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 […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded CACI International a three-year, $258 million task order to expand its enterprise technology support and continue modernization efforts at the Defense Agencies Initiative program office. Under the contract, CACI will support cost accounting, user management, budget-to-report, budget formulation and other DAI process areas. The company will also improve the […]
Virginia-headquartered Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced that it has completed the installation of the first Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal system for the Air Force. The new terminal system was designed to upgrade existing protected communications systems by expanding existing capabilities for nuclear and non-nuclear command and control, RI&S said Monday. In a statement, the […]
Twenty-three small businesses have won funding from the U.S. Army to develop artificial intelligence solutions that may be useful for military decision-making and autonomous functions. The Army awarded $19 million as part of seven small business contract opportunities issued through the Applied Small Business Innovation Research Program. According to the Army, the Applied SBIR Program […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a broad agency announcement for advanced microelectronics solutions. DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office is seeking research ideas in four categories: embedded microsystem intelligence, next-front-end components for electromagnetic spectrum dominance, microsystem integration for better density and security and defense microsystem applications, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported. For the embedded […]
The U.S. Air Force has successfully tested the ability of the E-3G Sentry aircraft to receive and process electronic warfare information while in the air. The test marks the first for an E-3G Airborne Warning and Control System to perform airborne EW data management. During the test, the E-3G Sentry AWACS used an updated electronic […]
The Department of Defense has launched a competition aimed at encouraging the adoption of open standards for 5G. According to the Pentagon, the wireless communication industry’s penchant for closed standards has led to higher product costs and less competition. The goal of the new multimillion-dollar challenge is to create a more open ecosystem for the […]
The U.S. Senate has confirmed William LaPlante, a former official at the Department of the Air Force and a 2022 Wash100 winner, as undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. He was nominated by President Joe Biden on Nov. 30, 2021. LaPlante said during his confirmation hearing on March 22 that he will work to […]
