The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a five-year, $383 million contract for vehicle support services. Under the contract, BAE’s System Technical Support and Sustainment Systems Technical Support teams will provide ongoing engineering and logistics services for the Army’s fleet of Bradley Fighting Vehicles. The armored platforms that the team will work on include the […]
Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions has concluded demonstrations and test activities for its M252 mortar training system. The test activity supported Soldier Touch Point 3. The product is an 81-millimeter instrumented mortar training system that Cubic developed in partnership with General Dynamics Mission Systems. It uses geo pairing to provide accurate ballistic munition trajectories and […]
Telecommunications company Verizon and aerospace company Lockheed Martin demonstrated 5G-enabled drones designed to capture and transfer high-speed, real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data. The two companies showcased how millimeter wave 5G networks can be used to move data from flying aircraft to Lockheed’s 5G .mil pilot network. The tests focused on two key advances in […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected nine research teams that will participate in the Automating Scientific Knowledge Extraction and Modeling program. The teams will use artificial intelligence approaches and tools to develop complex models and simulators for data and knowledge management. They will apply the models and simulators to various use cases with […]
Robotic systems provider AeroVironment has secured two firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sales contracts from the Department of Defense to deliver unmanned aircraft systems to allied nations. The contracts, worth $20.87 million in total, will require AeroVironment to provide its Puma 3 AE UAS to the customers. The deal also includes the delivery of spare parts, training […]
The Department of Transportation will invest $160 million in the next five years to support the Biden administration’s transportation overhaul goals. The DOT will upgrade technologies through the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grants Program and the Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation program. According to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the funding will allow the department […]
The National Institutes of Health will invest $130 million over four years to expand the use of artificial intelligence in biomedical and behavioral research. The Bridge to Artificial Intelligence program will comprise members from different disciplines who will create tools, resources and data responsive to AI approaches. The end goal of the program is to […]
Elbit Systems of America has secured a $10 million contract from SOSSEC Inc. to develop sensors for the U.S. Army’s wearable heads-up display. Under the contract, Elbit America will develop multiple cameras for laboratory and field testing and experimentation. The hardware will be part of an Advanced Low Light Level Sensor that is intended to […]
Science Applications International Corp. has secured a $200 million single-award Department of Defense task order for research, analysis and assessment services. Under the task order, SAIC will develop and provide training and recommend readiness procedures for the U.S. Amy Forces Command G-2 Intelligence, Intelligence Warfighting Function. The company will work to improve the timeliness and […]
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration has awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology a $65 million grant to support efforts to combine artificial intelligence and manufacturing innovations with workforce and outreach programs. The grant is part of the Biden administration’s $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge. On Friday, the White House selected the […]
