Palantir Technologies has secured a potential two-year, $111 million contract with the U.S. Special Operations Command for the continued deployment of an enterprise data management and artificial intelligence-enabled mission command platform. The data platform has been used by the combatant command for the past five years in real-time mission operations to enable interoperability among troops […]
QuEST Global, a product engineering company headquartered in Singapore, has launched a new subsidiary focused on supporting the U.S. aerospace and defense industries. The new QuESt Defense Systems & Solutions subsidiary will be headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and will operate independently in accordance with U.S. rules, QuEST Global said. QDSS Board Chairman Page Hoeper said […]
The Air Force is preparing to issue a single-award, $490 million contract by the end of the fiscal year to counter commercially made small unmanned aircraft systems. The proposed contract has a 72-month period of performance. According to the solicitation for the contract, the Air Force is in need of various C-sUAS technologies to address […]
Israeli company XTEND received a contract from the Department of Defense for the procurement of small drones designed for use in urban warfare missions. The contract calls for the delivery of Skylord Xtender to DOD tactical units for operational testing and evaluation. The hyper-enabled drone features machine interface technology, allowing users to remotely intervene in […]
Sens. Rob Portman and Martin Heinrich have introduced two new bills centered on managing the use of artificial intelligence technologies. Under the first bill, called the AI for the Military Act, the Department of Defense would be required to implement educational and training programs to ensure that DOD officers are prepared to handle AI and […]
The Air Force has awarded SparkCognition Government Systems and Intrinsic Enterprises a Small Business Innovation Research contract to harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve pilot training and overall mission readiness. Together, the companies will explore how AI and machine learning technologies can be used to implement a pilot training program that measures qualitative […]
The Air Force said a B-52 Stratofortress has conducted a simulated long-range hypersonic missile strike during Northern Edge 21, a military exercise focused on improving joint interoperability and combat readiness. During a sortie from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, the B-52 received targeting data from more than 1,000 nautical miles away at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board has authorized the SAP NS2 Cloud Platform to appear on the FedRAMP marketplace. The cloud offering is developed by SAP National Security Services, a SAP subsidiary. The JAB approval allows government agencies to access SCP from the FedRAMP marketplace and make full use of its […]
The Army has issued a request for information to find out whether it can speed up the delivery of the new Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System. Col. Scott Anderson, the Army’s UAS project manager, told reporters that there have been positive responses to the RFI, with 23 industry partners already giving feedback. The Army recently […]
Martin UAV, a developer of unmanned aircraft systems, has been selected to participate in a Navy technology demonstration at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. Through the Mi2 Challenge, the Navy wants to prototype new UAS capabilities to address the technological requirements of harsh operating environments, Martin UAV said Wednesday. The Navy selected Martin UAV […]
