The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $15 million contract to deliver its modernized AN/UPX-50(C) Digital Interrogator. The AN/UPX-50(C) will provide high-performance, multi-function identification friend or foe solutions for air defense, weapon systems, air traffic control and range instrumentation. It will also provide encrypted data exchange and automatic dependent surveillance for enhanced situational awareness. […]
The U.S. Special Operations Command now employs Lockheed Martin’s Dry Combat Submersible, which achieved initial operational capability in June. DCS is built for long-range underwater transportation of special operations forces, including the U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land teams. The vessel features a lock-in/lock-out chamber, which allows passengers to discreetly exit or enter the vehicle […]
Nisha Morris has joined the National Security Agency as chief of strategic communications and senior executive adviser to the board of directors. She is expected to form a communications strategy and lead a global team to build public trust in the agency. NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, a 2023 Wash100 awardee, explained that Morris’ leadership […]
U.S. Army Central has tested a counter-drone smartphone app called CARPE Dronvm, a brainchild of U.S. Air Forces Central. The tests were conducted at the McEntire Joint National Guard Base and Poinsett Range in South Carolina. The Department of Defense funded the app built by the MITRE Corp., a manager of federally funded research and […]
The White House has nominated U.S. Navy Vice. Adm. Lisa Franchetti, vice chief of naval operations, to lead as chief of naval operations. If confirmed, she will succeed Adm. Michael Gilday as the service’s highest-ranking official. President Joe Biden has positioned Franchetti to become the first woman to serve in the CNO role and in […]
U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, a 2023 Wash100 winner, said at the recent Aspen Security Forum that the first Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon battery is expected to be delivered and fielded by fall 2023. An LRHW unit is armed with ground-launched hypersonic missiles that can travel well over 3,800 miles per hour and reach distances of […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory has selected Macom Technology Solutions to develop advanced gallium nitride-on-silicon carbide semiconductor process technologies for millimeter-wave monolithic microwave integrated circuit products. Work will be performed under a multiyear research and development contract valued at $4 million. The contract provides funds to improve the performance of existing GaN-on-SiC technologies for next-generation […]
The Mission Technologies unit of HII has received a one-year, $41 million task order to provide integrated training systems installation and sustainment to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity. Ryan Norris, president of fleet sustainment for HII Mission Technologies, said that system installation work will be conducted at shipboard and shore-site […]
The National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have published a new assessment on 5G network slicing to enable a mutual understanding between the industry and federal departments on security considerations for designing, deploying and maintaining the 5G network architecture. Both the NSA and CISA are members of the Enduring Security Framework, […]
U.S. Air Forces Central has partnered with George Mason University to enhance warfighter training, education and research capabilities. Under a cooperative research and development agreement signed on July 14, personnel will engage in applied R&D programs with the Volgenau School of Engineering’s national security and defense teams at the university’s Rapid Prototyping Research Center and […]
