Carlos Del Toro, the secretary of the Navy, told Defense News that the service is putting together an innovation center and advisory board at the Naval Postgraduate School as a means to advance technological capabilities in collaboration with the private sector. He noted artificial intelligence and quantum computing as priorities for research and development. According […]
The U.S. Air Force has selected SimX to conduct a feasibility study to explore how the use of virtual reality medical simulation training can be extended to meet the training needs of the Air Force Special Operations Command. Under a $225,000 award, SimX and AFSOC will work together to enable using VR MST in urban […]
The Naval Aviation Systems Consortium has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a $98.5 million other transaction authority contract to support the Joint Economical Sled Track Rockets program. Under the OTA deal, Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop and manufacture new motors and sleds for the JESTR program. The components form part of test tracks that the Department of Defense […]
Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Oracle have won spots to compete for task orders under the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract, which is intended to establish cloud computing capabilities for the Department of Defense across domains and security classification levels and up to the tactical edge. JWCC is the replacement for the […]
The U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technology Office has received the first of four prototype Typhon weapon systems from Lockheed Martin. The mid-range capability, which includes launchers, missiles and a battery operations center, can fire Standard Missile-6 or Tomahawk missiles. Typhon is part of the Army’s top priority modernization effort that aims to develop […]
The Department of Defense, through the Defense Innovation Unit, has awarded Kodiak Robotics a two-year, $49.9 million contract for ground vehicle automation support. Kodiak Robotics will help the U.S. Army automate ground vehicles that are being developed under the service’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program. Kodiak will use its commercial self-driving software to develop, test and […]
The U.S. Army awarded Leonardo DRS a $39 million, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in August to start low-rate initial production of a third-generation forward-looking infrared long-range sensor equipped with a dewar cooler bench. The DCB is intended to support situational awareness across various battlefield conditions by converting IR radiation to video images. The new technology will […]
Smart Shooter has won a contract from the Integrated Fires Rapid Capabilities Office of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space to provide the SMASH 2000 Light fire control system, a rifle-mounted optic that uses artificial intelligence and algorithms to track and shoot at targets such as drones. At the 2022 Association of […]
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force have unveiled the B-21 Raider, a stealth bomber that is designed to be a visible and flexible deterrent for the military branch. The B-21 Raider is the first sixth-generation aircraft to join the U.S. military’s nuclear triad. It is capable of advanced integration of data, sensors and weapons […]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has urged Congress to pass the fiscal year 2023 defense spending bill before a continuing resolution that kept the government funded at FY 2022 levels expires on Dec. 16. In a letter sent to lawmakers, Austin said another stopgap measure will stall several military programs, including the research and development and […]
