Jared Summers, former chief digital officer and chief technology officer of oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil, has joined the U.S. Army’s 18th Airborne Corps to lead the unit’s technology efforts. The Airborne Corps hired Summers as CTO as part of an initiative dubbed Project Ridgway to modernize the Army’s operations. The industry veteran will serve […]
BlackSky Holdings has received a potential $30 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to monitor economic activities around the world. BlackSky provides a technology platform that supports real-time GEOINT and global monitoring. Work on the contract, which was competitively procured, will be executed over multiple years, BlackSky said Tuesday. According to a press […]
U.S. Army officials have announced that the 2021 iteration of Project Convergence, a multi-platform initiative aimed at merging joint force capabilities, will more heavily focus on joint warfighting. While the 2020 version had joint warfighting assets tacked on, it mostly consisted of the Army performing experiments on its own at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, […]
The U.S. Marine Corps launched the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise in an effort to fast track the deployment of promising new technologies. The effort was designed to enable quick feedback and the gleaning of useful insights from a range of potentially valuable prototypes. As part of the Corps’ Force Design 2030, which puts emphasis on […]
Nicolas Chaillan has stepped down as chief software officer of the Air Force, a position he had held since May 2019. In a resignation post on LinkedIn, Chaillan expressed gratitude for the opportunity to serve as CSO but also pointed out shortcomings that led to his accelerated exit. Among the reasons for his decision were […]
Northrop Grumman and Martin UAV have completed the flight test of a V-BAT unmanned aircraft system that features new capabilities. The VBAT is designed for the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System effort. During the demonstration, which was held at Camp Grafton in North Dakota, the VBAT showcased its GPS-denied navigation and target designation […]
Infoscitex, a DCS company specializing in technology and engineering, has been awarded a contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop modeling and simulation technology. Work will be done under the terms of a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a shared cost ceiling of $48 million, IST said Thursday. The company will specifically support AFRL’s […]
Cybersecurity company Corelight announced that it has been named a vendor on the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative blanket purchase agreement awarded to Carahsoft Technology. The BPA is signed for a full 10-year period of performance through July 2029. Jean Schaffer, federal chief technology officer at Corelight, said the San Francisco-based company’s data-first approach […]
Efforts are underway at the Pentagon to fast track the development of defense software to keep America’s technology lead over advanced adversaries. As part of its technology push, the department has turned to the DevSecOps approach to build software at scale while moving at a necessary pace, an official close to the subject said. Nicolas […]
Joseph Evans has stepped down as the Department of Defense’s principal director for 5G technology, with his deputy Amanda Toman now filling in the position in an acting capacity. Evans held the role for two years, during which time he was responsible for DOD’s 5G strategy, implementation plan and public-private partnerships, including those aimed at […]
