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 […]
Accenture Federal Services will compete for task orders designed to help improve the USAF Base Defense System’s response to adversary threats such as drones and hypersonic missiles after securing prime position on a 10-year, $900 million U.S. Air Force digital engineering contract. The task orders under the contract will focus on research and development and […]
The Department of the Navy has awarded Reston, Virginia-based national security and technology company Peraton the 10-year, $4 billion Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services Full Deployment Production Units contract. Peraton will produce units, kits, modules, components, software, spare parts and development items for shore, surface and submarine platforms. The contract was awarded by the […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Intelligent Waves a $99.9 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity follow-on contract to continue providing hardware and software integration services in support of the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron’s Crowd Source Flight Data program. Under the contract, Intelligent Waves will download, process and offload significant data from Quick Reaction Instrumentation Package-equipped aircraft. Work […]
The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation has awarded Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions a firm-fixed-price contract to modernize a combat training center owned by a foreign military sales customer. The deal extends Cubic’s 25-year history of providing live training system capabilities to the FMS customer. Specific tasks include life cycle […]
