The Air Force announced it has achieved full compliance in the Department of Defense Information Technology Portfolio Repository. DITPR serves as a comprehensive list of unclassified mission-critical IT systems and their interfaces, according to DOD knowledge base AcqNotes. The repository provides an overview of system acronyms, descriptions, sponsor agency, approval authority, points of contact and […]
The Army has awarded BAE Systems a potential $600 million contract to provide sustainment and support for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle. Currently, BAE Systems is in the low-rate production phase for the AMPV program and has delivered at least one of each of the vehicle’s five variants. The sustainment contract will run for five years […]
The U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East, based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina, is trying out an advanced method of cleaning the connectors at the ends of fiber optic cables used in aircraft avionics. The center’s Advanced Technology and Innovation Team recently evaluated a robotic fiber optic inspection and cleaning […]
Data science company Govini noted a 7.8 percent increase in information technology spending in the Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. In an analysis published as part of its annual Federal Scorecard, Govini reported that DOD requested a total of $34.8 billion for IT in FY 2022. According to the data, the department […]
The Army plans to launch a pilot program that pushes coders and software developers to the tactical edge, positioning them to better identify capability gaps. Through the Starblazor pilot, the Army wants to be able to more quickly identify and defeat signals that it has not encountered before, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. Army coders need to […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business division a $171.6 million contract to support the production of the service’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band system. The Low-Rate Initial Production Lot I contract will focus on transitioning the program from the development stage into production and deployment, Raytheon said Thursday. The NGJ-MB system […]
Lt. Gen. Mark Wise, deputy commandant for aviation at the U.S. Marine Corps, shared updates about the service’s planned procurement of CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters during a hearing with the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee. According to Wise, there has been a significant decrease in the helicopter’s unit cost, with prices dropping […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has made its hardware vulnerability disclosure platform for ethical hackers and cybersecurity researchers open-source. DARPA launched the Finding Exploits to Thwart Tampering bug bounty program in April 2020, providing white-hat hackers the opportunity to help protect processors being developed for the System Security Integration Through Hardware and Firmware program. […]
The military services are turning to automation for help in ensuring they can get the best prices for goods and services from government contractors. The Army is working to introduce algorithms that can quickly determine the fairness of vendor prices, a task that typically requires much manpower, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. Rebecca Weirick, the […]
The Navy needs to find a balance between investing in modernization and force readiness, according to the military branch’s top officer. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, a two-time Wash100 winner, said that while the Navy needs to invest in remaining relevant today, the service must not neglect its responsibilities for the future, USNI […]
