Orbital Insight is teaming up with Rendered.ai and the University of California in Berkeley to develop an object detection computer vision model for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency trained on little or no real examples of objects. The development effort is part of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract secured by Orbital Insight. Work […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Epiq Solutions a contract for radio frequency sensor and processing technologies. Under the terms of the deal, Epiq will deliver its solutions to the Defense Innovation Unit in support of the government’s Spectrum and Wireless Monitoring project, which is aimed at strengthening defenses against both unintended and malicious information-bearing […]
Top U.S. Army officials revealed that multidomain task forces will serve as primary testbeds for the service’s emerging data and cloud initiatives. The Army is currently in the process of modernizing its cloud infrastructure as part of an effort to improve the flow of data to units across its enterprise and tactical networks around the […]
The U.S. Navy has launched Saildrone Explorer, an unmanned surface vessel, to patrol the Red Sea. The Saildrone is operated by the 5th Fleet. The Saildrone Explorer is a 23-foot-long, 16-foot-tall unmanned vessel that uses the wind for propulsion and solar panels to power its artificial intelligence-enabled computers and sensors. It is the brainchild of […]
Top military officials want to build a data fabric to modernize the Army’s enterprise-wide and tactical network. Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, director for command, control, communication and computers, and chief information officer for the Joint Staff, told attendees at a technical exchange meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, that one of his priorities is to establish a […]
U.S.-based aerospace company Stratolaunch has signed a contract with the Missile Defense Agency for hypersonic technology research. The company wants to help the Department of Defense improve its flight test resources by providing affordable, commercially contracted, rapid-turnover hypersonic flight testing to the Pentagon and its prime contractor partners. Stratolaunch Chief Technology Officer Daniel Millman said […]
ManTech International has secured a five-year, $136 million contract to support the U.S. Marine Corps‘ science and technology research and development activities. ManTech will support the USMC’s Warfighting Laboratory in identifying and developing new capabilities that support Force Design 2030. The award was issued through the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s multiple-award contract. All […]
The Air Force has selected ACME AtronOmatic to develop a sensor platform that can detect emissions from nuclear facilities. ACME said it will work with Purdue University‘s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences to accomplish its task under a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer contract. Contracts awarded under the Air Force’s STTR program […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a $99 million contract to support the Weapon Engagement Simulation Technology for Advanced Research program. WESTAR is managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and is aimed at furthering the development of modeling capabilities to assist in the research, development and transition of weapon systems, […]
The U.S. Army Applications Laboratory is slated to start the second phase of its Robotic Combat Vehicle sustainment cohort, an exercise where the service learns how to manage robotic vehicles on the battlefield. Lt Col. James Templin, manager of the RCV cohort project at the AAL, said one of the challenges that officials are facing […]
