Airmen at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada have participated in a developmental test of a new chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear flight gear. The Uniform Integrated Protective Ensemble Air system includes gloves, a respirator, undergarments and more. The system was built to protect aircrews operating in toxic environments, the Air Force said Wednesday. 1st […]
Periscope Aviation has completed a demonstration in Leesburg, Virginia, where it showcased its drone prototype for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System program. The company, together with Malloy Aeronautics, was selected in 2020 to fulfill the service’s need for a resupply drone capable of carrying a 60 lb payload on a 12 […]
The U.S. military has placed new orders for FLIR Systems’ Centaur ground robots. Under contracts worth more than $70 million, the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine Corps will receive a total of nearly 600 FLIR Centaur robots. The orders include a $31.6 million contract from the Army for its Man Transportable Robot System Increment […]
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a potential $959.1 million Army contract for full-rate production of the Common Infrared Countermeasure system. The Army awarded the five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract following the validation of the technology’s design maturity and production feasibility, Northrop said Monday. CIRCM was built to protect aircraft from shoulder-fired and vehicle-launched heat-seeking missiles. According to […]
Amyx, a management and technical solutions company, has been awarded two new task orders under the Defense Logistics Agency’s J6 Enterprise Technology Services contract. JETS is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle that covers a range of information technology services that support applications, software, hardware, infrastructure and systems across the agency. One of the new task orders […]
The Army will partner with nontraditional defense contractors to sustain its fleet of future robotic combat vehicles. According to a statement released by the Army Applications Laboratory, efforts are underway to establish a cohort of innovators that will develop hardware and software components for sensor capabilities that will be used for RCV sustainment efforts. The […]
The Army is working with industry and academia to create a shared toolkit or a “common platform” for artificial intelligence developers. The effort is a collaboration among the Army’s AI Task Force, Carnegie Mellon University and machine learning company Visimo, Breaking Defense reported. Isaac Faber, chief data scientist at AITF, said the toolkit will improve […]
The Air Force has canceled a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III nuclear missile after the weapon shut itself down due to an error during its terminal countdown. According to Carla Pampe, a spokesperson for the Air Force Global Strike Command, the missile computer detected a fault in the sequence of checks it does […]
Raytheon Intelligence & Space is set to provide signals intelligence field services for the Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System under the terms of a $175 million contract. The AF DCGS is the Air Force’s primary weapon system for managing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data collected from sensors mounted on various platforms. Airmen assigned to […]
The Air Force has conducted a flight test of a Kratos UTAP-22 Mako “loyal wingman” air vehicle equipped with a custom-built autonomy system. The two-hour safety demonstration was the first Skyborg test conducted on an Air Force test range. The Skyborg program is aimed at building a family of autonomous combat drones for use in […]
