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 […]
President Joe Biden has nominated U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, the current director of intelligence at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. If confirmed, he will replace Vice Adm. Robert Sharp, who has been serving as NGA director since 2019. Whitworth is a veteran officer who served […]
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is working to modernize its airborne high-frequency radio systems by implementing measures against jamming in contested environments. The Rapid Prototyping and Fielding Program of AFLCMC’s Electronic Warfare and Avionics Program Office plans to partially redesign or update about 2,500 radios across various platforms, SIGNAL Magazine reported Tuesday. Holly […]
The U.S. Army has awarded CACI International a potential $514 million task order to provide network modernization services for outside plant infrastructure and facilities. CACI said the task order includes a one-year base period of performance and four one-year option periods. The deal was issued under the General Services Administration’s Alliant 2 contract vehicle, CACI […]
The Army wants to use virtual reality technology to train its personnel on how to fend off unwanted sexual advances on the job. In a request for information, the service reached out to potential suppliers of 200 VR headsets and six associated software programs, NextGov reported Thursday. Once obtained, the Army intends to use the […]
The U.S. Navy is testing an unmanned aerial vehicle and associated systems that could support battlefield medical logistics. During the tests, research and development company Near Earth Autonomy integrated its autonomous flight systems onto an L3Harris Technologies-built FVR-90 UAV. The two companies said the test demonstrated how the FVR-90 could deliver supplies to and from […]
The Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center will establish a new position that will be in charge of “AI assurance.” Jane Pinelis, the former head of test and evaluation at JAIC, will serve as the organization’s new chief of AI assurance. She will work to ensure that users of artificial intelligence across the department […]
