The U.S. Air Force has awarded Simple Blockchain Applications Chain a $30 million strategic funding increase to augment supply chain management. The military services, the Defense Logistics Agency and the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering are expected to utilize blockchain programs developed and implemented by the company. Stacy Betlej-Amodeo, vice […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected three companies to work on quantum computing projects. Under the Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing program, Atom Computing, Microsoft and PsiQuantum will determine whether an underexplored approach can perform much faster than conventional computational methods and can exceed operational costs. During the initial phase, the three […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has activated a two-star command tasked with data operations synchronization. The Marine Corps Information Command was established after Marine Corps Commandant David Berger called for its creation in his May 2022 update to Force Design 2030. According to Berger, the command would focus on information modernization, which would include cyber operations, […]
The U.S. Army has awarded four defense companies other transaction agreements with a combined value of $24.25 million to procure prototypes of Common Tactical Truck variants and to determine whether commercial products can meet military requirements. The OTA awardees are Mack Defense, Navistar Defense, Oshkosh Defense and a team composed of American Rheinmetall Vehicles and […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX directorate has awarded a strategic funding increase with an $85 million ceiling to Electra .aero for the rapid development, testing and evaluation of a full-scale prototype electric short takeoff and landing aircraft to support certain missions of interest. Electra originally created the eSTOL plane to serve as a cost-efficient […]
President Joe Biden has nominated U.S. Navy Rear Adm. George Wikoff as the next commander of the service’s 5th Fleet. Wikoff is currently the vice director of the Department of Defense Joint Staff. He also commanded other entities, such as the U.S. Naval Forces, the U.S. Central Command and the Combined Maritime Forces in Manama, […]
The initial operational testing and evaluation of the Next Generation Jammer-Mid Band in May could be viewed as less effective due to a lack of verified digital models meant to supplement flight test data. According to an annual report by the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, the U.S. Navy should continue […]
Boeing will supply the U.S. Army with more Next-Generation Automated Test System units under a three-year, $92 million contract. The award follows a six-year, $102 million contract the military branch awarded to the company in 2014 to produce the system. NGATS is designed to autonomously test and detect issues with the components of Army platforms, […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sparta Science a Phase I AFWERX Small Business Technology Transfer contract for human resource support. Under the contract, Sparta Science will develop a machine learning-based, objective, scalable decision support tool that would improve the efficiency of rehabilitation and performance optimization experts. The company will work with Northeastern University’s Synergetic […]
The Air Force Materiel Command will use a strategy-driven operational approach for its materiel management and acquisition enterprise, according to its 2023 Strategic Plan released earlier in January. James Kyle Hurst, the chief of the Department of the Air Force’s Digital Transformation Office and a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2022 Air Force Summit, […]
