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 The Unified Data Reference Architecture is being created to move away from outdated data collection and transfer mechanisms.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 […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Inmarsat Government the U.S. Army Blue Force Tracker Network Services blanket purchase agreement, which has a maximum value of $410 million over a base period of one year. DISA aims to procure L-band satellite communications on the ELERA network between BFT transceivers and satellite earth stations, Inmarsat reported […]
Robotics and autonomous systems provider QinetiQ US has secured a potential three-year, $48 million task order to support the U.S. Army‘s C5ISR Center. Under the task order, QinetiQ will provide research, development and engineering support for image processing and advanced optics technologies. The contractor will also develop and sustain software algorithms, computer programming, hardware integration, […]
The U.S. Army has concluded a 10-month initial operational test and evaluation of the Northrop Grumman-built Integrated Battle Command System for air and missile defense. Completing the last major assessment procedure will allow the military branch to decide whether IBCS should move from low-rate initial production to full-rate production and be deployed for use by […]
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 […]
