President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Nickolas Guertin for the role of assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition. Guertin currently is currently the director of operational test and evaluation in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the White House said. In his current role, Guertin is responsible […]
The Department of Defense must be able to transition from experimentation and prototyping to fielding capabilities more quickly if it wants to stay ahead of adversarial threats, according to an agency official. Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary of the DOD and a 2022 Wash100 winner, said during a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency conference that […]
Robins Air Force Base has briefed Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on the base’s progress on various initiatives. The secretary, a three-time Wash100 winner, visited the base in Georgia to check up on its partnerships with the Houston County Board of Education and the Development Authority of Houston County, the Air Force […]
The Army will establish the Program Manager Cyber and Space, a new division intended to fulfill the service’s responsibility to deliver capabilities and programs to the other services on behalf of U.S. Cyber Command. Under the ambit of Program Executive Office Intelligence Electronic Warfare and Sensors, C&S will absorb the cyber offensive and space capabilities of Program […]
CDO Technologies, a business process solutions provider, has secured a $6.6 million contract for various operations and program-related services. The contract calls for program and project management, systems operation, help desk, training services and operations and maintenance, CDO said Tuesday. The company will support all Air Force Global Enterprise Tracking systems and customers at Air […]
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division is testing light detecting and ranging solutions to gauge their ability to perform battle damage assessment, repairs, installation and modernization efforts. Engineers and scientists from the center’s Advanced Data Acquisition Prototyping Technology Virtual Environments equipped the LiDAR on robotic dogs, which were sent to decommissioned ships at the Philadelphia […]
The Industrial Base Policy office within the Department of Defense has introduced a pilot program that aims to boost the development of manufacturing technologies to enhance supply chain resiliency and address future national security requirements. The pilot was launched under the Defense Production Act Title III Program in partnership with the Austin Center for Manufacturing […]
A new additive manufacturing facility within the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex is now operational following a recent ribbon cutting ceremony attended by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, industry partner General Electric and various key stakeholders. The facility is the second Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling laboratory established within the complex. REACT-II hosts […]
The U.S. Navy is developing systems that can counter hypersonic missiles from China and Russia. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said during a Heritage Foundation event that the defense system would use directed energy solutions like lasers and microwaves to destroy the missiles and other top-priority targets. He also pointed out that advances […]
The U.S. Army’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center has awarded Allison Transmission a $6.55 million contract to develop and test an electric hybrid propulsion subsystem in the company’s Next-Generation Electrified Transmission. NGET, the latest offering in Allison Transmission’s tactical ground combat vehicle portfolio, has a 220 kW electric motor and an inverter for onboard vehicle power […]
