Peter Beshar has been sworn in as the general counsel of the Department of the Air Force. The U.S. Senate confirmed him to the role on March 10. Beshar will serve as the department’s chief ethics official and legal officer. He will oversee, guide and direct over 2,600 Air Force military and civilian leaders across […]
The Department of Defense’s forthcoming fiscal 2023 budget request will include a funding mechanism for the Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, according to the Joint Staff official in charge of the effort. Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall said the funding will enable the acquisition of foundational technologies needed to make JADC2 happen, FedScoop reported. JADC2 […]
General Dynamics Information Technology announced that it has been awarded the User Facing and Data Center Services contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The deal calls for the provision of hybrid cloud services, including commercial clouds and data centers, and innovative IT design, engineering, implementation and operations and sustainment to NGA and its mission partners, […]
Northrop Grumman announced that it recently completed two flight tests of its Integrated Battle Command System, a tool intended to modernize the Army’s air and missile defense capability. According to Northrop’s website, IBCS is an open architecture system designed to transport data across Joint All-Domain Command and Control networks. Northrop added that the tool will […]
American telecommunications company Verizon announced that the Department of Defense has awarded its public sector business three Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task order awards worth a combined $966.5 million. The three tasks call for the provision of network modernization services and technical support services to the Pentagon, the DOD National Capital Region and Fort Belvoir, Verizon […]
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks has signed the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control Implementation Plan. Hicks said the Pentagon must maintain its focus on enhancing its capabilities to face current and future threats. According to the deputy defense secretary, command and control capabilities are essential in a battlefield that relies more on […]
The Air Force announced that efforts to modernize the electronic warfare capabilities of its squadrons of F-16 fighters are underway after an unpriced change order modification was issued to Northrop Grumman for its Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite. The UCO follows a $40 million Other Transaction Agreement modification awarded to Northrop in June 2021 for […]
The U.S. Army has awarded engineering company KBR a four-year, $70 million task order for sensor development technical analysis services. Work under the contract will support the Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, Search, Track, Acquire, Radiate, Eliminate Project Office. The company will provide research, development, test and evaluation services to independently verify and […]
Kirkland, Washington-based Echodyne announced that it has delivered an initial order of 46 radars to Advanced Technology Systems Company for use in the Army’s Security Surveillance System program. ATSC selected the EchoGuard radar after the Army named it prime contractor for the $191 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Echodyne said Tuesday. In a statement, Eben Frankenberg, chief […]
The Department of Defense has named Margaret Palmieri as its deputy chief digital and artificial intelligence officer. She will serve as second-in-command to DOD Chief Information Officer John Sherman, who holds the role of CDAO in an acting capacity, Breaking Defense reported. The CDAO is responsible for overseeing the DOD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, chief […]
