The U.S. Army has exercised an option in a contract with AeroVironment to order additional Switchblade 300 tactical missile systems. Switchblade 300 is a back-packable and rapidly deployable loitering missile designed for precision strikes. The system can be remotely piloted or flown autonomously, AeroVironment said Tuesday. The system includes a multipack launcher designed to provide […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a draft manual meant to direct the service’s new operations strategy. The Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations manual suggests moving small formations of Marines from sea to strategic pieces of land to perform surveillance missions, launch anti-ship missiles and set up a rugged forward refueling and rearming base, among other […]
The U.S. Air Force announced that the HH-60W Jolly Green II, a new combat rescue helicopter, has passed the final test in its developmental phase. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin aviation company, helped conduct the final test at Eglin Air Force Base to demonstrate the performance of the aircraft’s weapons systems and optimize their configurations, the […]
Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a five-year task order to provide prototyping and experimentation services to the Department of Defense. The $39 million task order was awarded under the DOD Information Analysis Center’s multiple-award contract vehicle, which was created to enhance the Defense Technical Information Center repository, Alion said. Established in the 1940s, […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Everbridge a new three-year contract to provide software solutions that will power the Joint Analytic Real-Time Virtual Information Sharing System, the enterprise system used by the Department of Defense for threat visibility. The new contract extends the Army’s comprehensive antiterrorism and force protection program, which is aimed at ensuring the […]
The U.S. Navy seeks to demonstrate a mix of electronic warfare and cyber capabilities through its aerial electronic attack platform dubbed the Next Generation Jammer. The NGJ, which is split into three pods covering the mid, low and high portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, will be mounted on the EA-18G Growler aircraft and serve as […]
Booz Allen Hamilton has partnered with Taqtile, a spatial computing technology company, to demonstrate a 5G-enabled augmented reality platform at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Taqtile said it will use its Manifest AR platform to test the security and resilience of 5G networks and the advanced capabilities of AR and virtual reality. Dirck Schou, CEO of Taqtile, […]
President Joe Biden has expressed his intent to nominate Christine Wormuth as Army secretary. Wormuth’s selection marks the Biden administration’s first cabinet nomination for the military services. If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first woman to hold the position, FCW reported Tuesday. Wormuth currently serves as the director of the International Security […]
FLIR Systems has been tasked to rapidly develop new fabrics that can help protect troops and medical workers from chemical and biological threats. Work will be done under a potential $20.5 million contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The contract includes a two-year base period of performance, one two-year option period and […]
Sentar has been awarded a follow-on contract to provide integrated logistics support, engineering and technical services to Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific. The two-year $4.5 million contract benefits the Cyber Analytics In-Service Engineering Agency, Sentar said Tuesday. Under the terms of the new task order, Sentar will work with NIWC Pacific in all technical and […]
