM technology could manufacture submarine […]
