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 […]
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 […]
