The National Reconnaissance Office has announced a new set of Strategic Commercial Enhancements contracts to assess and utilize private-sector electro-optical capabilities. Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Albedo Space, Hydrosat, Muon Space and Turion Space secured deals under the SCE Broad Agency Announcement Framework, NRO said. Each provider will undergo an evaluation process beginning with an analytic study to […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Keysight Technologies an $18.5 million contract for electronic warfare solutions delivery and integration. Keysight will provide two Electronic Warfare Threat Simulator systems to the Air Force, as well as patch management, field engineering support, spare parts, storage and other ancillary support services. Greg Patschke, general manager of Keysight’s aerospace, […]
The Department of Defense is working to improve its global supply chain by adopting a new model that incorporates vulnerabilities affecting deliveries. The department has awarded Raytheon BBN Technologies an $8 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to build a modeling and simulation tool to analyze shocks to supply-demand networks, RTX said. John Santini, […]
Lawmakers have filed companion bills in the U.S. House and Senate seeking to accelerate the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control. According to the office of Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who filed the House bill, the proposed legislation would provide specific DOD officials the authority and resources for developing the cutting-edge technologies the […]
The U.S. Army has released a plan to address “mechanical engineering problems” with the service’s hypersonic weapon launcher that it claims is the cause of recent test failures. Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, a 2023 Wash100 awardee and a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, said the plan involves […]
The U.S. Central Command has announced the appointment of Michael Foster to oversee enterprise-wide data efforts as chief data officer. A veteran of the technology sector and the Department of Defense, Foster said he is excited to tackle challenges to developing data-centric solutions for warfighters, CENTCOM said Friday. Gen. Michael Kurilla, CENTCOM commander, tied Foster’s […]
The Department of Defense’s technology office intends to hold a technology summit in early 2025 to communicate with industry about the Replicator program before the first unmanned systems become ready to field. The initiative’s first tranche of drones is scheduled for deployment between February and August 2025, Breaking Defense reported. Doug Beck, director of the […]
The U.S. Navy is turning to cloud-based tools to help process data at sea to secure territories from terrorists, pirates and adversarial nations. The Department of Transportation’s SeaVision web-based application is one of the tools helping the service in data processing. The maritime situational awareness tool offers the Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center and the […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Woolpert a one-year contract to provide geospatial technologies to the Air Force Materiel Command’s 448th Supply Chain Management Wing. Woolpert will provide IT capability development, training services, geospatial IT modernization and sustainment services supporting the 448th SCMW’s mission of managing the Air Force’s logistics. The contractor will also provide […]
The U.S. Army is increasing its focus on space and cyber training with the release of an official multi-domain operations doctrine. In October, Field Manual 3-0, Operations, was released to connect all five domains: air, land, sea, space and cyberspace. The document aims to help the military branch maintain a lead over adversaries, including China […]
