General Dynamics Land Systems has entered into a partnership with Epirus to modify Stryker vehicles with new counter-drone technology. The collaboration will focus on upgrading the U.S. Army’s Stryker fleet with Epirus’ Leonidas directed energy system and broader high-power microwave technology. The tech is designed with an open architecture, meaning it can be integrated not […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded CACI International a prime position on its six-year, $575 million maximum-value Technical Support Services contract. Under the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, CACI will help the service transform the MyNavy HR information system. The Reston, Virginia-based contractor will also support MyNavy HR’s enterprise technology architecture, portfolio and data management, business process engineering, […]
The U.S. Army is seeking new identity, credential and access management technologies that will support units that do not use Army systems on a regular basis. The ICAM solution must ensure that users can log into systems to check for announcements. According to a request for information posted on SAM .gov, the service wants an […]
A portable, electronic warfare system attached to a drone was successfully launched at sea for the first time. Marines aboard the USS New Orleans launched the backpackable electronic attack module or BEAM, to test its technology to detect the radio frequency of specific threats. Capt. Jesse Schmitt, assistant intelligence officer for the 31st Marine Expeditionary […]
II-VI, a semiconductor manufacturing company, has been awarded a multimillion-dollar government contract to develop high-energy rechargeable lithium batteries. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity issued the contract through the multi-year Robust Energy Sources for Intelligence Logistics In Extreme, Novel and Challenging Environments program, II-VI said. II-VI Chief Technology Officer Chris Koeppen said the company will […]
The University of Texas at San Antonio has signed a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory to accelerate research in scientific areas beneficial for both organizations. Under the terms of the $18 million deal, UTSA will support AFRL’s efforts to develop warfighting technologies in support of air, space and cyberspace forces, UTSA Today reported […]
The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has started fielding an amphibious robot system that would support littoral operations worldwide. The unmanned underwater vehicle is equipped with systems and technologies that support operators during explosive ordnance missions. Master Sgt. Patrick Hilty, an explosive ordnance disposal project officer at MARCORSYSCOM, said the EOD Remotely Operated Vehicle gives […]
Symbol Security, a company specializing in phishing awareness, has launched an end-user cybersecurity training program for Department of Defense contractors. The DOD Supply Chain cyber readiness training course is designed to help organizations comply with requirements in the department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, Symbol Security said Wednesday. CMMC serves to raise the cybersecurity standard […]
The U.S. Southern Command has extended technology solutions provider Smartronix‘s status as prime contractor under the potential five-year, $986 million Monitoring, Analysis, Reconnaissance, Logistics, Intelligence and Network Services task order. The MARLINS task order is the successor to the command’s USSOUTHCOM C4ISR task. Under the contracting opportunity, Smartronix will provide a variety of ISR, cloud […]
A team of experts from BAE Systems and Sierra Nevada Corporation has been tasked with developing the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation open architecture signals intelligence technology. The companies will collaborate on a sensor prototype that can collect and analyze electronic signals across the radio frequency spectrum to help warfighters understand their adversaries’ actions. They will […]
