An executive from aerospace company Boeing expects the U.S. Air Force to buy the company’s E-7 Wedgetail aircraft in 2022. Mike Manazir, vice president for defense business development at Boeing and a three-time Wash100 winner, said at a news conference ahead of the Dubai Airshow that the Air Force will use the E-7 to replace […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded The University of Dayton Research Institute an $88 million contract to help advance and mature the service’s autonomous capabilities. The contract is for a five-year Air Force program dubbed Soaring Otter. UDRI would provide research and development services to mature autonomy technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence […]
Lockheed Martin has enlisted the help of Keysight Technologies to explore applications of 5G technology in aerospace and defense communications. Keysight will use its portfolio of mobile network testing and optimization tools to support Lockheed’s 5G .MIL, which is aimed at supporting the Department of Defense’s joint all-domain operations. The 5G .MIL program seeks to […]
Virginia-headquartered consulting firm Accenture Federal Services has been awarded a $618 million cost-plus award fee task order to enhance and modernize the United States Marshals Service’s mission-critical IT systems. The seven-year task order builds upon a previous five-year USMS deal for program management and IT application development services, AFS said Wednesday. The scope of work under […]
The U.S. Cyber Command has created a concept of operations and stood up a capability management office to address issues with its cyber capabilities architecture. The move follows recommendations from Congress and government oversight bodies. USCYBERCOM published a concept of operations as a response to the Government Accountability Office‘s concerns about interoperability goals. Col. Ben […]
CACI International announced that it has been awarded a new five-year single-award task order potentially worth $785 million for Special Operations Forces Emerging Threats, Operations, and Planning Support. The deal calls for the delivery of expertise in integrated information warfare and electronic warfare solutions, training, readiness and modernization to advance U.S. Army Special Operations Command […]
The Army’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center is developing an open-architecture software package designed to enable modularity among positioning, timing and navigation sensors. PNT services are “invisible utilities” that support many applications within critical infrastructure, including agriculture and telecommunications, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Army’s new pntOS […]
The U.S. Navy has completed autonomous test flights of two unmanned aerial resupply drones being considered for future acquisition programs. Tests in St. Inigoes, Maryland, featured the Tactical Resupply UAS, which is being developed by Malloy Aeronautics and a Maryland-based firm called SURVICE Engineering Company, as well as the PteroDynamics-built Blue Water logistics UAS. The […]
Raytheon Missiles & Defense on Thursday announced that, in partnership with the Office of U.S. Naval Research, it has completed successful demonstrations of the Network Cooperative Radar program, an advanced radar system that helps the Navy create distributed sensing networks to defend against evolving threats. NCR supports the Navy’s Distributed Maritime Operations concept by giving […]
The U.S. Air Force’s 75th Security Forces Squadron has deployed Street Smarts Virtual Reality, a digital solution that allows personnel to engage in three-dimensional training simulations. The platform can simulate real-life situations, including domestic violence, suicidal ideation and active shootings. The squadron adopted the system after hearing positive feedback from the Air Force Global Strike […]
