Lawmakers and Department of Defense officials said artificial intelligence could improve the Pentagon’s information network security. During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, DOD Chief Information Officer and 2023 Wash100 winner John Sherman said the agency already implements AI for aircraft preventive maintenance and is looking to learn more about ethical AI’s role […]
The U.S. Army has awarded QinetiQ US a potential four-year $92.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the development, testing and evaluation of a night vision device. The contract aims to put the Digital Night Vision Technology in the hands of warfighters to provide them with enhanced situational awareness and decision-making abilities on the battlefield. Technologies […]
Raytheon Technologies will continue building AN/SPY-6(V) radars after the U.S. Navy exercised a $619 million option on a five-year contract worth a maximum of $3.2 billion. SPY-6 radars are meant to provide simultaneous defenses against missiles, ships and aircraft. Compared to older systems, they can detect farther, identify objects more accurately and have modular features, Raytheon […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract with a seven-week base period to participate in Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Increment 2, a contest to replace the RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aerial system. Northrop is teaming up with Shield AI, the developer of the V-BAT UAS. V-BAT is a reconnaissance drone designed to […]
Firestorm Labs will provide its low-cost modular unmanned aerial systems to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base under the $46 billion Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said its MUAS is 3D printed and payload agnostic, allowing operators to choose payloads that the aerial vehicle should carry […]
The U.S. Army has selected the Raytheon Technologies-Northrop Grumman team to continue working on the anticipated Precision Strike Missile Increment 4. Raytheon and Northrop will design, build and test the propulsion subsystem for the DeepStrike-ER missile, a solution designed to meet the Army’s range and effectiveness targets against next-generation threats. The PrSM development is part […]
Raytheon Technologies will provide the U.S. Air Force with 1,500 StormBreaker smart weapons under a $320 million contract. The StormBreaker winged munition autonomously detects and classifies moving targets and allows operators to hit them even if harsh weather conditions limit visibility. The Air Force’s F-15E Strike Eagle has already been equipped with the weapon for […]
Leaders from a U.S. Army program executive office participated in a week-long executive training program designed to help participants manage data-centric organizations. During the Army Data Driven Leadership Certificate Program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, senior leaders from PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors learned about various data-related matters, such as visualization, engineering, strategy and governance, maturity, […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX directorate has added ABL Space Systems to the $60 million Strategic Funding Increase program. The El Segundo, California-based aerospace company is tasked with expanding operational support for the Tactically Responsive Space project, which is aimed at deploying domain awareness satellites within 24 hours of an order. Eva Abramson, ABL’s […]
Raytheon Technologies has turned over 23 low-rate production GPS navigation and precision landing systems to the U.S. Navy ahead of schedule. According to Raytheon, the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System is a software-based solution that guides aircraft onto carriers and amphibious assault ships in all weather and sea conditions. JPALS is integrated into the […]
