Hypersonix USA has partnered with Rocket Lab for the first launch of the DART Additive Engineering hypersonic vehicle. DART AE is a 3-meter long 3D-printed vehicle powered by the Hypersonix Spartan scramjet engine, which itself is additively manufactured. Under the partnership, Rocket Labs’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron rocket will bring DART AE to its […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has published the finalized Trusted Internet Connections guidelines for agencies that utilize cloud environments. Titled “TIC 3.0 Cloud Use Case,” it details security and telemetry practices for software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and similar delivery models and is informed by public feedback collected in 2022. Sean Connelly, program manager of the TIC […]
The Department of Homeland Security has posted a request for information to conduct market research on the availability of counter-unmanned aircraft systems capable of detecting, tracking, identifying, reporting and countering swarms of small low-observable or low-emitting drones, known as dark drones. According to the notice, the DHS is also looking for a solution that can […]
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress about a potential $524.2 million sale of the High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and other related equipment to the Moroccan government. The Moroccan government requested to buy 18 M142 HIMARS launchers and dozens of missile systems, rocket pads, loaders, warheads and munitions, vehicles and data systems. The Foreign […]
U.S. Navy leaders recently discussed plans to assemble a fleet of manned and unmanned systems in the coming decade. Vice Adm. Scott Conn, deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting requirements and capabilities, said the budget road map for developing a manned-unmanned force is divided into two five-year periods. The Navy plans to purchase and […]
Oracle company Cerner Enviza and John Snow Labs are developing artificial intelligence-powered tools for the Food and Drug Administration under a two-year project aimed at exploring the potential of machine learning and natural language processing technology to capture significant information from unstructured data. The AI tools will be used to provide the FDA with critical […]
The Food and Drug Administration posted a sources sought notice on April 5 to find a small business that can utilize artificial intelligence to analyze high-resolution pictures of freeze-dried medicines. The selected contractor’s efforts will support the FDA’s Division of Product Quality, which is responsible for driving emerging technology adoption in pharmaceutical manufacturing and generic […]
The U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration demonstrated the Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System during the two-day Installations and Logistics Board event at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. TRUAS is a large, automated quadcopter drone that can carry payloads over short distances and return to its takeoff point. The drone uses waypoint navigation […]
Mathew Blum, the associate administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, highlighted the need for federal contracting professionals to undergo digital information technology training to execute procurements of artificial intelligence research, software and services in a responsible manner. Speaking at a Brookings Institute event, he recommended enrolling in the Digital IT Acquisition Professional Training […]
The U.S. Navy plans to expand its unmanned and artificial intelligence efforts into the 4th Fleet. Carlos Del Toro, the secretary of the Department of the Navy and a 2023 Wash100 winner, said during the 2023 Sea-Air-Space conference that the 4th Fleet’s area of operations provides an ideal progress point for the unmanned and AI […]
