Aeyon has received a five-year, $18.5 million contract to implement robotic process automation for Project Manager Integrated Visual Augmentation System, a component of U.S. Army Program Executive Office Soldier. PM IVAS is in charge of delivering a mixed reality headset meant to facilitate real-time situational awareness, threat detection and response, tactical planning, networked information sharing […]
Wireless networking solutions provider Cambium Networks and end-to-end communications solutions company Future Technologies Ventures have secured a multimillion-dollar Department of Defense contract for wireless network solutions. Under the contract, Future Technologies will create a connectivity solution for the DOD’s Private 5G network, edge computing infrastructure and other mission-critical use cases. The solution will be based […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Peraton Labs a contract to develop Adaptive Control with Artificial Intelligence, a machine-learning capability that would enable ground and maritime vehicles, drone swarms and robotic systems to adjust to unexpected events or environmental conditions in real time. Peraton said in a press release that ACAI would utilize […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to conduct two workshops in 2023, aiming to convene academic, commercial and government experts to foster discussions on developing trustworthy artificial intelligence for national security purposes. DARPA’s Information Innovation Office will host a virtual workshop from June 13 to 16 and an in-person workshop in Boston, Massachusetts, from […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has established a new directorate designed to support science and technology partnerships between the Department of the Air Force and other entities. The AFRL Strategic Partnership Directorate is tasked with achieving greater alignment, effectiveness and efficiency for S&T partnerships. The directorate includes personnel from the Small Business Directorate and […]
Lauren Knausenberger, the chief information officer of the Department of the Air Force, will step down in June, according to an agency spokesperson. She has served the department since 2017. Prior to becoming CIO in 2020, Knausenberger was the DAF’s chief transformation officer and director of cyberspace innovation. She is the latest CIO set to […]
The General Services Administration has awarded Parsons a one-year, $21 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide the U.S. Cyber Command with command, control, communications, computers and capabilities development support. Specific tasks include professional services; information technology lifecycle management; systems engineering; cybersecurity; and research, development, testing and evaluation. The award extends efforts that began in 2016, Parsons […]
The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division has awarded ManTech International a $28 million recompete contract to support the Towed Acoustic Sensor program. ManTech will provide its Intelligent Systems Engineering solutions to test and calibrate vessel-towed sensors that are deployed across the Navy. The solutions will enhance the service’s In-Service Engineering Agent role, which […]
A Department of Defense official said the Biden administration should revive a special fund to help small businesses with innovative ideas to work with the agency. Speaking at a National Defense Industrial Association event, Farooq Mitha, the director of the Pentagon’s Office of Small Business Programs, shared that the Rapid Innovation Fund would reduce barriers […]
New Frontier Aerospace has received a $1.5 million award from the Department of Defense’s National Security Innovation Capital for accelerating the development of the 3D-printed Mjolnir rocket engine. NSIC invests in domestic start-ups developing dual-use products. In August 2021, NFA secured a $750,000 contract from NSIC to build Mjolnir’s key component. With the latest award, […]
