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 […]
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has awarded six organizations research contracts to develop sensing platforms that can detect and identify aerosol-based chemical threats in complex environments. The contract awardees are Detect-Ion, Signature Science, Virginia Tech, the University of Colorado-Boulder, SRI International and Leidos. The multiyear research and development effort is part of the newly […]
The Defense Science Board recently met with Pentagon officials to discuss national security issues as part of the Winter Quarterly Session. The event, which ran from Feb. 6 to 8, marked the beginning of the 2024 Summer Study on Advanced Capabilities for Potential Future Conflict, the Pentagon said. During the first day of the Winter […]
