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 […]
The U.S. government is working with commercial firms to understand the implications of generative artificial intelligence, which draws on large language models to produce various kinds of data and media based on human instructions. Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence and a 2023 Wash100 winner, told the Senate Armed Services Committee at a Thursday […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to develop a network solution supporting multi-domain operations. Under the IDIQ, L3Harris will develop a Common Tactical Edge Network that would provide an aerial military internet of things. The CTEN will include a mesh network comprising defense and commercial resources that enhance aerial interoperability […]
The U.S. Navy and Nauticus Robotics have completed a live offshore demonstration of a mine-clearing drone as part of the Defense Innovation Unit’s Autonomous Explosive Ordnance Disposal Maritime Response Vehicle program. Earlier, the company received an other transaction agreement from DIU to prototype an artificial intelligence-powered mine countermeasure platform intended to neutralize underwater bombs for […]
The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded HII’s Mission Technologies division a potential five-year $242 million task order to provide shore-based training, engineering and development support to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity. Under the contract, HII will use its experience supporting the U.S. Navy’s live, virtual, constructive training architecture environments […]
The U.S. Central Command’s chief technology officer said the U.S. military also needs to focus on network infrastructure, connectivity and other technology adoption measures to get the most out of artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities. Speaking at a SparkCognition Government Systems event on Thursday, CTO Schuyler Moore shared that while AI and computing algorithms […]
Final tests are underway for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Navigation Technology Satellite-3, a $250 million program aimed at demonstrating new positioning, navigation and timing technologies that can weather jamming, spoofing and other forms of interference. Frank Calvelli, the Air Force’s assistant secretary for space acquisition and integration, told lawmakers at an April 26 hearing […]
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy has awarded contracts to General Electric, Carbon-Carbon Advanced Technologies and Northrop Grumman to accelerate the development of hypersonic technology and expand the domestic hypersonic industrial base. The awards are a response to President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14017, which highlights the importance of […]
