The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions a contract to develop and demonstrate Halo-Enabled Resilient Mesh, an ad hoc, multi-link communications network that transmits data using digital beamforming technology. HERMes is meant to support the High-Capacity Backbone, an Air Force initiative aimed at establishing and maintaining aerial connectivity for the […]
The U.S. Air Force will assess CAES’ 3U wideband radio frequency converter during the Mirage airborne electronic warfare pod demonstration. The converter was developed based on the Modular Open System Approach and the Sensor Open Systems Architecture standard. It enables two channels of fast tuning and wideband frequency conversion in a single 3U slot and […]
Northrop Grumman will begin the production phase of the Multirole Electronically Scanned Array sensor it developed for the U.S. Air Force E-7 Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft manufactured by Boeing. The MESA sensor was developed as part of the E-7 to provide the Air Force with long-range sensing, detection and identification capabilities. Australia, Turkey […]
The U.S. Army Seeks $84.6 million in fiscal year 2024 funding to acquire a cyber, electronic warfare and signals intelligence platform. The proposal is nearly 58 percent lower compared to the $201.1 million the Army was expected to request for the Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team system. According to Ken Strayer, project manager for electronic […]
Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Jacky Rosen have put forward two bills that would allow qualified cybersecurity workers from the private sector to join the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security in a reserve capacity, although they would have to be invited. According to a press release from the senators, reservists would be […]
The U.S. Army is preparing for potential conflict with China in the Indo-Pacific region by pursuing deep sensing capabilities such as long-distance threat tracking and striking. Christine Wormuth, secretary of the Army, explained that data collection and analysis from various sources will be key to achieving battlefield sight and sensory capabilities that surpass those of […]
The Department of Defense has launched an organization within its acquisition office that will lead weapon systems development in a bid to address threats before they materialize. Speaking at a McAleese & Associates conference on March 15, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante said the Joint Production Accelerator Cell ensures that the […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Machina Labs a $1.6 million contract to continue improving the company’s robotic technology designed to speed up the manufacturing of metal tooling for aircraft composite parts and reduce production costs. Machina Labs built a two-robot, incremental sheet metal forming technology, tested and validated under a previous contract with the […]
The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded Australian aerospace company Hypersonix Launch Systems a contract to showcase a hypersonic platform for the Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities program. The DIU and its partners at the U.S. Air Force and the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering picked Hypersonix’s DART Additive Engineering […]
The Department of Defense will start testing prototypes developed under the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve program at military training exercises scheduled for 2023. The products designed for closing capability gaps and reducing the time needed to deploy emerging technologies were previously tested in a laboratory setting. At the McAleese conference on Wednesday, Heidi Shyu, undersecretary […]
