Lauren Knausenberger, the Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer, said at an online Mitchell Institute event Wednesday that she expects more funds for information warfare in the Department of Defense’s upcoming Program Objective Memorandum, a spending budget that will cover a five-year period beginning fiscal year 2024. She explained that IW will form […]
The U.S. Army Futures Command has awarded Sarcos Defense a $1 million contract for robotic solutions testing. Sarcos will test its ammunition handling and maneuvering solution, which uses a robotic arm that works with the Army’s fleet of self-propelled howitzer systems. The solution is designed to support the Extended Range Cannon Artillery system. Under the […]
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division has awarded ManTech International a five-year, $100 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aircraft systems support. Under the recompeted contract, ManTech will provide aircraft combat systems in support of the Naval Air Systems Command Weaponeereing Integration, Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization and the Naval Aviation Technical Information Product […]
Gecko Robotics will continue its development of crawling robots integrated with concrete evaluation technology to support the modernization of the intercontinental ballistic missile launch facilities and other infrastructure of the U.S. nuclear triad. Work will be performed under an 18-month $1.5 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Air Force Nuclear […]
John Kirchhofer, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s chief of staff, announced the establishment of a mission group of analysts dedicated to providing expert knowledge on China. He explained at an online Intelligence and National Security Alliance event Tuesday that the unit will serve as the agency’s source of knowledge on the rival nation, which he described […]
The U.S. Navy‘s Fifth Fleet kicked off a three-week unmanned systems and artificial intelligence integration event in Bahrain where officials will employ new platforms in the Naval Forces Central Command’s area of operations. The event, called Digital Horizons, will allow officials to integrate new unmanned technologies and establish an unmanned surface vessel fleet by the […]
The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program will allocate $59 million in funding to 147 university researchers throughout the U.S. for the purchase of research equipment in fiscal year 2023. According to Bindu Nair, director of the Basic Research Office within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the grants are intended […]
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center has named David Hibner as the new director of its Geospatial Research Laboratory. ERDC is the research and development center for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Hibner, who was appointed to the role in September, continues to perform his duties as the director of the Army […]
KBR will provide capabilities assessment and enhancement support for the U.S. Army’s UH-60V Black Hawk fleet under a $156.7 million task order awarded through the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s multiple-award contract vehicle. In partnership with Northrop Grumman, KBR will build technical solutions that will allow the Utility Helicopter Project Office and its international […]
Viasat will supply satellite communications hardware and provide technical support and network integration services to the U.S. Special Operations Command under a five-year, $325 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Work will support the Program Executive Office-Command, Control, Communications and Computers Tactical Communications Systems at USSOCOM. The IDIQ was awarded to Viasat on a sole-source basis, extending the […]
