The U.S. Navy has awarded a $54 million contract to BAE Systems to build an airborne radio frequency decoy system capable of protecting fighter jets from adversarial attacks. The dual-band decoy, an RF self-protection jammer based on the AN/ALE-55 fiber-optic towed decoy, will feature custom integrated circuits; reduced size, weight and power; and “a towed […]
Leidos and Elroy Air have received approval to demonstrate their autonomous Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle-Expeditionary Logistics prototype for the Marine Corps. An initiative of the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems program office, MARV-EL is an unmanned logistics solution aimed at offering Marines a reliable way to receive supplies in situations where […]
The U.S. Air Force will soon complete its Joint Simulation Environment next-generation training and test facility. Located at the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, the JSE received its core software after the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division recently completed its installation. The core software comes with digital elements that offer simulated variables such […]
The U.S. Army has posted a notice seeking proposals to deliver M10 Booker armored fighting vehicles. In April, the Army received the first delivery of the M10 Booker, described as a small tank that could hit targets with thousands of tungsten balls, Popular Mechanics reported. The service branch plans to award a contract to procure […]
Lockheed Martin has secured a $451 million contract from the U.S. Army to recapitalize more M270 systems as part of an effort to expand its domestic fleet of launchers and make some available for international partners. The recapitalization involves a complete overhaul of the systems, upgrading the launchers with brand new engines, improved armored cabs and the new Common […]
The Naval Sea Systems Command’s Integrated Warfare Systems Engineering Group has assigned to digital transformation company VTG a range of tasks to support its warfare systems under a five-year, $130 million contract. According to the Chantilly, Virginia-based company, the fleet-focused task order it received includes end-to-end engineering support, spectrum management and test and evaluation […]
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. is partnering with Shift5 to integrate the latter’s onboard cyber anomaly detection and predictive maintenance capabilities into the MQ-9A Reaper drone for the United States Special Operations Command and Air Force Special Operations Command. Aiming to bolster AFSOC and SOCOM’s mission readiness and cybersecurity, Shift5’s technology will provide real-time data […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has initiated its first commercial solutions opening to find and track hostile maritime activities in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility. Designed to usher in Project Aegir, a planned major acquisition program, the CSO is taking a multi-vendor approach and would require the participants to collectively develop a commercial sensor […]
The Secretary of the Air Force has awarded Craft .co a five-year, $28 million agreement to strengthen due diligence efforts undertaken across the entire Department of Defense. The company’s supply chain resilience platform offers a streamlined solution for supplier evaluation and monitoring, currently used by the DOD and 23 other federal agencies, Craft .co said. […]
CAES is developing the Precision Strike Sensor Core in support of the U.S. Army’s modernization effort and Long Range Precision Fires initiative, which aims to enable first-strike success. The technology advancement work is under multiple development contracts for the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center. Designed as a programmable transceiver, the sensor […]
