The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded RTX business Raytheon a two-year, $10 million contract to develop a new energy relay system. Raytheon will create a wireless airborne relay system that would enable networks capable of harvesting, transmitting and redirecting optical beams. The relay system will transmit energy beams from the ground to high-altitude […]
The U.S. Army has awarded CACI International a potential five-year, $420 million task order for support services. Under the Replication, Exploitation, and Analysis of Commercial Threats task order, CACI will provide modeling, simulation and various engineering support services to allow the Army to counter risks across all warfighting domains and protect warfighters worldwide. CACI will […]
The United States is ensuring its allies are supplied with vital resources even when faced with unanticipated disruptions. On Tuesday, the Department of Defense and Singapore’s Ministry of Defense entered into a bilateral, non-binding security of supply arrangement with William A. LaPlante, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, and Melvyn Ong, permanent secretary of […]
The U.S. Army wants to create a program of record combining signals intelligence capabilities that commanders already use by fiscal year 2025. Officials said doing so would enhance efforts to sustain and upgrade the Theater SIGINT System, a collection of products rapidly developed to address pressing concerns, C4ISRNET reported Saturday. The Department of Defense is […]
The Department of Defense will host a hacking event in Hawaii from Feb. 5 to 9, 2024, open to all U.S. citizens. The BRAVO 11 Bits2Effect event will be hosted by the DOD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, the Defense Innovation Unit, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the U.S. Army Pacific Command and the U.S. […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded a three-year contract valued at an estimated $68 million to Serco for development and testing support to the autonomous operations of the service’s unmanned surface vessels. Serco’s work on the Navy’s Autonomy and Vehicle Control Systems/Testing and Evaluations contract will be performed for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division’s […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has announced the initial features of a new electromagnetic spectrum capability toolkit for warfighters. The Electromagnetic Battle Management-Joint is designed to improve soldiers’ situational awareness across the electromagnetic spectrum. The tool’s first iteration, called EMBM-J Situational Awareness, is a cloud-based platform that integrates EMS capabilities and functions into a single […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced on Wednesday that its Optimization With Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Devices program has produced the first quantum circuit with logical quantum bits. The development could accelerate fault-tolerant quantum computing and transform quantum processor design, DARPA said Wednesday. A Harvard University team supported by the California Institute of Technology, the […]
The National Reconnaissance Office has announced a new set of Strategic Commercial Enhancements contracts to assess and utilize private-sector electro-optical capabilities. Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Albedo Space, Hydrosat, Muon Space and Turion Space secured deals under the SCE Broad Agency Announcement Framework, NRO said. Each provider will undergo an evaluation process beginning with an analytic study to […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Keysight Technologies an $18.5 million contract for electronic warfare solutions delivery and integration. Keysight will provide two Electronic Warfare Threat Simulator systems to the Air Force, as well as patch management, field engineering support, spare parts, storage and other ancillary support services. Greg Patschke, general manager of Keysight’s aerospace, […]
