Lt. Gen. Patrick Frank assumed command of U.S. Army Central during a change of command ceremony on Thursday. Frank was the chief of staff of the U.S. Central Command before assuming his new role. He was also the deputy commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division and the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain […]
Real-Time Innovations, an intelligent automation company based in Sunnyvale, California, has won a spot on a potential $950 million U.S. Air Force contract for a range of technical services. RTI said its software has been deployed in autonomous vehicles, power plants, combat management systems on ships, medical robots and systems. Under the new indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, […]
The Department of Defense has awarded IBM a 33-month work order to provide microelectronics supply chain security services. IBM said that its professional services division will establish secured chipmaking flows at its fabrication facilities. Work will be done as part of the Defense Microelectronics Activity’s Trusted Foundry Access II program, IBM said Wednesday. Susan Wedge, […]
Teledyne FLIR has secured $62.1 million worth of new orders from the U.S. armed forces for its Centaur unmanned ground systems. The task orders were issued under the Man Transportable Robot Systems Increment II contract. The Centaur system is a medium-sized unmanned ground vehicle that can detect, confirm, identify and clear hazards. It is equipped […]
The Department of the Air Force said it will continue building its Cloud One platform even before the Department of Defense awards Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contracts. The $9 billion JWCC procurement is designed to enable a multi-cloud environment across the Pentagon. It will support the Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept and the […]
Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, has assumed leadership of the Department of Defense’s F-35 Joint Program Office. He succeeded Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fick, who had held the role since July 2019. Schmidt will lead an office that is currently in protracted negotiations with Lockheed Martin […]
The U.S. Army has issued a request for proposal for the next phases of its Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program, which is aimed at replacing the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. According to the OMFV program’s executive summary, the vehicle is envisioned to have better command and control functions, increased lethality, less logistical burden and […]
The Department of Defense’s security classification guides are not consistent with existing federal policies, according to the results of an audit. In a June 21 report, the DOD Office of Inspector General explained that maintaining the SCG consistency is the responsibility of original classification authorities, individuals appointed by the president, vice president or an agency […]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has set aside $1.45 billion to fund the development of technologies that will help members stay ahead of cyber challenges posed by Russia and China. Leaders of the military alliance launched the new innovation and technology accelerator investment in ceremonies held at the close of their Madrid Summit, Breaking Defense […]
The Department of Defense confirmed that a hypersonic missile test conducted on Wednesday ended in failure as a result of an unspecified issue occurring shortly after launch. The department, however, expressed optimism that the development of hypersonic offensive and defensive capabilities under the Conventional Prompt Strike program remain on track despite the fresh setback, BNN […]
