The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit is currently on the hunt for commercially available technology that could help the military locate disruptions in satellite-based systems like the Global Positioning System. “Spoofing,” the manipulation of global navigation satellite systems, has become increasingly low-cost with high-stakes impacts on both defense and commercial interests, FedScoop reported Monday. In a […]
Technology adviser Exiger announced that, together with Virginia-based consulting firm LMI, the company has been awarded a Defense Logistics Agency contract for a new pilot program to assess and manage supply chains better using cutting-edge technology. The contract will require the two companies to employ their expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches to […]
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a $157 million contract to upgrade the capability of the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications system. Under the contract, Lockheed will augment the C2BMC’s engagement support capability for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, which includes silo-based interceptors, connections to sensors on land and at sea, distributed […]
Carlos Del Toro has received Senate confirmation to serve as the 78th secretary of the Navy. His appointment comes months after Christine Wormuth was confirmed unanimously by the Senate to be the first female secretary of the Army. Frank Kendall was also recently confirmed as Air Force secretary via voice vote after a stalled nomination […]
The highest ranking U.S. Marine Corps officer wants emerging artificial intelligence capabilities to focus mainly on solving logistics challenges. Gen. David Berger, the Corps’ commandant, told an audience during the recent Sea-Air-Space conference that logistics is both an area of extreme importance in a potential future war and one where AI can be particularly helpful. […]
The Department of Defense will soon test a full-scale autonomous ocean-going replenishment system featuring technology-driven kits that are designed to transform existing barges into self-moving platforms that can land and refuel military aircraft. Sea Machines Robotics recently signed an agreement with the Defense Innovation Unit to begin the second phase of a contract in support […]
Aerospace startup Hermeus has received $60 million in funding from the U.S. Air Force to develop a hypersonic jet, which has the ability to travel five times faster than the speed of sound. The Air Force awarded Hermeus the multi-million-dollar contract on July 30, setting five objectives for the company to achieve in a period […]
The Department of Defense has released an implementation plan to move forward with the military-wide electromagnetic spectrum operations superiority strategy. The classified plan, approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on July 15, promotes alignment on both EMS operations and technology acquisition, C4ISRNET reported. One of the new directives under the plan is the transfer of […]
U.S. Army researchers are developing spectrum visualization technology that will provide the ability to maintain control over remotely controlled vehicles at greater distances, effectively avoiding “orphan robots” on the battlefield. The technology was originally conceived as a means of maintaining communications with dismounted soldiers caught up in the flurry of war, Signal Magazine reported Wednesday. […]
Gregory Kausner has been appointed acting undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. He will be responsible for all matters related to acquisition, contract administration, logistics and materiel readiness, installations and environment, operational energy, the acquisition workforce and the defense industrial base. Kausner previously performed the duties of the deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition […]
