The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center has awarded three contracts worth a combined $8 million to Mississippi State University for the development of additive manufacturing and other technologies to optimize the military supply chain. The deals have a period of performance of three years and a maximum value of up to $24 million. […]
Maj. Gen. Michael Greiner, deputy assistant secretary for budget for the Department of the Air Force, said the organization’s fiscal year 2024 budget request includes $522 million for the research, development, test and evaluation of a new drone program that seeks to procure collaborative combat aircraft. Greiner provided details about the CCA initiative at a […]
Aircraft repair and maintenance personnel from the U.S. Air Force used 3D-printed parts to modify an internal component of a C-5M Super Galaxy transporter plane. Clay Elliott, a C-5 structural engineering subject matter expert with Robins Air Force Base’s C-5 Systems Program Office, said the phenolic blocks, which support the aircraft’s fairings, were delaminating. The […]
The Naval Sea Systems Command has authorized Newport News Shipbuilding to use additive manufacturing to produce components for Navy vessels, the latest in a series of certifications allowing the company to 3D-print metal ship parts. The beneficiaries of the technology include the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, which received an additively manufactured piping assembly […]
Peraton has selected information technology services and solutions provider Presidio Federal as a subcontractor to support data center and cloud optimization work at the Department of Homeland Security under a potential 10-year, $2.68 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The DHS previously awarded Peraton subsidiary Perspecta Engineering the IDIQ contract to provide the agency with IT services to […]
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command aims to create multiple artificial intelligence-powered drone fleets under its Adaptive Airborne Enterprise project. A2E’s goal is to have a single operator manage each drone swarm to enhance situational awareness and hit more targets. Speaking at the Global SOF Special Air Warfare Symposium in Florida, AFSOC Commander Lt. […]
Axim Geospatial, a wholly owned subsidiary of NV5 Global, has secured national security geospatial contracts with a combined value of $9 million from U.S. intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense. Under the contracts, Axim Geospatial will use its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to analyze geospatial data from traditional and non-traditional sources and […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected General Atomics for the second phase of the LongShot unmanned aircraft system program. According to General Atomics spokesperson C. Mark Brinkley, DARPA completed a preliminary design review in February 2022 and selected the company in March of the same year. Brinkley added that the second phase will […]
Bechtel Plant Machinery has awarded Sintavia a contract to establish an additive manufacturing facility for the U.S. Navy under the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. Standing up the facility in Hollywood, Florida, will enable the production of advanced nuclear propulsion systems using 3D printing technology for the submarine platforms the military branch is developing, including a […]
An official from the National Institute of Standards and Technology recently underscored the importance of carrying out risk assessments before an artificial intelligence system is deployed. Elham Tabassi, the NIST Information Technology Laboratory’s chief of staff, said during a panel on March 6 that risk assessments must determine whether an AI system benefits everyone in […]
