Salt Lake City-headquartered Sarcos Defense announced that it has been awarded a contract by Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a collaborative sensing platform for the detection, tracking and classification of suspicious objects in areas controlled by adversaries. It will focus its research on the development of collaborative sensing algorithms designed to enable autonomous and […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Liteye Systems a $12.1 million contract to provide integrated multi-domain, multi-mission airbase surface and ground defense systems and counter-unmanned aerial systems solutions. Under the contract, the company will develop and integrate its suite of C-UAS and ground surveillance products that are designed to spot and stop drone threats. The […]
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin have successfully conducted a hypersonic-boosted test flight of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. The AGM-183A ARRW was deployed from a B-52H Stratofortress bomber. The flight demonstrated the platform’s ability to reach and withstand operational hypersonic speeds and validated safe separation from the aircraft. AGM-183-A ARRW was also […]
Octo, a technology services provider, has been awarded a $249 million blanket purchase agreement to support the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. Under the terms of the five-year multi-award deal, Octo will provide tools and develop capabilities for JAIC’s test and evaluation team, which is responsible for setting AI test and evaluation standards […]
President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Laura Taylor-Kale for the role of assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy. The announcement came weeks after the Department of Defense reorganized its industrial base policy office, Defense One reported in April. The move aimed to improve oversight of the sector as it faces […]
DCS, a national security-focused engineering company, has secured a spot on a $249 million Navy contract vehicle for various technical services. The company now has positions in two pools under the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division Webster Outlying Field’s Rapid Prototyping Integration and Development multiple-award contract. DCS said it will provide services under Pool […]
The Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday named a new chief information security officer as part of efforts to align with contemporary technological innovations. Joseph Baich has been selected to lead the strategy and implementation of the agency’s cybersecurity capabilities throughout its information technology ecosystem, The Record reported Thursday. In a statement, the CIA said that […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched DARPA Forward, a conference series that seeks to shed light on national security innovation. Scientists, innovators and senior defense leaders will discuss evolving challenges faced by warfighters, and new capabilities in the field of national security. Attendees will also be able to look into different topics across […]
Virginia-headquartered Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced that it was awarded a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to continue geospatial-intelligence system mission support and training for the Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System and Air National Guard locations worldwide. The deal calls for the leveraging of its mission domain knowledge to ensure high mission availability to support end-to-end […]
Resolution Consultants, a joint venture between AECOM and EnSafe, has secured a potential $400 million architecture and engineering contract with the U.S. Navy. The single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for services in support of the Comprehensive Long-Term Environmental Action Navy program. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command is the contracting activity, AECOM said Wednesday. The contract […]
