The U.S. Central Command has appointed Lovelace AI founder Andrew Moore as its first-ever adviser for artificial intelligence, robotics and cloud computing. Moore was previously vice president of Google Cloud’s AI division. In his new role, Moore will provide assistance in various aspects of AI, including its adoption, data collection and structuring, and computer algorithms, […]
Personnel from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy have launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to demonstrate the capability of the United States to defeat 21st-century threats in a safe, secure and reliable manner and assure allies and partners that the U.S. nuclear deterrent remains strong and credible. The Minuteman III, […]
DLH Holdings subsidiary Grove Resource Solutions Inc. has received a potential five-year, $14.6 million contract from the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic for continued enterprise staging and delivery support. NIWC Atlantic maintains an ES&D support facility in Norfolk, Virginia, that is responsible for securely delivering commercial information technology hardware and integrated software and ensuring that […]
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Tesseract Ventures a $1.25 million direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation grant to improve the company’s Smart Space, Prism hardware and Mosaic software. The research and development work will be conducted at Space Launch Delta 45 at Patrick Space Force Base in Florida. Tesseract’s products are designed to work together […]
Leidos has secured an 18-month, firm-fixed-price, multiple-award contract to build an uncrewed aircraft system prototype for the U.S. Marine Corps that can provide resupply capabilities to forward-deployed ground forces. Leidos will develop, deliver and demonstrate SeaOnyx, an autonomous medium unmanned logistics system-air prototype capable of carrying up to 600 pounds of cargo within a 25- […]
The Pentagon’s budget request for the fiscal year 2024 includes $17.8 billion for science and technology projects, 8.3 percent higher compared to its approved S&T funding in FY 2023. Speaking at a National Defense Industrial Association-hosted webinar, Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and a three-time Wash100 awardee, said $1.7 billion of […]
Officials from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps are advocating for greater integration of live, virtual and constructive systems so that training for every warfighting capability can be conducted in a single environment. Gen. David Berger, Marine Corps commandant, underlined the importance of connecting exercises around the world, whether they concern maritime, airborne, unmanned […]
The Department of the Navy has awarded Chantilly, Virginia-based force modernization and digital transformation company VTG a spot on the potential 10-year, $4.1 billion Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services contract. CANES is the Navy’s program of record to consolidate shipborne and submarine C4ISR networks and infrastructure. It provides a secure tactical afloat network for […]
Aurora Insight, a subsidiary of Maxar Technologies, has received a stage 2 contract extension from the National Reconnaissance Office for commercial radio frequency remote sensing. The award is a follow-on to a stage 1 contract under Strategic Commercial Enhancements, an initiative aimed at improving NRO’s understanding of the existing market for satellite-based RF data and […]
Survice Engineering will deliver 21 TRV-150C tactical resupply unmanned aircraft systems to the U.S. Navy under an $8.4 million contract with a period of performance ending in March 2024. According to the Department of Defense, contract work also includes providing the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office with […]
