The Intelligence Community will be asked to create a new agency responsible for identifying technologies and capabilities that can allow the organization to address mission needs. Under the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, the director of national intelligence is required to set up an “Intelligence Community Innovation Unit,” an organization akin to the Department of […]
Venice Goodwine, the Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer, has signed a new policy to enable safe testing of generative artificial intelligence within the service branch’s Office 365 environment. Speaking at a recent Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association event, she said airmen and U.S. Space Force guardians will undergo training to improve […]
The Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 2, scheduled for launch in 2026, is key to a global positioning system alternative that the Space Development Agency is working on with the U.S. Army, SDA Director Derek Tournear said. He noted in the National Security Space Association’s online SpaceTime Series on Dec. 7 that the Army has […]
The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX has awarded ZE Government Solutions a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 contract to help the Department of the Air Force address capability gaps through object classification. The ZeroEyes subsidiary will use its green screen lab to create models that would allow the DAF to develop or focus on waterside […]
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated how its Integrated Battle Command System can integrate sensors and effectors during advanced live-fire flight tests that started in November. In a series of tests at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Northrop integrated the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor into the IBCS, allowing the command and […]
An artificial intelligence-backed solutions provider is continuing its work of helping the Secretary of the Army’s plans of forming a data-centric force. To ensure the success of the efforts, the U.S. Army has expanded its collaboration with artificial intelligence-powered decision intelligence solutions provider BigBear.ai, allowing it to continue as the prime contractor for the Global […]
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 […]
