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, […]
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 […]
The Office of Army Prize Competitions and the Army Applied Small Business Innovation Research Program has awarded phase I contracts worth up to $250,000 each to ten small businesses for artificial intelligence and machine learning and clean energy technology solutions. Applied Sonics and Oceanit Laboratories will build AI/ML capabilities to assist with nitramine recrystallization and […]
Cobham Satcom will supply up to 170 multiorbit terminals to Inmarsat in support of work under a potential 10-year, $578 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity follow-on contract Inmarsat Government secured in 2022 to provide worldwide end-to-end commercial satellite communications services to the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command. According to Cobham, its Sailor XTR terminals are designed for maritime […]
BAE Systems has demonstrated the reconnaissance capabilities of a mobile systems integration laboratory using two uncrewed aerial systems manufactured by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. During an exercise, the two companies tested the Stalker and Indago UAS to see how BAE’s Amphibious Combat Vehicle C4/UAS variant would benefit the U.S. Marine Corps. ACV C4/UAS is a […]
Gen. Charles Brown, the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, revealed that a different career track could be set up for service members with data science and artificial intelligence knowledge. He explained that conventional promotion and location assignment practices might not appeal to such personnel. Speaking at a Brookings Institution event, Brown added that the […]
End-to-end software platform provider Harness has announced that it has been accepted into the U.S. Air Force’s DevSecOps platform. According to Harness, its Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Security Testing Orchestration modules are now available on Platform One’s Iron Bank container repository. The certification allows government agencies that use Platform One to reduce burdens on […]
UiPath’s robotic process automation software was deployed during a recently concluded RPA Roadshow aimed at identifying business processes at Edwards Air Force Base that can be automated using the technology. The Air Force Test Center Directorate’s Continued Process Improvement and Innovation office hosted the event, which took place from Feb. 7 to 9, involving all […]
