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 […]
The U.S. Cyber Command is requesting $89.4 million for its Joint Common Access Platform. JCAP is designed as a joint cyber firing platform for all services. While little is known about the platform, it uses an agile software approach that allows users to assess gaps and threats, requirements and emerging technologies, all of which support […]
The Defense Health Agency has issued a request for information regarding a 10-year follow-on contract for the $5.5 billion Military Health System Genesis, the Department of Defense’s electronic health record management program. According to the notice posted on SAM .gov, the DOD Healthcare Management System Modernization program office wants the private sector to provide input […]
BlueHalo has secured a potential $75.9 million prototype other transaction authority agreement to supply the U.S. Army with an Infantry Squad Vehicle equipped with the company’s Locust 20-kilowatt class laser weapon system for the Army Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser program. The OTA agreement has a base value of $45.7 million and comes with $30.2 million […]
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 […]
