The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a phase two contract to continue developing a software solution that will support semi-autonomous, multi-domain mission planning within the Pentagon. The $6.5 million second phase award is under the Adapting Cross-Domain Kill-Webs program and comes after the company completed a demonstration during the project’s first […]
L3Harris Technologies has flown the U.S. Army’s technology demonstrator aircraft for the first time. The Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System is expected to help the Army enhance and modernize its airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. ARES is designed for the service branch’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System program, which seeks to develop […]
The Air Combat Command of the U.S. Air Force has declared the initial operational capability of the tactical air control party mobile communications system Block 2 system as combat-ready. The ACC announced the system’s new operational capability at the recommendation of the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron in Florida, DVIDS reported Friday. In 2020, the […]
North Carolina-based Geo Owl announced that its Patternflows technology has been chosen by the Department of Defense in its search for highly innovative technologies with the potential to help the U.S. maintain its dominance over near-peer adversaries in short order. The company was among a handful of companies selected to present their technological offerings before […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory in Ohio has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton and Ball Aerospace & Technologies contracts to develop cybersecurity tools designed to enhance the resilience of the service’s weapon systems against cyberattacks. In support of the Trusted and Elastic Military Platforms and Electronic Warfare System Technologies program, Booz Allen and Ball Aerospace will […]
The Navy has concluded testing of the second stage solid rocket motor for its Conventional Prompt Strike program. According to a statement by the Navy, the test marked the successful testing of both stages of the service’s newly developed missile booster. The development of the hypersonic weapon falls under a larger Department of Defense program […]
Victoria Coleman, the chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force, wants to assess the security of the military service’s microprocessor chips using a zero trust-based approach. In a virtual event hosted by the Hudson Institute on Monday, Coleman noted that taking a zero trust approach with microchips could help the Air Force prevent the ripple […]
The Department of Defense is missing technologies with the survivability needed to enable Joint All-Domain Command and Control, according to a top official. JADC2 is the concept of connecting shooters and sensors from all warfighting domains into a single network. Marine Corps. Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, chief information officer of the Joint Staff, said the […]
Octo and its prime partner, Kingfisher Systems, have been selected for the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Teleport Program Integration and Implementation, Logistics and Configuration Management Support contract. The potential five-year $14 million deal was awarded under the General Services Administration Information Technology Professional Multiple-Award Schedule, Octo said Tuesday. The Department of Defense’s Teleport system serves […]
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions and General Atomics have received additional funding from the U.S. Air Force for the further development of the autonomous Skyborg drone wingman. In an announcement, the USAF said that Kratos was awarded $13.2 million to continue working on its XQ-58A system, while General Atomics received $7 million for its MQ-20 […]
