The U.S. Marine Corps is soliciting industry proposals for counter-drone technology to protect installations amid autonomous attacks on Middle East-stationed troops. The service branch specified that it wants systems combining anti-drone weapons with jammers and other non-kinetic capabilities to minimize collateral damage from falling debris and explosives, Defense One reported. Such systems also need to […]
Northrop Grumman and Viasat have partnered to support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program. Under the partnership, Viasat will use its ViaSat-3 satellite communications network and Northrop Grumman’s processors and antennas to conduct DEUCSI experiments on multiple platforms. According to Viasat, the network ensures that warfighters have access […]
General Dynamics Mission Systems’ Progeny Systems has announced a $22.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee U.S. Navy contract with a $116 million ceiling to provide engineering and technical support for an integrated shipboard and shore-based maintenance management-decision tool system. Performance is expected to end in January 2025 but could extend until January 2029 if all options are exercised, […]
ASRC Federal subsidiary ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics has secured the Defense Logistics Agency’s potential 10-year, $500 million Navy Industrial Prime Vendor Generation IV contract to provide supply chain management and logistics support for the U.S. Navy. Chris Frye, senior vice president of supply chain management and logistics at ASRC, said the subsidiary will use an […]
The U.S. Army is working on a Responsible AI Strategy to guide internal development and use of artificial intelligence. Dr. David Barnes, the Army AI Integration Center’s ethics lead, said the framework is meant to establish the principles underpinning “the next generation of the Army’s AI strategy,” DefenseScoop reported. Barnes, a major contributor to the […]
Lily Zeleke has announced that she was no longer the Department of Defense’s deputy chief information officer for enterprise IT as of Thursday. According to an email sent to the DOD Chief Information Officer team, Zeleke, who became the deputy CIO in December 2022, will serve in a new role and will be succeeded by […]
California-based aviation software company Beacon AI has announced a Phase 2 prototype other transaction authority agreement from the U.S. Special Operations Command to enhance its artificial intelligence copilot assistant. The upgrades will optimize aircraft operations and improve route selection, Beacon said Thursday. The assistant is intended to support situational awareness and mission execution by providing […]
Boldyn Networks has equipped the U.S. Army Fort Jackson base with a 5G wireless network, providing connectivity to nearly 100,000 military members and their families. Brig. Gen. Jason Kelley, commanding general of the Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, said the 5G network boosts the base’s communications capabilities to improve mission readiness and quality of […]
Soaak Technologies has announced that it secured a $1.1 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract from AFWERX to help enhance airmen’s performance. Under the SBIR contract, Soaak will continue developing mobile and web applications using its proprietary sound frequency technology to ensure that airmen maintain peak mental and physical conditions while deployed in […]
The Department of the Navy has formed the Maritime Economic Deterrence Executive Council to help protect the Navy’s commercial partners and vendors from adversarial foreign investments. MEDEC’s overall mandate, which Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced at an Aspen Institute event in New York, also includes protecting the supply chain, technology and innovation, as well […]
