The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman to participate in the first phase of the Common Tactical Edge Network Consortium. Northrop was chosen after demonstrating networking, communications and processing solutions to enable the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept. The company used an Open Mission Systems-compliant radio, Resilient Network Controller, machine […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has exercised options worth $256.8 million under a contract it awarded to BAE Systems to procure additional amphibious combat vehicles. BAE Systems will receive $145.3 million for the delivery of over 25 ACV personnel variant units and $111.5 million for more than 15 ACV command variant platforms. Both ACV-P and ACV-C […]
The Naval Air Systems Command Airborne Strategic Command, Control and Communications Program Office has partnered with Coras to use the company’s enterprise decision management software-as-a-service platform. The Coras solution, which has achieved high certification from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, delivers actionable information from all data sources to enable informed decision-making and support […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to develop a high-speed aircraft that does not need a runway to operate. DARPA is working with the U.S. Special Operations Command on the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies program. DARPA Director and two-time Wash100 winner Stefanie Tompkins said during the Global SOF Foundation Air Warfare Symposium that […]
The U.S. Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment has tested technologies included in Capability Set 23 in a capstone training event at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Germany. Capability Set 23 aims to increase bandwidth to support sensor data, graphics and video transmission and establish additional satellite-based communication routes to provide multiple transport paths and improve […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Persistent Systems a $75.5 million contract to deploy the company’s Infrastructure-based Regional Operation Network to three nuclear triad-related bases as part of the service’s Regional Operating Picture program to support the Air Force Global Strike Command. IRON, an antenna system that uses the company’s Wave Relay mobile ad hoc […]
The Department of Defense’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office plans to issue a solicitation for a direct-to-device connectivity service sometime in 2023. According to CSCO Chief Clare Grason, a SATCOM-to-cellphone capability could prove useful to military users in areas with weak cellular network reception and lead to lighter, less expensive hardware. She told attendees of a […]
The U.S. Army wants to have a tactical wheeled vehicle strategy developed by the end of 2023 to help officials make informed investment decisions moving forward. Col. Beth Behn, chief of the Army Transportation Corps, said during a National Defense Industrial Association conference that she wants to have a strategy out by November to help […]
A U.S. Army program executive office is working on a combination of armored vehicles and communications equipment to enable the service to engage in longer, more dispersed fights using stronger formations. PEO Command, Control and Communications-Tactical has ramped up its focus on Capability Set 25, a collection of commercial off-the-shelf technologies and specialized military equipment. […]
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 […]
