Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III has announced that he is setting aside $1.5 billion for the Department of Defense’s artificial intelligence hub over the next five years. During the National Security Commission on AI conference on Tuesday, Austin said that AI leadership has the ability to boost the U.S. military’s future technological advantage, from […]
The confirmation of twelve of President Joe Biden’s senior national security nominees remains in limbo after several senators have imposed procedural holds, potentially delaying the administration’s deadline for introducing new military leaders and policies, Defense News reported Tuesday. The Senate Armed Services Committee has recommended a dozen nominees to the chamber since June, but at […]
The U.S. Navy and the Strategic Capabilities Office are determined to gather insights from the Ghost Fleet Overlord program, which thoroughly tested potential tactical applications of unmanned surface vessels, a Pentagon official said. The SCO acquired two large USVs in 2017 to study how autonomous ships fitted with weapons and sensors can enhance U.S. naval […]
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 […]
