President Joe Biden has nominated Defense Innovation Unit Director Michael Brown for the role of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. Since Brown became director in 2018, the DIU doubled its number of ongoing projects, transitioned 26 new capabilities to warfighters, doubled company participation in projects and introduced 70 new vendors to the Department […]
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has issued a request for proposals for a $241 million contract that will prepare the Department of Defense for artificial intelligence development. The Data Readiness for Artificial Intelligence Development services contract will be executed over the course of five years. The DOD is seeking proposals that will result in multiple […]
Alion Science and Technology has received a task order worth $77 million to provide aircraft and weapons systems research and development for the Department of Defense’s F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office. The U.S. Air Force awarded the task order under the DOD Information Analysis Center’s multiple-award contract vehicle. The contract will cover research, technical […]
The Navy intends to award Lockheed Martin Aeronautics a sole-source contract for the installation of flight test instrumentation on F-35 test aircraft. The contract requires the company to provide engineering integration support and hardware kits as part of the installation process. Work under the proposed contract supports F-35 technical refresh 3 requirements, according to a […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.1 billion contract to develop an additional 11,000 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, according to a March 29 press release. The contract award comes after Lockheed finished testing an extended-range version of the system that is in development. During the test, the ER-GMLRS traveled more than 83 […]
Citadel Defense has secured a $5 million follow-on contract from the Department of Defense to provide U.S. troops with its Titan counter-unmanned aircraft system. Using a combination of artificial intelligence, machine learning and low-collateral electronic countermeasures, Citadel’s Titan C-UAS prevents drone pilots from collecting intelligence and drones from penetrating protected airspace. The counter-drone solution also […]
The Air Force Research Lab plans to use digital twin technology to build a colosseum where defense vendors can pit their systems against each other. Garry Haase, head of AFRL’s munitions directorate, said the laboratory plans to hold regular competitions, each focused on a specific technology area, Air Force Magazine reported. Digital twins are digital […]
The Department of Defense has awarded a team of researchers from Virginia a $13 million contract to build a 5G-enabled smart warehouse at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia. The Virginia Tech Applied Research team will leverage expertise in electrical and computer engineering, systems engineering, wireless communications, modeling, simulation and analysis for the […]
The Army is working on establishing All-Domain Operation Centers to support the U.S. military’s Joint All Domain Command and Control concept of connecting sensors from all of the military services into a single network. The ADOCs will operate within the Army’s multi-domain task forces, which are units meant to enable combat operations in areas with […]
Salient CRGT has been awarded the first option period under the $482 million SANDBAR contract that it received from the Department of Defense in September 2019. The five-year, single-award contract calls for telecommunications technical and engineering services in support of the Department of Defense and its interagency partners. Initial efforts done under the SANDBAR contract […]
