Top Aces, a provider of airborne training services, has started testing an F-16 jet fighter equipped with a technology suite designed to give Air Force fighters a more realistic training partner. According to Top Aces, the Advanced Aggressor Mission System has an open mission systems architecture that allows airmen to swap in new sensors and […]
Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman recently showed that a lone user can control over 100 unmanned systems as part of a swarm in an urban battlefield setting. The experiment was part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that calls for up to 250 small aerial and ground unmanned systems deployed in urban areas, […]
CGI, an information technology company, announced that it will help the U.S. Marine Corps scale up its inventory tracking program. Under the terms of a new task order, CGI will expand the Marine Corps Platform Integration Center program across eight USMS bases. MCPIC, which is already in place in three USMC outposts, is designed to […]
The U.S. Army has awarded NCI Information Systems a prime spot on its 10-year, $800 million Total Engineering and Integration Services IV contract vehicle. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract allows the Army to procure technology and development services to support global command and control operations. NCI will provide necessary support services at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and at […]
Reston, Virginia-headquartered Agile Defense announced that its automation tool, DuroSuite, has been granted an authority-to-operate on Department of Defense networks. DuroSuite is a Security Technical Implementation Guides automation solution that provides the flexibility to audit and remediates vulnerabilities identified in guidance published by the Defense Information Systems Agency, Agile said Monday. Hector Collazo, Agile Defense’s […]
Advanced materials company Lyten announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Department of Defense’s National Security Innovation Capital program to aid in expanding the capacity of its domestic battery prototype manufacturing and production capabilities. The NSIC program aims to provide funding to startup companies and accelerate product development for innovations that can […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking contractors that can provide wearable technologies that can monitor and combat stress and fatigue in real-time. According to the ARFL’s request for information, the wearables will be used by warfighters, medical crews, first responders, astronauts and other personnel to assess and optimize cognitive and physical performance when […]
Novetta, an Accenture Federal Services company, has entered into an agreement to commercialize the U.S. Air Force’s Platform One software development platform. Under the terms of the two-year deal, Novetta is cleared to resell and support Platform One’s Iron Bank and Big Bang products. The move will help expand Platform One’s reach in both the […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, a two-time Wash100 awardee, has named Joe Bryan as the Department of Defense’s chief sustainability officer. Bryan most recently served as senior adviser to the secretary of defense on climate. Austin said that Bryan’s “redesignation” is in accordance with President Joe Biden’s Dec. 8 Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean […]
The U.S. Army wants to integrate new cloud and data capabilities to the tactical edge for the fiscal year 2022 through new efforts that would focus on modernization and digitization. Army Chief Information Officer and former Wash100 winner Raj Iyer said during an AFCEA Northern Virginia chapter event on Thursday that the goal of using […]
