The U.S. Air Force has subjected Northrop Grumman’s AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite to a Laboratory Intelligence Validated Emulator test to review the system’s ultra-wideband architecture for the first time. During the LIVE test, officials bombarded IVEWS with simulated air defense radar pulses to see if the system could identify and counter them. Northrop […]
BAE Systems will equip a weapons system with two multichip prototypes that Intel and Qorvo developed under the Department of Defense’s State-of-the-Art Heterogeneous Integrated Packaging program. Intel’s Multi-Chip Package for the digital aspect of the program and Qorvo’s Multi-Chip Module for SHIP’s radio frequency portion were delivered on Thursday to BAE Systems’ facility in Falls […]
The U.S. Army has ordered General Motors Defense to proceed to full-rate production of the Infantry Squad Vehicle, an all-terrain troop carrier with a nine-passenger capacity and architecture based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2, a commercially available midsize truck. In a press release, GM Defense shared that the ISV’s components are 90 percent commercial-off-the-shelf parts, […]
The Government Accountability Office said the Department of Defense has not implemented key recommendations designed to keep the United States abreast with its near-peer adversaries in terms of software acquisition and technology development. Between 2018 and 2019, the Defense Science Board and Defense Innovation Board offered 17 recommendations to help the Pentagon speed up tech-related […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory, in partnership with Northrop Grumman and Calspan Flight Research, has conducted in-flight testing of communication systems using radio frequencies above 300 GHz, known as the terahertz band. During the three-day flight experiment held in December 2022 in New York, AFRL researchers explored the potential of THz band frequencies to support […]
The National Reconnaissance Office has exercised two-year stage 2 options on existing contracts with satellite operators Kleos Space and Spire Global under the Strategic Commercial Enhancements broad agency announcement program, which aims to identify private-sector providers of space-based capabilities such as image collection, remote sensing and hyperspectral data. Kleos is expected to test the accuracy […]
Lockheed Martin demonstrated maintenance capabilities before U.S. Army and Air Force officials to show how 5G and advanced analytics can improve aircraft maintenance. According to Reeves Valentine, vice president of land and maritime solutions at Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, the Network-enabled Analytics for Readiness 5G initiative proved that the concept is scalable and […]
Military and intelligence organizations participated in the Bravo 10 Opana hackathon hosted by the Department of the Air Force from March 20 to 24 in Florida. Such events are intended to serve as venues for commercial firms to rapidly develop prototypes supporting Department of Defense programs. Stuart Wagner, the DAF’s chief digital transformation officer and […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has posted a request for information to identify contractors that could support the development, operation, maintenance and sustainment of a planned application that would deliver NGA safety of navigation aeronautical data to the agency customers in federal, state and foreign governments and other entities. The Aeronautical Mobile Application should be compatible […]
The U.S. Army plans to set up new organizations that would work with theater-level units to support multi-domain operations. The envisioned theater information advantage detachments are scalable and maneuverable cyber teams that will conduct ground operations for commanders. The TIADs will be part of the 11th Cyber Battalion and would help plan tactical cyber operations […]
