The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is working with small business DeepMedia to identify and protect users from the threat of deep fakes. A deep fake is a form of synthetic media, or false images and videos, generated by software. The technology has been used to deceive people into thinking that a well-known person is […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory has named Darrell Phillipson as the new director of its Materials and Manufacturing Directorate and announced his promotion to the Senior Executive Service rank. As director, Phillipson now leads an organization made up of more than 900 service personnel, civilians and contractors and has an annual budget of over $400 […]
Lockheed Martin announced that it has received a contract totaling $74 million to produce an additional Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency. The latest award calls for the production of an eighth THAAD battery, which is expected to be fielded by 2025, Lockheed Martin said Thursday. In a statement, the aerospace […]
Virginia-headquartered IvySys Technologies announced that it has been awarded a basic ordering agreement by the Army Contracting Command on behalf of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center for supporting the Data Readiness for Artificial Intelligence Development program. The five-year deal, with a ceiling value of $241.6 million, calls for the delivery of data generation solutions and […]
Weapons producer Sig Sauer has secured a 10-year contract to manufacture and deliver the XM5 rifle, the XM250 automatic rifle and the 6.8 common cartridge family of ammunition. The contract has an initial delivery order worth $20.4 million for both the ammunition and the weapons. Sig Sauer will also provide accessories, spare parts and support […]
New Jersey-headquartered SciTec announced that it was recently awarded spots on separate contract vehicles supporting the development of advanced capabilities in two of the Department of Defense’s major technology initiatives. Specifically, the twin awards are geared toward realizing the Joint All Domain Command and Control as well as the Data Readiness for Artificial Intelligence Development […]
Northrop Grumman announced that it was awarded a $99.6 million contract by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific to provide mission-critical capabilities for Relay Ground Station-Asia. The deal calls for the design, development, integration, test and delivery of next-generation relay ground stations to support legacy and future missile launch and missile-warning detection satellites, Northrop said Tuesday. […]
The Air Force will use an unprecedented approach to building out the software component of future sixth-generation fighter jets. According to a top official, fighters designed under the Next Generation Air Dominance program will have a flight control software that is decoupled from its mission control software, Breaking Defense reported. Gen. Charles Brown, the Air […]
The U.S. Army has awarded engineering company KBR a five-year, $62 million recompete task order for conception-to-completion services. Under the task order, KBR will provide development, testing, engineering and analysis services for the Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions Project Office and the Strategic and Operational Rockets and Missiles […]
The Department of Defense on Wednesday revealed that Navy scientists recently used a high-energy laser to shoot down a drone representing a cruise missile in subsonic flight. The test was conducted at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in February but results were not immediately announced, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. The Office of […]
