The Department of Defense has launched an organization within its acquisition office that will lead weapon systems development in a bid to address threats before they materialize. Speaking at a McAleese & Associates conference on March 15, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante said the Joint Production Accelerator Cell ensures that the […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Machina Labs a $1.6 million contract to continue improving the company’s robotic technology designed to speed up the manufacturing of metal tooling for aircraft composite parts and reduce production costs. Machina Labs built a two-robot, incremental sheet metal forming technology, tested and validated under a previous contract with the […]
The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded Australian aerospace company Hypersonix Launch Systems a contract to showcase a hypersonic platform for the Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities program. The DIU and its partners at the U.S. Air Force and the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering picked Hypersonix’s DART Additive Engineering […]
The Department of Defense will start testing prototypes developed under the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve program at military training exercises scheduled for 2023. The products designed for closing capability gaps and reducing the time needed to deploy emerging technologies were previously tested in a laboratory setting. At the McAleese conference on Wednesday, Heidi Shyu, undersecretary […]
Royce Geo has affirmed support for its five-year Economic Indicator Monitoring contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which raised the deal’s ceiling from $29 million to $60 million. The Arlington, Virginia-based GEOINT provider will continue processing open-source and commercial satellite data in support of NGA requirements. NGA’s EIM contract is meant to enable the rapid […]
The U.S. Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate has selected Amentum to provide technologies that can modernize and support the procurement systems for the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force’s foreign military sales customers. Under the $4.6 billion single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Parts and Repair Ordering System VI contract, Amentum will deliver commercial buying solutions, including […]
The Department of the Navy has requested $192 million to fund Project Overmatch, an effort to connect sensors, personnel and vehicles. The proposal is part of the Navy’s fiscal year 2024 budget request, where $255.8 billion in total is being sought for both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. The U.S. government enacted […]
The U.S. Army plans to hold a six-month contest to acquire new capabilities to enhance activities in the Indo-Pacific region. The xTechSBIR Pacific Competition is open to small businesses in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington and could provide winners with up to $250,000 in Small Business Innovation Research Phase I funding or up to $1.9 million […]
The White House has requested a nearly $256 billion budget for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps for the fiscal year 2024. The amount is more than $11 million compared to the $244.7 billion FY 2023 budget for the services. According to budget documents from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, the money […]
The Department of Defense’s chief information officer wants the United States to revive its electronic warfare capabilities and transition them from small-scale combat to global threats. Speaking before the House Armed Services Cyber, Information Technology and Innovation subcommittee on Thursday, 2023 Wash100 winner John Sherman said his office will continue to monitor the United States’ […]
