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 […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has developed a solution for performing wide-area surveillance of small drones in dense urban environments. With its Aerial Dragnet capability, DARPA aims to utilize sensors mounted on drones to detect, classify and track other drones. The goal is for Aerial Dragnet to transmit its tracking data from optical sensors, […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Perspecta Labs a prime spot on a contract to develop countermeasures against communications jamming and interference. The contract, which has a potential value of $18.5 million over 45 months, will support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Resilient Networked Distributed Mosaic Communications program, Perspecta said. DARPA’s RN DMC is […]
CACI International has received a five-year contract with a ceiling value of $376 million from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to support the conduct of critical geospatial intelligence missions. CACI will provide mission technology to the NGA under the indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contract, which will run through the course of five years if all options are […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division a $107 million contract modification to continue providing support services to the LHA 9 type of amphibious assault ships. The award, which marks HII’s fourth modification for the contract, calls for long-lead-time material and advanced procurement activities for LHA 9. With the modification, the […]
