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 […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has appointed Karyn Runstrom as its new chief of staff as announced by Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, the DLA director, via an email to senior leadership. As chief of staff, Runstrom will manage, among other things, the agency’s strategic planning, enterprise integration, organizational governance and strategic communications, the DLA said. […]
The U.S. Army is tapping into Kopin’s expertise to develop and produce a vital optical component that will form part of the Next Generation-Short Range Interceptor system. On Wednesday, Kopin announced that it had received a contract to work on a high-resolution eyepiece assembly that will go into the NG-SRI’s new Commanders Launch Assembly. The […]
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport has awarded Purvis Systems a $37.3 million contract to provide a wide range of engineering services for submarine systems. Under the new deal, the technology solutions provider will continue to be the NUWC Maritime Special Projects Office’s technical design agent, acquisition engineering agent and in-service engineering agent for […]
A change of command ceremony was held Monday at the Washington Navy Yard, transferring the responsibility to lead the Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers to Rear Adm. Todd Evans. Rear Adm. Thomas Dickinson, who was the NAVSEA Warfare Centers commander for nearly a year, is now the program executive officer for integrated warfare systems. […]
The U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center has awarded Trax International a $692 million prime contract for test support services. Under the five-year Aberdeen Test Center Support Services contract, Trax will be in charge of planning, conducting, analyzing and reporting results of tests on Army equipment, encompassing the developmental and production stages, Trax said. The new […]
U.S. Air Force leaders said that several factors are affecting the decision to revamp the requirements for the Next-Generation Air Dominance, a new stealth fighter aircraft platform. Incorporating the latest technologies is a factor behind the decision to reexamine the requirements. Mark Gunzinger, director of future aerospace concepts and capabilities assessments at the Mitchell Institute, […]
The Department of Defense’s Joint Fires Network prototype demonstrated during the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Valiant Shield 2024 exercise held from June 7 to 18 incorporated Lockheed Martin’s digital command and control capabilities. According to the company, the JFN demo tested third-party solutions as an infrastructure component in addressing combatant commands’ immediate needs and supporting the […]
