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 […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory is investing in several science and technology projects aimed at addressing challenges related to energy efficiency and emission reduction, according to a senior official. Kristen Baldwin, a deputy assistant secretary in the Air Force’s acquisition office, said AFRL is working on next-generation turbine engines as part of the service’s advanced […]
The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Device Activity is conducting market research on wearable medical devices that can protect service members from traumatic brain injuries. In a request for information, the USAMMDA said it is interested in wearable devices that can prevent or at least reduce the risk of TBI when a service member is exposed […]
The Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center‘s Joint Common Foundation has reached initial operating capability, according to a senior official. JAIC Director Michael Groen, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, said the center has already begun onboarding users from the military services, FedScoop reported Tuesday. “The JCF is live, we have […]
The Department of Defense has selected nuclear companies BWXT Advanced Technologies and X-energy to continue work on a project that seeks to develop small, portable nuclear reactors for use by military officers on the battlefield. Under new Project Pele agreements with the Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office, the two companies will continue to support the […]
The Marine Corps seeks to refine its combat training course to enable Marines to take on bigger roles in future battlefields. The idea is to modify the current four-week infantry course, known as Marine Combat Training, to focus more on lethality. MCT is a condensed infantry training program taken up by non-infantry Marines after boot […]
Red 6, a California-based defense technology company, is in the final stages of developing its video game-like training simulator for Air Force fighter pilots, according to an executive from the company. CEO and founder Dan Robinson said Red 6 spent the past three years working with the Air Force to develop the Advanced Tactical Augmented […]
Boeing has inducted the first jet that is part of a five-year modification program for the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growler fleet. The Growler was inducted into the program at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington. The Boeing aircraft is an advanced airborne electronic attack platform designed to jam threat forces’ radar and communications signals. […]
