BAE Systems has begun delivering AN/ALR-56M Advanced Radar Warning Receivers to the U.S. Air Force in fulfillment of its contractual obligations to the Defense Logistics Agency. The advanced systems equip the C-130J Super Hercules fleet with enhanced situational awareness and self-defense capabilities, critical for safeguarding missions in contested environments, BAE Systems said. With rapid digital […]
Oshkosh Defense, a subsidiary of Wisconsin-based industrial technology company Oshkosh Corporation, has secured a $231.9 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal for the supply of its modernized Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles. The contract not only provides for the production and delivery of vehicles, such as Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical […]
The Air Force Special Operations Command has named Lt. Gen. Michael Conley as its new commander, replacing Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, who will leave the AFSOC to accept the superintendent role at the U.S. Air Force Academy. A change of command ceremony was held at the Freedom Hangar on Tuesday, marking the transition to the […]
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 […]
