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Parsons has announced that it will develop hardware and software solutions for intelligence applications under a potential seven-year, $160 million classified contract with the Intelligence Community. According to Mike Kushin, president of Parsons’ defense and intelligence sector, contract work involves supporting the IC’s missions aiming to defend and advance national security interests worldwide.   Services may include […]

U.S. Army Col. Glenn Henke, the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office’s military deputy director, has warned that the service branches face a growing threat from small drones. He said hostile nations and insurgents are conducting surveillance and munitions delivery across all domains with such systems. According to Henke, adversaries are also exploring the use […]

American defense contractors will gain access to semiconductors made on U.S. soil, according to multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company GlobalFoundries, which announced a deal signed with the Department of Defense. The deal, which calls for an initial $17.3 million award in September and a $3.1 billion total spending ceiling over 10 years, will […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Virginia-based Metron a $2.1 million contract to undertake Phase 1 of Beyond Linear Processing, a program aimed at developing signal processing techniques to pave the way for smaller, lighter and more affordable radar systems. BLiP’s first phase covers the development and evaluation of end-to-end radar signal processing […]

The U.S. Special Operations Command has selected Quantum Computing Inc. subsidiary Qi Solutions to develop quantum technology applications under a five-year overarching cooperative research and development agreement to support USSOCOM’s global special operations and activities.  Qi Solutions, a nontraditional defense contractor, offers quantum photonic detection and ranging sensors, computing, communications, cryptography and advanced microchip solutions, […]

The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has conferred “awardable” status to Shift5’s TRL9 observability platform under the CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, the company announced on Thursday. The CDAO marketplace is the lead offering of the DOD’s Tradewinds suite of tools and services to streamline the procurement and adoption of capabilities in […]

The Department of Defense has awarded X-Energy Reactor a $17.9 million expanded contract for the development of a mobile micronuclear reactor for military use, which could be extended later to civilian commercial or industrial applications, the company announced on Friday.  The award, which is under the DOD’s Project Pele, expands an earlier contract that X-energy, […]

The Department of Defense has provided Ukrainian armed forces with industrial 3D printers to help them combat Russian forces. Speaking at a Center for a New American Security event, DOD acquisition chief William LaPlante said the “truck-sized” 3D printers will enhance Ukraine’s additive manufacturing capabilities and allow soldiers to produce spare parts needed on the […]