The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.K. Ministry of Defence have agreed to cooperate on improving command and control capabilities and achieving collaborative C2. Joint Staff J6 Director Lt. Gen. Mary O’Brien and Deputy Commander of the U.K. Strategic Command Lt. Gen. Tom Copinger-Symes signed a statement of intent on Nov. 4 to formalize […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded engineering company Amentum a five-year, $126 million contract for research, development, test and evaluation services. Amentum will use its RDT&E solutions to develop recommendations on fleet life cycle, logistics, sustainment, operational readiness and other key areas for the U.S. Army. The company’s solutions will come with complex reliability, maintainability, […]
Parsons has awarded a subcontract to SilverEdge Government Solutions to ensure federal information and communication technology accessibility for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s employees, including those with disabilities. SilverEdge secured the contract under Parson’s potential five-year, $590 million Combatant Commands Cyber Mission Support task order awarded in 2019 by the General Services Administration. Contract work supports […]
The U.S. Army and the Defense Innovation Unit have awarded Applied Intuition a $49 million contract to provide an end-to-end autonomy software development and test platform for the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program. The solution will be designed to help the program meet requirements for off-road maneuvering, obstacle avoidance and safety and assess and improve […]
The U.S. Army is soliciting industry feedback on the ongoing development of a new framework to simplify data gathering and dissemination. The Unified Data Reference Architecture is being created to move away from outdated data collection and transfer mechanisms. URDA would be a cloud-based architecture that adopts new data mesh and data fabric principles to […]
IPT Associates, a service-disabled, veteran-owned provider of technology and data solutions, has secured a $404 million contract from the U.S. Army Futures Command for IT support services. IPTA will provide network support, information management services, cybersecurity management, portfolio management, IT asset management, application management, IT governance and tiered service response for the Aviation and Missile […]
Col. Charles Ryan, senior materiel leader for the simulators division of the U.S. Air Force’s agile combat support directorate, said in an interview that efforts are underway to implement a common virtual training environment throughout the service. Work is centered around maturing the Joint Simulation Environment, a virtual testbed originally intended to assess the full-rate […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $70 million task order to HII’s mission technologies division for system engineering, data analytics and visualization, modeling, cross-domain solutions and other technical services for the Air Force Research Laboratory. The work resulting from the contract is meant to support the artificial intelligence/machine learning and modernization efforts at the […]
The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems will create a chief information officer position to manage digital transformation initiatives. Speaking at AFCEA Belvoir’s Industry Days conference, Program Executive Officer Ross Guckert said the CIO will focus on data modernization, cloud strategy, risk management framework reform and data reference architectures and will be […]
The Defense Innovation Unit is working with The Mitre Corp. and organizations within the Department of Defense to prototype a mobile microgrid for U.S. military forces in the Arctic region. According to DIU, the Arctic Grid Energy Solutions project will increase the Pentagon’s demand signal for commercial cold region batteries and spur battery advancements for […]
