Cambium Networks, Future Technologies Ventures to Provide DOD With Wireless Network Solutions

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 […]
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DARPA to Host Workshops for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

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 […]
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AFRL Establishes New Science & Technology Partnership Directorate

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 […]
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Parsons to Deliver Cyberspace Operations Services to CYBERCOM Under New Contract

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 […]
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ManTech to Provide Digital Engineering Solutions to Navy Under NSWC Recompete Contract

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 […]
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Department of Defense Official Proposes Revival of Small Business Innovation Fund

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 […]
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National Security Innovation Capital Invests in New Frontier Aerospace Rocket Engine

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, […]
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Air Force Training Division Adds Kessel Run Tool to Leadership Course Curriculum

The 505th Command and Control Wing’s 705th Training Squadron has incorporated Kessel Run’s Command and Control Incident Management Emergency Response Application into the Lead Wing Command and Control Course, an educational program intended to teach Air Combat Command leaders about distributed operations for the Agile Combat Employment strategy. C2IMERA is an application meant to support […]
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