The Department of State said 47 states have endorsed a declaration for the responsible use of artificial technologies and automation for global militaries that the U.S. government first launched in the Netherlands in mid-February. According to the Department of Defense, the “Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy” comprises non-legally binding […]
The U.S. Army is seeking industry inputs on current and future capabilities of low-Earth orbit satellites suited for modernizing the service’s blue-force tracker system and enabling the Army’s units to monitor friendly forces’ battlefield positions. In a request for information posted on SAM .gov, the service is seeking vendors’ descriptions of their experience and capabilities […]
The Defense Innovation Board is undertaking two studies to enhance the Department of Defense’s acquisition and data readiness. At a board meeting earlier in November, officials identified streamlining acquisitions, rapid deployment of technology and promoting competition as some of the primary obstacles to modernization, GovCIO Media & Research reported Friday. CACI International Director Susan Gordon, leader of the […]
The focus technologies for the Department of Defense’s Organic Industrial Base Modernization Challenge were discussed in a workshop held from Oct. 25 to 26 in Chicago. According to a DOD press release issued on Tuesday, the challenge is a closed event for invited programs and is expected to offer $2.5 million for technologies that advance […]
Rigetti Computing has announced that it won a potential $1.5 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to develop benchmarks for large-scale quantum computing application performance. Under the Phase 2 DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Program contract, Rigetti Computing will continue work done during the first phase, wherein the company and its partners were able to develop […]
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said at an event on Tuesday that the Department of Defense within the next three weeks will choose the programs to be fast-tracked under an initiative to rapidly deploy thousands of autonomous systems. Hicks previously explained that Replicator’s objective is to provide the U.S. […]
Sandia National Laboratories has completed a test program on accelerating the U.S. Navy’s hypersonic strike capability and the Missile Defense Agency’s hypersonic defense capability. The lab’s testing, which will also help advance other hypersonic technologies, was undertaken with the MDA and the Navy Strategic Systems Programs in coordination with the Navy Strategic Systems Programs and […]
The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health announced that it has completed the deployment of the Military Health System Genesis electronic health record system to 7,000 more Department of Defense clinicians and providers outside of the contiguous United States. The rollout covered Pacific areas such as Okinawa, Japan, and South Korea and followed deployments across Europe […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Raytheon, an RTX business, a four-year, $15 million contract for radio frequency sensor technology enhancements. Raytheon will create improved high-power density, military-grade gallium nitride radio frequency transistors designed to deliver up to 16 times higher power output compared to traditional GaN transistors. Raytheon will work with the […]
Lockheed Martin is preparing to deliver its TPY-4 software-defined radar to the U.S. Air Force for evaluation. The development follows months of internal testing and modifications at Lockheed’s New York facilities. Steve Allen, program director for ground-based air surveillance at Lockheed, said the Air Force would push TPY-4 to the limit so officials would know […]
