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 […]
The Department of Defense is looking into new explosive ordnance disposal techniques that would address threats from adversaries like China and Russia. U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. William Kale, a member of the DOD’s explosive ordnance disposal program board, said during the Future Force Capabilities Conference and Exhibition that the U.S. military has the capabilities […]
Marines are expected to receive their first batch of Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggles as scheduled in 2022 despite rollout delays caused by inconsistencies in the heads-up displays and moisture control problems in the device. The IVAS program, headed by the Army’s Program Executive Office-Soldier, is aimed at providing warfighters with enhanced situational awareness as […]
Colorado-headquartered Intermap Technologies announced that it has been awarded a U.S. Air Force prime contract to support the Air Force Research Laboratory in its development of navigation solutions for Global Positioning System-denied environments. The contract highlights the Department of Defense’s current focus on exploring different approaches for absolute positioning and navigation in challenging environments to […]
VISIMO is partnering with Colorado State University to provide the Air Force Research Laboratory with a generator that can rapidly create synthetic, annotated image datasets for training machine learning models. The development effort is part of a 15-month, $750,000 Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer award secured by VISIMO. Work focuses on improving the capabilities […]
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division has highlighted the effectiveness of one of its Other Transaction Authority vehicles for acquiring electronic warfare solutions. According to division officials, the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems is useful for working with non-traditional defense contractors. Brooke Pyne, director for S2MARTS, added that the contracting vehicle allows […]
The Department of the Air Force has appointed James Bishop as chief information security officer. He becomes the first full-time CISO for the Air Force after nearly one year. Air Force Chief Information Officer and 2021 Wash100 winner Lauren Knausenberger announced Bishop’s appointment on Thursday at the AFCEA Northern Virginia’s Air Force Information Technology Day. […]
The U.S. Army said 24 out of the 35 modernization initiatives outlined in its 31+4 priorities are scheduled for deployment in fiscal year 2023 either as fielded systems or prototypes. The anticipated rollout of new warfighting solutions comes as the Army shifts its focus from counterterror operations to near-peer threats like China and Russia. Programs […]
