Science and technology solutions provider Leidos has secured a $26 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a next-generation counter electronics weapon system that would defend against adversarial drone activity. Leidos will build a prototype for Mjolnir, a system that builds upon the successes of the Tactical High-Power Operational Responder demonstrator. […]
A ranking official of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency said efforts are underway to develop a list of commercial sources of imagery analysis and other geospatial intelligence products. The “buyers guide” is intended to help the NGA and its partners across the defense, intelligence and federal community to find the best services available from the private […]
The Department of Defense plans to set up regional innovation hubs to support domestic microelectronics development. According to a request for information, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering wants to hear from the U.S. microelectronics community about what the DOD is calling a microelectronics commons. The Pentagon wants the hubs […]
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, […]
