William Burns, director of the CIA, has called for the United States to outpace adversaries such as China in the realm of artificial intelligence, which he described as transformative for spying efforts. Speaking at a recent Ditchley Foundation event, he explained that AI can be used to identify trends in open-source information. Burns warned that […]
The U.S. Army Integrated Fires Mission Command has awarded Silvus Technologies a $35 million contract for the procurement of its mobile ad hoc network communications solution. Silvus developed its MANET Antenna Integrated Radio System in partnership with Northrop Grumman. AIRS, equipped with a tri-lobe high-gain transceiver antenna array and Silvus StreamCaster MANET radios, works to […]
Telecommunications provider Fairwinds Technologies has awarded Comtech a $30 million contract to support U.S. Army tactical communications. Under the contract, Comtech will provide its Troposcatter Family of Systems to improve the Army’s beyond-line-of-sight communications capabilities across all domains. The Troposcatter FOS works to support various commercial and government applications, including military operations, disaster response, emergency […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has introduced a program aimed at ensuring that chips made in the United States maintain reliability despite exposure to severe radiation. David Abe, program manager for Advanced Sources for Single-event Effects Radiation Testing, highlighted another objective, which is to accelerate the deployment of radiation-hardened processors by making testing and […]
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded Parsons a potential five-year, $170 million task order to conduct vulnerability assessments, technical support projects and design reviews under the Assessments, Exercises, Modeling and Simulation Support indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract. The IDIQ contract has a maximum value of $850 million. Parsons was one of five firms to earn spots […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Technology Office has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to design an autonomous uncrewed aircraft system that delivers ISR and situational awareness support to U.S. Navy ships. Under the Advanced Aircraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And Recovery contract, Northrop will design a demonstrator UAS that can carry a 60-lb sensor payload […]
HII has selected Gecko Robotics to support U.S. Navy surface ships maintenance work under a contract worth $5 million. Gecko will deploy its wall-climbing ultrasonic inspection robots to identify vessel parts in need of repair or preventive maintenance and gather data to create digital models of ships using the company’s artificial intelligence-enabled software platform. The […]
Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support has awarded ADS a $38 million contract to deliver ultra-broadband, man-portable jammers for the U.S. Army. ADS selected Parry Labs as a subcontractor responsible for producing the systems designed to protect soldiers from the latest improvised explosions and electromagnetic threats. Certified bomb technicians conducting explosive ordnance disposal operations will use […]
The Department of Defense has instituted a new office for force development and emerging capabilities to improve readiness against artificial intelligence and other new technologies. According to a department official, the move is part of a broad reorganization within the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s policy team. Speaking to DefenseScoop, the spokesperson explained that […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Accenture Federal Services a potential four-year, $94 million contract for identity, credential and access management system support. AFS will implement commercial standards and architectures to automate the Army’s ICAM user accounts provisioning. Specifically, AFS will implement identity governance and administration, privileged access management and multi-factor authentication. Work on the contract […]
