The U.S. Navy’s new unmanned minesweeper has completed an underwater explosion shock testing, bringing it one step closer to fielding. The Unmanned Influence Sweep System is a semi-autonomous mine detonation detection solution that uses both acoustic and magnetic sensors. It comes with an obstacle avoidance sensor package and a command, control, communications and computers suite. […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a potential five-year, $154 million contract to continue supporting the Naval Air Warfare Center Webster Outlying Field. The contract is indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity in nature and will require BAE to support rapid command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance integration and sustainment at the Special Communications Mission Systems […]
The Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command, the service’s primary research and development organization, has named Charneta Samms as its first permanent chief technology officer. DEVCOM is a major component of the Army Futures Command, the organization in charge of assessing the service’s future technology needs and driving the development of modernization solutions. Samms will take […]
The Missile Defense Agency has received the go signal from Congress to develop laser technologies that will be used in ballistic and hypersonic missiles. The congressional authority is part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed by Congress. According to the 2022 NDAA, the secretary of the Department of Defense will task […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is collaborating with the Semiconductor Research Corporation and a consortium of defense and semiconductor companies for the second iteration of its Joint University Microelectronics Program. JUMP 2.0 was launched to address new and emerging advancement challenges for microelectronics and other information and communications technologies, Homeland Preparedness News reported. Focus […]
The Air University‘s Air Force Culture and Language Center has launched two new online courses designed to teach airmen and guardians about the culture of the United States’ strategic competitors. AFCLC is now offering the Introduction to China and Introduction to Russia culture courses on its Culture Guide mobile app. Students who complete a course […]
The U.S. Air Force‘s 391st Fighter Squadron became the first operational unit to drop a Raytheon Technologies-built GBU-53/B StormBreaker smart bomb. In a test held on Nov. 2 at the Utah Test and Training Range, four F-15E Strike Eagle jets targeted and hit four moving vehicles on the ground. Alison Howlett, director for the StormBreaker […]
The Pentagon Reservation is allowing its federal employees to continue working remotely until the end of January 2022 in the face of rising COVID-19 infections brought about by the omicron variant. According to the Department of Defense, the extension of the max telework policy underscores its commitment to protecting its workforce while carrying out its […]
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its unmanned aerial systems business has been awarded a $51 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of additional units of an advanced, high-subsonic, recoverable aerial target drone system. The modification exercises an option to procure 65 BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target drones. The acquisition […]
The Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.4 billion production contract for the Integrated Battle Command System. Under the terms of the five-year deal, Northrop will launch initial low-rate production and full-rate production of the integrated missile defense system, which is expected to link disparate missile defense assets, Breaking Defense reported. IBCS is a key […]
