The U.S. Navy has declared full-rate production of the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion rotor-wing aircraft. The declaration is expected to increase production to over 20 helicopters annually moving forward. Bill Falk, director of the Sikorsky CH-53K program, said the announcement stabilizes the company’s domestic supply chain and ensures that the U.S. Marine Corps will have […]
Congress is urging the U.S. Air Force to start designing C-130J variants to replace the existing fleet of LC-130H Hercules planes, dubbed “Skibirds”. Lawmakers inserted a $1 million provision into the $1.7 trillion fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending bill that calls for the timely maintenance, modernization and eventual replacement of the aircraft, anticipating the increasing […]
The U.S. Army has gathered its industry and government partners to discuss its plan to create a unified network that enables joint and coalition operations. During the ninth Technical Exchange Meeting in Nashville, the military branch noted that ongoing digital modernization efforts will support the creation of the future network. The event focused on Capability […]
One Stop Systems has secured a five-year sole-source contract extension to provide the U.S. Navy with ruggedized transportable flash storage arrays, spares and a variety of support services for P-8A reconnaissance aircraft. The California-based computer hardware manufacturer holds a prime position on the follow-on deal, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, OSS said […]
The U.S. military will feature cyber capabilities for the first time in an upcoming exercise involving the U.S. Africa Command and over a dozen countries. During the Justified Accord 23 event, the U.S. military will work with African forces on matters concerning the digital domain. Specifically, participants will train for incident detection, intelligence collection, containment […]
AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, has appointed Col. Elliott Leigh as its new director. Leigh replaced Col. Nathan Diller following a change of leadership ceremony on Thursday at the Air Force Institute of Technology campus located at Wright-Patterson Air Force […]
Lawmakers are considering the establishment of the intelligence community’s version of the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX. Section 6722 of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act would require the director of national intelligence to work with the CIA and the National Security Agency to determine if the IC would benefit from ICWERX. The envisioned […]
Serco has won a five-year, $152 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide full acquisition lifecycle support to the F-35 Joint Program Office, including business operations management, cost reduction and training system development and maintenance. CEO Tom Watson highlighted the importance of the fighter plane to the U.S. and its international allies. The company plans to onboard […]
The Air Force Installations and Sustainment Center and Air Mobility Command have awarded Defcon AI a $5 million Department of the Air Force Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract to expedite the production of a logistics and mobility training and rehearsal platform. The software is meant to provide the Simulation Fabric, a virtual representation […]
Reston, Virginia-headquartered company Leidos has secured a $334 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory design an air-breathing hypersonic aircraft. The contract is for the Expandable Hypersonic Multi-Mission ISR and Strike program, also known as the Mayhem program. As part of the program, Leidos assembled a team of leaders from the private […]
