The Senate has confirmed Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman as the next deputy commander of the Army Futures Command, a young organization that leads modernization projects for the U.S. Army. With his new assignment, Coffman was promoted to the grade of lieutenant general and is set to succeed Lt. Gen. James Richardson, who has been serving […]
Raytheon Missiles & Defense announced that it has been selected by the Missile Defense Agency to further advance the development of a first-of-its-kind counter-hypersonic missile called the Glide Phase Interceptor. The firm-fixed-price other transaction agreement modification, valued at $41 million, increases the project’s total value to $62 million and funds the maturation of the GPI’s design, Raytheon […]
LIFT Airborne Technologies will continue developing a new helmet for fixed-wing pilots of the U.S. Air Force. According to the Air Force, the helmet will undergo further research, testing and improvements to confirm that the prototype meets requirements. If the prototype is successful, the service could offer a production contract in 2024. The Air Combat […]
Michael Bloomberg has been sworn in as the chairman of the Defense Innovation Board. He is the first chairman since the completion of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin‘s zero-based review of all Department of Defense advisory boards and committees. Bloomberg will lead a group of experts who will provide insights and recommendations that will address the […]
The Air Force Materiel Command announced that it has released $8 million to fund multiple innovation initiatives across the enterprise in support of its “We Need” program. The projects that received financial support are geared towards technology, innovation, talent management and infrastructure, the Air Force said Wednesday. In a statement, the AFMC said that since […]
BAE Systems announced that it has been awarded a $7.8 million contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop tightly integrated machine learning software as part of the Multi-Sensor Exploitation for Tactical Autonomy program. The new software is being sought to enable advanced situational awareness and automatic target recognition, BAE Systems said Thursday. In […]
A draft policy bill issued by the House Armed Services Committee includes a provision that seeks to establish a national initiative that is designed to address the development and testing of the Department of Defense’s hypersonics technology. The bill orders the Pentagon to explore options for what would be known as a National Hypersonic Initiative. […]
Virginia-headquartered Peraton announced that it has been selected to provide integrated, enterprise-wide management services to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence through the award of a $916 million task order with a seven-year performance period. The deal calls for helping the ODNI navigate “an incredibly complex and comprehensive” set of intelligence missions, Peraton […]
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has awarded BlackSky Technologies a basic ordering agreement to create and optimize datasets for the Department of Defense’s AI models and applications. According to Patrick O’Neil, chief innovation officer at BlackSky, the company’s expertise in AI can enable a variety of capabilities, including low-latency geospatial imagery and automatic satellite tasking. […]
The U.S. Army XVIII Airborne Corps will partner with the Army Futures Command for the seventh Dragon’s Lair competition, which is slated for Aug. 16. Innovators across the Army and other Department of Defense military services are invited to showcase their ideas and concepts before civilian technical experts and senior military leaders. The technologies that […]
