The U.S. Marine Corps will make it harder for adversaries to detect its MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial systems by integrating a piece of equipment that could counter enemy sensors. In a Brookings Institution event on Tuesday, Gen. Eric Smith, the service’s commandant, said the Marine Corps plans to install high-tech pods capable of mimicking objects […]
The Aviation & Missile Technology Consortium, an entity that the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center hosts, has selected BlueHalo as one of two contractors to advance the development of the Army’s next-generation counter-uncrewed aerial systems missile. In May, through the AMTC, the Arlington, Virginia-based defense technology company also secured a […]
Boeing announced the delivery of an upgraded CH-47F Chinook aircraft to the U.S. Army, the first out of 465 aircraft to undergo modernization as part of the Block II program. Heather McBryan, vice president and program manager of cargo programs at Boeing, said the Block II program will allow the service to “lift more, fly […]
Parallel Works and Rescale, the two companies tasked by the Defense Innovation Unit in 2022 to prototype solutions for the Department of Defense’s High Performance Computing Modernization Program, are set to transition to production contracts. According to the DIU, the two companies demonstrated after 18 months of prototyping that their solutions can expand the computing […]
The National Reconnaissance Office has launched its NROL-186 mission in collaboration with the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX. A Falcon 9 rocket carried the classified payloads, which marks the second deployment of the NRO’s proliferated architecture, a new generation of intelligence-gathering satellites, the NRO said. NRO Director Chris Scolese emphasized the […]
The Defense Manpower Data Center within the Department of Defense has awarded Dignari a five-year, multiple-award blanket purchase agreement for defense enterprise HR applications and data services. Valued at $1.4 billion, the contract award is aimed at modernizing DMDC’s enterprise services, particularly its identity management services and cybersecurity, Dignari said. Under the agreement, Dignari will […]
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has created an 18-month road map to accelerate the modernization of the IT system for the National Background Investigation Services program, which saw delays in the integration of new capabilities over the past years. While $1.35 billion has already been spent on NBIS, the federal government’s one-stop-shop IT system […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has appointed Karyn Runstrom as its new chief of staff as announced by Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, the DLA director, via an email to senior leadership. As chief of staff, Runstrom will manage, among other things, the agency’s strategic planning, enterprise integration, organizational governance and strategic communications, the DLA said. […]
The U.S. Army is tapping into Kopin’s expertise to develop and produce a vital optical component that will form part of the Next Generation-Short Range Interceptor system. On Wednesday, Kopin announced that it had received a contract to work on a high-resolution eyepiece assembly that will go into the NG-SRI’s new Commanders Launch Assembly. The […]
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport has awarded Purvis Systems a $37.3 million contract to provide a wide range of engineering services for submarine systems. Under the new deal, the technology solutions provider will continue to be the NUWC Maritime Special Projects Office’s technical design agent, acquisition engineering agent and in-service engineering agent for […]
