Virginia-based TekSynap announced that it has received a small business award on the $800 million, 10-year multi-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Total Engineering & Integration Services contract. The deal solidifies a strategic commitment made to support not only the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command but also IT and cyber operations at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, TekSynap said […]
The U.S. Army used a virtual testing environment for network technologies in preparation for the Army’s Project Convergence 21 annual modernization exercise. The Joint Systems Integration Laboratory was established ahead of PC21 to emulate the Army’s current network, including its capabilities and constraints like distance and interference, according to Kimberly Moeltner, systems engineering and integration […]
Orlando, Florida-based simulation solutions provider Doron Precision Systems has delivered seven Joint Light Tactical Vehicle driving simulators to the U.S. Army Reserve from the start of 2021. The company’s 550JLTVplus driving simulation system was developed in partnership with Oshkosh Defense, the actual vehicle’s original equipment manufacturer. Oshkosh provided information on the vehicle, as well as […]
Boston-based vehicle electrification solutions provider XL Fleet has secured a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit and the U.S. Army‘s Program Manager Transportation Systems to prototype fuel-saving technology for military vehicles. Under the contract, XL Fleet will continue developing a retrofit idle reduction technology for the Army’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. The solution is […]
The Joint All Domain Command and Control Cross-Functional Team has added a transport and warfighter communications working group to its roster that will focus on cloud, communications and network tech oversight. It joins five other groups responsible for JADC2 capabilities development, research and engineering and architecture, data and standards, demonstrations and assessment, and acquisition and […]
South Dakota-based Raven Industries announced that the Defense Innovation Unit has awarded its subsidiary, Aerostar Technical Solutions, a contract to provide stratospheric balloons for communications and sensors to the U.S. Department of Defense. The prototype project will begin with the integration of prototype communication nodes onto Thunderhead Balloon Systems to facilitate enhanced connectivity to the […]
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center has awarded power management company Eaton a grant to investigate 3D printing use cases. Under the terms of the deal, Eaton will work with the University of Toledo in exploring how additive manufacturing and advanced materials can replace damaged components in support of the U.S. Army Corps […]
The Missile Defense Agency has selected Raytheon Missiles & Defense as one of the companies to develop and test the first interceptor specifically designed to defeat hypersonic threats. The envisioned weapon, called Glide Phase Interceptor, will be produced to defeat a new generation of hypersonic missiles, weapons that travel more than five times the speed […]
The U.S. Air Force will conduct an exercise in December to see if cargo planes can be converted into makeshift bombers. The effort will be the last part of the service’s Rapid Dragon program, which aims to validate the concept of dropping pallets housing missiles. The exercise will test the Air Force’s palletized munitions concept. […]
The Defense Intelligence Agency is looking to implement cybersecurity upgrades on the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System as part of an extensive modernization initiative. JWICS is a government network that stores top-secret and sensitive compartmented information for the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. It is described by officials as a top-secret super information […]
