The Defense Logistics Agency has appointed W. Eric Smith as its new chief of staff. Vice Adm. Michelle Skubic, director of the DLA, announced Smith’s appointment in an email sent to senior leaders on April 27. Smith had served as deputy commander of DLA Energy since November 2019. DLA Energy is a major subordinate command […]
TrellisWare Technologies and Spectranetix have integrated the TrellisWare TSM waveform into the Spectranetix ComScan communications solution, which was developed to meet the design goals of the U.S. Army’s Capability Set 23. Spectranetix completed the Phase 2 test under the Army Technical Exchange Meeting 4 CS23 effort by delivering a prototype ComScan multimission system, which supports […]
Curtiss-Wright has received a contract from Scientific Research Corporation to provide a new recorder system for the military’s T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft. The company will equip the trainer aircraft with its Fortress CVR25 recorder, a solution that combines cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder capabilities. Designed for military fixed and rotary wing platforms, […]
VTG has secured a C4ISR engineering and production services contract with Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific. The potential $116 million contract requires VTG to support NIWC Pacific’s Network Integration Engineering Facility. Work on the contract could extend to more than five years, VTG said Tuesday. The Chantilly, Virginia-based company will produce and supply C4ISR end […]
The Army Research Office has awarded Aura Technologies with a potential $50 million contract to provide artificial intelligence-based systems. Work under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will initially be focused on power systems, intelligent lighting and intelligent environments for Army environments in deployed regions, Aura said Tuesday. “The contract will allow AURA to expand into a number […]
The Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office is hosting a competition for U.S. based companies to acquire solutions that can address the service’s technology and operational gaps. Companies interested in participating in the xTech|RCCTO Army Strategic Rapid Acquisition competition may submit proposals and prototypes across six technology topics, according to a special notice posted […]
The U.S. Marine Corps intends to invest $1 billion to develop new systems for its traditional electronic warfare operators to facilitate peer-to-peer EW engagements. Speaking at a recent Association of Old Crows virtual summit, Lt. Col. Brian Ackerson, branch head for Marine Air Ground Task Force electronic warfare, said the Marine Corps wants to build […]
McKean Defense Group, an employee-owned ship integrator, has landed a contract to provide ship sustainment and maintenance for Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division. The $20 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support Materials, Structures, Environmental and Protection Division 33, McKean said. “The team we assembled for this effort provides Division 33 with access to hundreds of […]
More than 20 representatives and senators are pushing for a $100 billion investment in the National Science Foundation to advance research on emerging technologies. The proposed investment is specifically geared towards the creation of a technology and innovation directorate within the NSF that would promote strategies and R&D efforts focused on quantum computing and information […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency is preparing an action plan to further promote digital modernization across the military. According to the agency’s director, Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, the action plan will cover areas that he wants DISA and its partner agencies across the Department of Defense to focus on over the next few years. Skinner […]
