Col. Elliott Leigh, AFWERX director and chief commercialization officer for the Department of Air Force, has informed entrepreneurs, educators and researchers of the funding opportunities that can help them advance their dual-use and defense-specific technologies. Speaking at a recent Academia Days outreach event in Ohio, Leigh told participants from various universities, institutions and businesses that […]
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Leidos a potential three-year, $95 million task order to sustain its Overlord unmanned surface vessels and other medium USVs. Dave Lewis, Leidos Defense Group senior vice president and Maritime Systems operations manager, said the single-award task order helps the Navy’s mission to evolve USVs and integrate them […]
Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, the head of the U.S. Army Cyber Command, seeks to better educate commanders and troops about what is possible in cyber operations. Speaking at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association TechNet Augusta conference, she called on national training centers to teach more about offensive cyber, information advantage and electronic warfare […]
Venice Goodwine has begun serving as the Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer, succeeding 2023 Wash100 awardee Lauren Knausenberger. A spokesperson said Goodwine’s term started on Aug. 13. Goodwine is responsible for a $17 billion portfolio and roughly 30,000 cyber and information technology employees worldwide. She also oversees the data and artificial intelligence, […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has expanded its remote surveillance imager capability set with the addition of Aries Defense’s CheckPoints and Recon V OverWatch systems. The Marine Corps Ground Reconnaissance, Scout, Sniper and Ground Sensor Platoon communities will deploy the systems to collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data under the Terrestrial Collections Systems Ground Sensors program. […]
AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm, has awarded New York-based company Wallaroo .AI a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer contract to help the department address key on-orbit challenges. Under the STTR award, Wallaroo .AI will use its expertise in artificial intelligence to help the Air Force Research Laboratory deploy machine learning […]
Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch, director of the U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, said at a recent industry conference that the service is assessing how to make and sustain directed-energy weapons at a reasonable cost and how to use such systems in combat. Rasch’s office is working with Kord Technologies to develop an […]
Capt. Thomas Dickinson began serving as the commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers following a change of command ceremony on Friday. He replaces Rear Adm. Kevin Byrne, who retired after holding the role for three years. Dickinson will lead the Naval Surface Warfare Center and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center together with […]
The U.S. Air Force will introduce two regional Air Force Medical Commands to improve personnel health and readiness across the Air Force Medical Service. The AFMED regions will help modernize the AFMS in a way that can better support Air Force and Space Force medical readiness while integrating the Defense Health Agency authorities for health […]
AFWERX has awarded ZE Government Solutions a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract to produce a drone-based indoor threat detection system. The solution is meant to enable situational awareness and indoor threat response by combining artificial intelligence-powered object detection video analytics technology with confined space unmanned aerial systems. ZEGS is the federal government-focused subsidiary […]
