The Air Force Research Laboratory has begun construction on a new facility in Kirtland Air Force Base dedicated to wargaming and simulation activities. The $6 million Wargaming and Advanced Research Simulation laboratory in New Mexico will house the Directed Energy Wargaming and Simulation Branch and the Space Vehicles Simulation and Analysis Branch, AFRL said. Col. […]
President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate John Sherman, a long-time national security technology professional, as the Department of Defense’s permanent chief information officer. Sherman has nearly 25 years of experience holding technology roles within the Intelligence Community and the DOD, the White House said Thursday. He currently serves as the DOD’s acting […]
Military solutions providers Kord Technologies and Raytheon Intelligence and Space have secured a $123.9 million contract to install additional 50 kW high-energy laser weapons systems on three Stryker A1 vehicles. As the prime contractor, Kord will serve as the lead integrator and will provide the power management and cooling systems for the solutions. Meanwhile, Raytheon […]
The U.S. Navy has selected digital transformation solutions company VTG as a prime contractor to provide engineering services for the service’s hypersonic strike capability, which the Department of Defense regards as a top priority. The Navy Strategic Systems Programs awarded the single-award contract, under which the force modernization company will support the Conventional Prompt Strike […]
Penguin Computing has been awarded a $68 million contract to deliver supercomputer platforms to the Department of Defense. The contract was administered through the DOD High Performance Computing Modernization Program, Penguin Computing said Tuesday. Penguin Computing will install its TrueHPC high-performance computer at two of HPCMP’s four DOD Supercomputing Resource Centers: the Navy DSRC at […]
A partnership between the National Armaments Consortium and the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Indian Head Division has released a requirements document focused on prototype projects involving hypersonic weapons and other munitions. The partnership, called Naval Energetic Systems and Technologies, issued 57 statements of need on the projects, with the total volume of the solicitations expected […]
Col. Luis Lara, the Marine Corps Systems Command’s program manager for training systems, has made developing Force-on-Force Training Systems-Next one of his top priorities. The Marine Corps awarded the $128 million, single-award FoFTS-Next contract in June to Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab. According to the Marine Corps, the new capability will immerse trainees in […]
The Defense Digital Service plans to have its technologies for sensing and detecting small unmanned aerial systems transferred to the Air Force Research Laboratory by Sept. 30. According to a spokesperson from the DDS, the AFRL’s Negation of Improvised Non-State Joint Aerial System program will absorb the digital service’s drone-sensing capabilities, including its high-fidelity long-range […]
Researchers from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have met with Army personnel at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri to demonstrate lidar survey data collection capabilities. Lidar, which can produce high-resolution 3D maps using various data collection methods, has the potential to further improve the Army’s mapping technology, Fort Leonard Wood said Thursday. The Army expects lidar […]
The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet has formed a new task force focused on integrating artificial intelligence with new unmanned systems, the top officer of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said. Christened Task Force 59, the new unit will pull technical experts along with outside advisers from offices like the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to test […]
