Washington-headquartered eMagin Corporation announced it has been awarded a $2.5 million contract by the Army to supply a high-brightness, full-color organic light-emitting diode microdisplay prototype, along with the techniques for manufacturing the technology. The service intends to use the prototype in augmented reality systems that provide both sensor and tactical data to soldiers, to enhance […]
The Government Accountability Office revealed that a recent audit has identified weaknesses in how the Missile Defense Agency is advancing a program to counter threats posed by adversaries’ hypersonic weapons. In the fiscal year 2021, the agency made some progress but continued to fall short of its goals for asset deliveries and testing, the GAO […]
Raytheon Intelligence & Space has secured a $46.2 million firm-fixed-price contract to modernize the U.S. Air Force’s A-10C Thunderbolt II. Under the contract, RI&S will install its Common Open Source Mission Computer on the A-10C. COSMC is a solution that will improve processing for combat systems control, which could ultimately enhance air dominance and aircraft […]
Simba Chain announced that it has received a contract to develop a blockchain-based financial accountability tool for the U.S. Air Force. The company said that its work will support the Air Force’s Digital Blockchain Budgeting Accountability and Tracking project, which is aimed at creating token equivalents of dollars in the service’s supply chain. DiBaT would […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build a high-capacity, long-duration energy storage system for the Department of Defense. Lockheed will install its GridStar Flow, a redox flow battery designed to store large amounts of power that is generated from renewable energy sources. It can also deploy stored energy to electric grids […]
A top Department of the Air Force technology official has highlighted how artificial intelligence is improving the military’s ability to make weather predictions. Winston Beauchamp, the deputy chief information officer at the DAF, said the department has been using AI to make up for lacking ground-sensor data that its weather prediction models need. DAF weather […]
Arizona-headquartered Raytheon Missiles & Defense announced that it has been awarded an $867 million contract by the Missile Defense Agency to deliver Standard Missile-3 Block IIAs to the United States and its foreign allies. The SM-3 interceptor is a defensive missile the U.S. Navy uses to destroy short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles, RMD said Tuesday. […]
Virginia-headquartered BWX Technologies announced that it will build the first advanced nuclear microreactor in the United States under a contract awarded by the Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office. The prototype will be built under a cost-type contract valued at approximately $300 million, depending on the options requested by the government customer, BWXT said Thursday. […]
The U.S. Air Force has installed Northrop Grumman’s AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar on 72 F-16 fighter jets owned by the Air National Guard. AN/APG-83 SABR provides F-16 pilots with advanced radar capabilities and extends the operational effectiveness of the Air National Guard’s fourth-generation jet fighters. The radar installation meets U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Emergent […]
The U.S. Marine Corps plans to train some of its technology talent at the U.S. Army’s software factory in Austin, Texas. Announced in 2020, the software factory is an organization dedicated to building warfighting software products and creating a tech-savvy workforce. Retired Gen. John Murray, the first commanding general of the Army Futures Command, previously […]
