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 […]
The Army is in the final stages of publishing an updated field manual on how soldiers execute cyber operations. Speaking at AFCEA TechNet Augusta, Brig. Gen. Paul Stanton, commanding general for the service’s Cyber Center of Excellence, said the updated document will be adopted by the whole Army instead of being used exclusively for training […]
The Department of Defense is working to deliver an initial Joint All-Domain Command and Control capability within the coming months. JADC2 is the concept of connecting the military services’ sensors, nodes and platforms into a single network. The DOD will continue adding new capabilities once a minimal viable product is ready, Signal Magazine reported. U.S. […]
The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded Maxar Technologies a contract to provide sustainment and enhancement services for the National System for Geospatial Intelligence Open Mapping Enclave. Under the deal, Maxar will support NOME by providing engineering, software development and geospatial tradecraft. The contract award is valued at up to $26.4 million and will be […]
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has hinted at plans to overhaul the direction of the Advanced Battle Management System. Kendall said he wants the Air Force to identify what changes to ABMS can make the biggest difference in operational performance on the battlefield, C4ISRNET reported Friday. “I want to emphasize fielded, meaningful military capability, not […]
