The University of Texas at San Antonio has signed a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory to accelerate research in scientific areas beneficial for both organizations. Under the terms of the $18 million deal, UTSA will support AFRL’s efforts to develop warfighting technologies in support of air, space and cyberspace forces, UTSA Today reported […]
The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has started fielding an amphibious robot system that would support littoral operations worldwide. The unmanned underwater vehicle is equipped with systems and technologies that support operators during explosive ordnance missions. Master Sgt. Patrick Hilty, an explosive ordnance disposal project officer at MARCORSYSCOM, said the EOD Remotely Operated Vehicle gives […]
Symbol Security, a company specializing in phishing awareness, has launched an end-user cybersecurity training program for Department of Defense contractors. The DOD Supply Chain cyber readiness training course is designed to help organizations comply with requirements in the department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, Symbol Security said Wednesday. CMMC serves to raise the cybersecurity standard […]
The U.S. Southern Command has extended technology solutions provider Smartronix‘s status as prime contractor under the potential five-year, $986 million Monitoring, Analysis, Reconnaissance, Logistics, Intelligence and Network Services task order. The MARLINS task order is the successor to the command’s USSOUTHCOM C4ISR task. Under the contracting opportunity, Smartronix will provide a variety of ISR, cloud […]
A team of experts from BAE Systems and Sierra Nevada Corporation has been tasked with developing the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation open architecture signals intelligence technology. The companies will collaborate on a sensor prototype that can collect and analyze electronic signals across the radio frequency spectrum to help warfighters understand their adversaries’ actions. They will […]
The U.S. Army has announced plans to test an entire company of unmanned combat vehicles in simulated battle in 2022 in an effort to refine the hardware and software needed to eventually manufacture fully operational combat robots. Gen. Ross Coffman, director of the Army Futures Command’s Next Generation Combat Cross-Functional Team, said the exercises will […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Washington, D.C.-based managed services provider Guidehouse a contract to create a prototype of the U.S. Army’s Prognostics & Predictive Maintenance capability. Under the contract, Guidehouse will work with enterprise data and analytics software company TIBCO Software to provide an on-demand prognostic and predictive maintenance analytical capability. The company will […]
Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost has assumed command of the U.S. Transportation Command, taking over for Army Gen. Stephen Lyons. Van Ovost said that while combat power is not USTRANSCOM’s primary focus, the command will still emphasize warfighting readiness to protect the U.S. military’s logistics lines, Air Force Magazine reported. “But together with our […]
The U.S. Army is investing in simulation technologies for soldier training to regain overmatch against its adversaries. Central to the Army’s modernized training initiative is the Synthetic Training Environment, which immerses soldiers in live and virtual training scenarios with the full complexity of the physical world. Brig. Gen. William Glaser, director of the Army’s synthetic […]
The U.S. Army, in its recently released unified network plan, listed security and connectivity at the top of near-term priorities. The document revealed the service’s goal to establish a framework for linking the enterprise and the tactical networks to provide global connectivity and data for forces. Ross Guckert, program executive officer for enterprise information systems, […]
