The National Reconnaissance Office plans to sign more agreements with commercial satellite imaging operators for hyperspectral satellite data. Jeremy Banik, deputy director of the NRO Commercial Systems Program Office, said during the CyberSatGov conference on Nov. 3 that NRO is completing the request for proposals for hyperspectral remote sensing, which is expected to be released […]
The U.S. Army awarded Cybernet a contract in May to develop and install remote-control capabilities on assault breacher vehicles, which are systems meant to break through minefields and complex obstacles. The service plans to test the autonomous ABV prototypes over a period of up to two years. According to Brig. Gen. Luke Peterson, program executive […]
SouthWest Warehouse Solutions and V2X, formerly Vectrus, have installed four Modula Vertical Lift Modules at a 5G smart warehouse on Naval Air Station North Island. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center San Diego commissioned two of the VLMs on Oct. 28 as part of a project focused on employing 5G network capabilities to automate and […]
Empower AI, a public sector-serving artificial intelligence technology company, will provide IT services and support to the U.S. Army 7th Signal Command under a recompete contract it recently secured. The potential $11 million task order, which was awarded under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – 3 Services contract, has a one-year base and two one-year […]
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured a subcontract under the Multiservice Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed program, for which Dynetics is the prime contractor. The Leidos subsidiary is leading a team tasked with developing a cost-effective trial platform to be used by the Department of Defense, its components and partners. The planned outcome is a […]
An innovation cell within the U.S. Army‘s Human Resources Command is streamlining data and applying artificial intelligence and predictive capabilities to advance the service’s workforce. Lt. Col. Kristin Saling, the director of the innovation cell, said during an AFCEA event that the Army is doing more to make sense of the data that it captures […]
The Joint Tactical Networking Center has updated its Software Communications Architecture version 2.2.2 conformance test suite as part of efforts to reduce software development cycles and costs for military communications products. SCA is an open architecture framework for instantiating, configuring and managing waveform applications running on a radio hardware platform. The upgraded version allows the […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded Technica an Information Warfare Research Project Consortium other transaction agreement to prototype a digitized implementation of the service’s risk management framework that is integrated with daily operations. The work will involve collaboration with Digitate, whose automation tools are meant to support a continuous monitoring system for potential exploits in systems […]
The Department of Defense‘s Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office has recommended D-Fend Solution’s EnforceAir offering as a subcomponent for a C-UAS platform. EnforceAir features a radio frequency detection and mitigation system and effectors that make it possible to take control of drones, fend them off or force them to land. The solution is also […]
The U.S. Army plans to phase out older tactical radios as it implements new encryption capabilities to protect against advanced intelligence and electronic warfare capabilities from China and Russia. The service looks to retire legacy models of single-channel ground and airborne radio systems, which have seen widespread use since the 90s. Raj Iyer, the Army’s […]
