The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Missile Defense Agency are seeking a combined $350 million in additional funding from Congress to strengthen defense capabilities in Guam. USINDOPACOM stated in its unfunded priority list that its top priority is to develop a ballistic missile system in the U.S. territory. To build the capability, the combatant command […]
Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a five-year, $126 million task order to enable modeling and simulation enhancements in support of the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center. The CCDC GVSC oversees the development and integration of solutions into the military’s crewed and unmanned ground combat and combat support systems. Work […]
The Navy has formed a task force focused on increasing the reliability of littoral combat ships that have been affected by material defects. Task Force LCS is currently working on addressing five reliability issues on Freedom-variant ships and four more on Independence-variant ships that have resulted in the most lost operational days. According to Vice […]
Army researchers have published a study that could serve as the foundation for developing robots working alongside future soldiers. Researchers at Army Combat Capabilities Development Command developed a novel framework for future research on collaborative multi-agent systems, the Army said. Multi-agent systems are composed of multiple interacting intelligent agents intended to work together to solve […]
Lockheed Martin has awarded Curtiss-Wright a contract to provide its modular open system approach computers and video processing modules to enhance the mission computer and flight management computer installed on the Sikorsky MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters of the U.S. Navy. The initial contract is worth $24 million but could have a lifetime value of $70 million, […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a 2021 Wash100 winner, has approved the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control strategy for future warfare. JADC2 is the concept of connecting the military’s sensors across all domains, including space and cyberspace, into a single network. DOD’s JADC2 strategy emphasizes the use of artificial intelligence and data-sharing […]
Dynetics has revealed a launcher intended to serve as the Army’s permanent solution against cruise missiles. The system was reportedly field-tested in a live-fire event alongside solutions offered by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Raytheon Technologies. Ronnie Chronister, senior vice president for weapons and technology and manufacturing at Dynetics, said the Enduring Shield launcher was […]
Oshkosh Defense, a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, has been awarded a $942.9 million contract to upgrade the Army’s Stryker Double V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicle with a new unmanned turreted auto-cannon. The contract provides for the integration of the 30mm Medium Caliber Weapon System onto ICVVA1 vehicles across three Stryker brigade combat teams. The upgrade […]
Janus Global Operations, a subsidiary of Caliburn International, has secured a spot on the U.S. Army’s $240 million multiple-award military munitions services task order. The MAMMS III contract requires the company to help the Army Corps of Engineers mitigate potentially hazardous munitions at current and formerly used defense and federally controlled/owned sites, as well as […]
C3 AI has announced an expanded agreement to enhance the predictive analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities of the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office. The Air Force has used the C3 AI Suite and C3 AI Readiness tools to deploy an AI-based predictive maintenance application under the terms of an initial agreement entered in September 2020. […]
