BAE Systems is collaborating with the U.S. Air Force to upgrade its fleet of EA-37B aircraft. On Tuesday, the aerospace company announced that it will supply the service branch with next-generation Baseline 4 mission systems to be fitted on the EA-37Bs. The systems will enable the service to have long-range electromagnetic attack capabilities capable of […]
Aalyria has completed a demonstration of its Spacetime network orchestration software platform, enabling two technologies—the Hybrid Space Architecture and the Combined Joint All-domain Command and Control Concept—for civilian and defense applications. Held in the U.S. Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., and made possible through a collaboration with the Defense Innovation Unit and other partners, […]
A Lockheed Martin executive shared her insights on the parallels between the Joint All Domain Command and Control’s goal and her efforts to bring transformative changes in the defense sector. In a blog post, Erika Marshall, vice president for C4ISR at the rotary and mission systems unit and a 4×24 member, wrote that JADC2’s vision […]
The Department of the Air Force has revealed plans to reorganize the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force to ensure a competitive advantage against adversaries. In a briefing on Monday, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker and 2024 Wash100 winner, said the service branches need to address the needs […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to collaborate with contractors to ensure U.S.-owned drones feature state-of-the-art autonomy capabilities, aiming to progress from program announcement to contract awarding in 70 business days. Under the Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy program, the agency aims to develop drone autonomy capability for transition in one-month intervals, fitting most commercially […]
The National Science Foundation has awarded grants to 15 multidisciplinary teams under Phase 1 of the Convergence Accelerator’s Track M: Bio-inspired Design Innovations. Erwin Gianchandani, assistant director for technology, innovation and partnerships, said that bio-inspired design research has shown potential to help in solving complex challenges. He added that through the investment, NSF aims to […]
Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, is working with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman to explore the possibility of the U.S. Space Force having its own National Guard unit. The 2024 defense authorization bill mandates the Department of Defense to carry out a […]
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and John Thune, R-S.D., introduced on Wednesday the Drone Evaluation to Eliminate Cyber Threats Act, a bill that will require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create a guidebook on the use and management of civilian-made unmanned aircraft systems owned or controlled by an agency and regularly used to […]
The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command has granted breach and attack simulation solutions provider AttackIQ a continuous authorization to operate, enabling the command to support continuous active penetration testing. Thurman Dubberly, deputy chief information officer at MCRC, said the partnership with AttackIQ will enable the command to provide near-real-time answers to whether an organization is […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 completed the delivery of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem spacecraft into a sun-synchronous orbit on Thursday. The NASA spacecraft carries instruments to study ocean colors as it monitors biological activity, including phytoplankton, clouds and aerosols, in the atmosphere. The PACE development, which started 20 years ago, encountered multiple bumps along the […]
