The Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Information Officer will lead all 5G activities across the agency from the start of the fiscal year 2024 as part of its modernization efforts. Speaking at a Defense Tech Week event, DOD CIO John Sherman, a 2023 Wash100 awardee and a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s […]
Boston-based software company Zapata Computing and L3Harris Technologies have delivered 30 quantum computing challenge scenarios to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help the government determine how the technology can support various use cases. The quantum scenario delivery is part of a $7.3 million DARPA contract that requires the companies to develop quantum computing […]
Teal Drones, a subsidiary of military technology company Red Cat, has partnered with Doodle Labs to develop a small unmanned aerial system prototype that will compete with two other sUAS offerings under the second and final tranche of the U.S. Army‘s Short Range Reconnaissance program. As part of the partnership, Doodle Labs will provide its […]
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the press secretary of the Department of Defense, said during a news conference that Ukraine will receive $1.2 billion to boost anti-air and artillery capabilities. He explained that the grant is intended to meet immediate defensive needs and enhance the Ukrainian military’s ability to repel Russia “over the […]
SOSi has secured a spot on a $995 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for U.S. Air Force advisory and assistance services. Under the IDIQ, SOSi will have the opportunity to compete for task orders to deliver training, engineering and intelligence support capabilities to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and the Air Forces Africa. Eight other companies […]
Emerging technologies that simulate real-life military operations are in use at the Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific in San Diego, California, and Mariner Skills Training Center, Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia, to improve U.S. Navy operations. Both training centers were established in the aftermath of separate fatal collisions in 2017 involving the USS Fitzgerald, which collided […]
President Joe Biden is expected to nominate Gen. Charles Brown Jr., the chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown, a career F-16 pilot with over 3,000 flight hours, has been a long-time runner for the Joint Chiefs position. If approved, he would serve […]
Cubic’s DTECH Mission Solutions, Instant Connect Software and Rally Tactical Systems are combining their hardware and software offerings to deliver a new tactical radio interoperability product aimed at supporting U.S. and allied military communications. Anthony Verna, senior vice president of Cubic’s DTECH segment and a 4×24 member, explained that the collaboration will provide warfighters with […]
Javelin Joint Venture, a collaboration between Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Missiles & Defense, has secured a potential $7.2 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Army for the Javelin weapon system and associated equipment and services. The IDIQ includes a base year with $1.02 billion in authorizing funds, which supports the increase of Javelin All-Up Round […]
Raytheon Technologies will proceed to build an operational architecture for the U.S. Air Force’s Common Tactical Edge Network after finishing a demonstration. Developed by Raytheon unit Collins Aerospace, CTEN is meant to connect disparate networks to facilitate data sharing and accelerate decision-making in contested environments. CTEN is part of the Advanced Battle Management System, the […]
