Amazon Web Services’ Modular Data Center dedicated to Department of Defense customers offers satellite-powered network connectivity through a partnership with SES Space & Defense. The Modular Data Center, rolled out in February under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract, enables the deployment of self-contained data centers with built-in AWS infrastructure to any location. Connectivity from […]
U.S. Navy Adm. Michael Gilday, chief of naval operations, said Wednesday that Indo-Pacific forces such as the 7th Fleet will be the first to receive capabilities from Project Overmatch, which is said to involve a system that facilitates real-time information sharing and software updates for warfighters. He explained that the capability is meant to containerize […]
The U.S. Navy has received the first E-6B Mercury aircraft with Block II upgrades from Northrop Grumman. Modification work began in 2022 under a $111 million integrated modification and maintenance contract, which involved the installation of new toolkits to improve the aircraft’s command, control and communications functions. The aircraft operates in a wide frequency spectrum […]
The National Security Agency has awarded a contract to Fairfax, Virginia-based General Dynamics Mission Systems to develop a secure desktop phone with voice-over-internet protocol functionality. The device is expected to provide enhanced voice quality, modern cyber protections and new features such as videoconferencing within a modular architecture aimed at reducing lifecycle costs and optimizing development. […]
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Palantir Technologies a potential $463 million multiyear contract to provide software solutions for enhancing decision-making. Palantir’s defense portfolio includes large language models that can understand, recommend and trigger business processes and actions to help warfighters and commanders focus on more important tasks. Other offerings include edge processing and […]
Radiance Technologies is partnering with Peraton to support the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Missile and Space Intelligence Center as part of a potential five-year, $284 million task order. The award was made under the Solutions for Intelligence Analysis 3 Countering Advanced Conventional Weapons Analytical Requirements contract vehicle. Peraton and Radiance are expected to study ballistic missiles, […]
The Defense Innovation Unit is expected to deploy Hypersonix Launch Systems’ DART Additive Engineering hypersonic vehicle demonstrator by the summer. The DIU plans to work with a launch provider to showcase how DART AE will support the Department of Defense’s hypersonics testing needs. The DIU chose the DART AE platform in March through the Hypersonic […]
The Department of Defense has issued new guidance for procuring digital assets. DOD Chief Information Officer John Sherman approved the document, titled Acquisition of Digital Capabilities, which superseded the guidance issued in 2020 for purchasing information technology. Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Tim Gorman said the revised guidance consolidates IT policy requirements to ensure the acquisition […]
The Department of Defense confirmed that Air Force Maj. Gen. Heath Collins, the current program executive officer for Ground-Based Weapons Systems at the Missile Defense Agency, has been selected as the next MDA director. Collins has served in his current role since August 2022, according to his LinkedIn profile. As PEO, he manages the Ground-Based […]
Northrop Grumman has completed a preliminary design review of a missile-warning terminal as part of a $99.6 million contract with the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific. The company said the PDR for Relay Ground Station-Asia was completed one month ahead of schedule. Aaron Dann, vice president of strategic force programs, said the assessment surpassed […]
