Virginia-headquartered Blue Halo announced the award of an initial $14 million contract for the development of a HIVE small unmanned aircraft system architecture for the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office. The contract calls for “transformational sUAS autonomous swarming capabilities” not currently available to the warfighter, Blue Halo said Thursday. In a statement, the […]
The Army is conducting several pilots of application programming interfaces in an effort to improve the service’s business processes, an official said. APIs are tools designed to simplify software development and allow otherwise incompatible applications to communicate with each other, according to IBM. Army Chief Data Officer David Markowitz said that the goal, for now, […]
The U.S. Navy is planning to install an advanced mine locator on an upgraded version of its Fire Scout MQ-8C unmanned helicopter, which was built by Northrop Grumman. Capt. Eric Soderberg, program manager for multi-mission tactical unmanned aerial systems at the Naval Air Systems Command, said during a press conference that the MQ-8C could be […]
The U.S. Senate has confirmed U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla as the commander of the U.S. Central Command. He will take over from U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, who is expected to step down as CENTCOM chief in April. Kurilla said during his confirmation hearing in early February that the Middle Eastern region, […]
Maj. Gen Matt Easley, the Army’s director of cybersecurity and chief information security officer, has stepped down from his current role to assume a different position in the Department of Defense. Easley will move to the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and serve as deputy principal information adviser to the defense secretary, […]
Ohio-headquartered HDT Global announced that it has been awarded a contract by Northrop Grumman to provide engineering and manufacturing expertise in support of the Air Force’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program. Northrop was earlier selected to modernize the nation’s aging intercontinental ballistic missile system under a contract awarded in September 2020, HDT said Tuesday. In a […]
New York-headquartered Arthur announced that it has been selected by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to deliver an AI performance management solution as part of a test and evaluation blanket purchase agreement. The deal represents a $249 million effort to accelerate production AI capabilities across the Department of Defense, Arthur said Wednesday. In a statement, […]
A ranking Lockheed Martin executive on Wednesday announced during a press briefing that a new prototype 5G communications network infrastructure testbed is currently under development for the Marine Corps. The effort is intended to help hasten experimentation and integration of commercial technology for the use of the military, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Deon Viergutz, vice […]
The Senate has confirmed Celeste Wallander to the role of assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. She is a former CEO and president of the U.S. Russia Foundation, a nonprofit American organization seeking to strengthen relations between the two nations. In her new role, Wallander will advise Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a […]
Defense Secretary and 2022 Wash100 winner Lloyd Austin has appointed Eric Evans as the chairman of the Defense Science Board. He was sworn in on Feb. 14. Evans will lead a group that provides independent advice and recommendations about science, technology, manufacturing, acquisitions and other topics that would benefit the Department of Defense. He previously […]
