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 […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched the Synthetic Quantum Nanostructures program to identify new manmade nanomaterials that can be used to develop a version of superconducting electronic devices that can operate in a higher temperature range compared to the current product. While being used for quantum information processing or manipulation, the devices generate […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded RTX a contract to ensure that artificial intelligence-made decisions are in line with those made by humans in real-life situations. Under the contract, RTX’s Raytheon BBN division will use a cognitive interviewing technique to understand how experts in the medical and emergency response fields evaluate information to […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory has opened a new joint-use Secure Corporate Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The facility offers a one-stop shop for collaboration and communication in an expansive workspace with premier network security. It can accommodate multiple teams, enabling effective communication across organizations. Four AFRL offices and directorates fielded 17 individuals […]
Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, program executive officer for command, control, communications and battle management, said the U.S. Air Force is building an architecture for the Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative’s kill chains. During a keynote speech at a recent industry event, Cropsey said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall received the first analysis of that […]
The U.S. Air Force has reactivated the 75th Intelligence Squadron within the 659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group for enhanced cyber operations and national security. Its responsibilities include deploying intelligence techniques and advanced technologies and ensuring national interests are protected from cyberattacks, DVIDS reported. Most of the personnel transferred to the 75th IS came from […]
ManTech has secured a five-year, $622 million task order to provide systems integration and sustainment capabilities to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center. Under the task order, ManTech will provide collection management, cyber intelligence, electronic warfare, human intelligence, signals intelligence, biometrics and other analytics capabilities to the DEVCOM C5ISR Center. The contractor […]
Early-stage electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities designed for small multidomain unmanned systems have been tested in an experimentation event led by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division. Representatives from U.S. military branches, government labs and academic institutions and partners from Australia and the United Kingdom participated in Silent Swarm 2023. The event was held from July […]
