AM General has won a potential 10-year U.S. Army recompete contract to build approximately 20,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, 10,000 trailers and upgrade features such as corrosion protection and fuel efficiency. Production will be done at the Mishawaka Manufacturing Campus, which houses a test track. According to a Defense News report, the deal is worth […]
Galois has received a $4.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to carry out the third phase of the Safe Documents program. The company will work with Real-Time Innovations and Verocel to craft a novel code generator for the Data Distribution Service standard interface description language that would enable the automatic creation […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded technology solutions provider Parsons a position on its $675 million Electronic Security Systems Program indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award task order contract. The MATOC award allows Parsons to support the Army Engineering and Support Center’s efforts to meet ESS needs. Under the MATOC, Parsons will compete for task orders to […]
Laser communications products provider Mynaric has delivered multiple Condor Mk2 optical communications terminals to Telesat Government Solutions. The terminal delivery is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Blackjack Track B program, a joint technology demonstration project with the U.S. Space Force to evaluate the viability of a large-scale, proliferated low-Earth orbit satellite constellation. […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded SimX an additional $1.7 million in research and development funding to expand the capabilities of the company’s virtual reality technology for medical simulation training. With the new funding, the value of the partnership between the Air Force and SimX under the Virtual Advancement of Learning for Operational Readiness program […]
The U.S. Army Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors is modernizing the service’s Integrated Sensor Architecture to speed up the incorporation of various sensors into the Army’s network-centric systems and the sharing of information between sensors from different manufacturers. Matthew Harrell of PEO IEW&S said having sensors interact with each other without relying […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded HII’s Mission Technologies division a five-year, $21 million recompete task order for the research and development of technical solutions to deliver defense systems, materials and products more rapidly and effectively. Grant Hagen, president of Mission Technologies’ cyber, electronic warfare and space business group and a 4×24 member, said that […]
A Leidos-led consortium of technology companies called Leidos Partnership for Defense Health has deployed the Military Health System Genesis to 11 more parent military treatment facilities in eight states. The delivery allows 12,000 additional clinicians and care providers to access the electronic health record system. MHS Genesis was introduced in 2016 after the Department of […]
The Department of Defense FutureG & 5G Office has launched the 2023 5G Challenge, a program designed to accelerate the adoption of open interfaces, interoperable components and multi-vendor solutions. The challenge will help deploy Open Radio Access Network systems, which the DOD said is critical in future communications infrastructure and a key focus area in […]
Various military services and combatant commands participated in the sixth iteration of Scarlet Dragon Oasis, a joint operation meant to synchronize artificial intelligence and data capabilities to locate and address adversaries. The U.S. Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps participated in the exercise with the U.S. Central Command and other organizations across multiple states, enabling predictive models […]
