General Dynamics Information Technology has received a potential five-year, $383 million U.S. Navy contract for simulation and classroom training support. GDIT is expected to provide instructors, curriculum development, training aids and other services to U.S. and allied sailors. Brian Sheridan, senior vice president for defense at GDIT, noted his company’s three decades of support for […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has opened the Orion Cyber Operations Center-Hill, a facility designed to support the agency’s command and control modernization efforts. The center will serve as a hub where Department of Defense IT network requests are load-balanced across active data centers. Since its conception, the center has helped DISA replace aging infrastructure […]
A project team investigating quantum constructs with the aim of revolutionizing precision weapons won the 2024 Applied Research for Advancement of Science and Technology Priorities program award. The Army Research Laboratory-led project team’s proposal was one of the nine submissions received by the committee for this year’s ARAP award competition. ARAP is a three-year, $45 […]
The House Armed Services Committee said the Department of Defense and the military services have not made meaningful changes in maximizing the expertise of the military’s reserve component and the National Guard when it comes to cyber operations. The matter was noted under an item of special interest in the Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation […]
The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for a contractor that can develop a solution for isolating and maintaining the quality of satellite communications signals where 5G radio frequency interference is present. The agency explained that SATCOM equipment bandwidths tend to overlap with those of 5G, causing signal degradation and loss. According to a project notice […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory and California-based company Luminous Cyber have partnered to develop a resilient in-theater Global Positioning System solution to be used in regions where conditions are degraded or malicious actors actively jam or interfere with positioning capabilities. Under the collaboration, the AFRL’s Sensors Directorate adopted Luminous Cyber’s Location Information Service platform to […]
The U.S. Army unveiled its new M10 Booker combat vehicle during a celebration of the service’s 248th birthday on Saturday in Virginia. According to a 2022 report from the Pentagon’s director of operational test and evaluation, the system can fire currently fielded munitions designed to defeat various targets. General Dynamics Land Systems was awarded a […]
The Government Accountability Office has attributed delays in the Department of Defense’s acquisition programs to the inconsistent application of commercial development practices. In a new report, the watchdog cited the U.S. Navy’s DDG-1000 Zumwalt guided-missile destroyer, which saw its schedule pushed back by a year due to a request to integrate an experimental hypersonic missile. […]
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has awarded Leonardo DRS a five-year, $94 million contract for sniper weapon sights systems. Leonardo DRS will provide its Family of Weapon Sights – Sniper, Improved Night/Day Observation Device Block III system. The INOD Block III is designed for sniper and reconnaissance operators who need to detect targets, identify landscapes […]
Northrop Grumman will produce new AN/WSN-12 Inertial Sensor Modules under a U.S. Navy contract. The AN/WSN-12 ISM is a component of the AN/WSN-12 Inertial Navigator System that provides accurate positioning data without GPS. Todd Leavitt, vice president of naval and oceanic systems at Northrop, said the component delivers greater precision to sailors by upgrading existing […]
