Pacific Defense has announced that it secured a two-year, $17.4 million contract from the Office of Naval Research to demonstrate algorithms and software that can support sensor-to-edge-user capabilities. Pacific Defense will work with Carnegie Mellon University and Perceptronics Solutions to demonstrate how edge devices built from sensor open systems architecture can enable rapid and effective […]
Space-based intelligence company BlackSky Technology has announced a multimillion-dollar Department of Defense contract to collect and annotate multi-frame burst photos to improve moving target artificial intelligence models. Satellites passing over an area of interest can rapidly capture burst imagery to generate 3D volumetric products and movement-oriented detection analytics, BlackSky said Monday. According to BlackSky, it […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Kratos Defense and Security Solutions a $499 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to design, build, test and deliver anti-tamper solutions to be used in DOD programs. Kratos President Michael Johns said the company’s involvement in the program opens up new opportunities, including welcoming new contractual channels and new customers in […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that intelligence organizations such as the U.S. Cyber Command and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will need to work closely to deal with cyberthreats to the 2024 U.S. elections. Speaking at an Intelligence and National Security Alliance event, he warned of foreign cyber actors armed with generative artificial […]
Palantir USG has received a $9.8 million other transaction agreement/authority contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to work on an Electromagnetic Battle Management – Joint Decision Support prototype. Donny Williams, chief of spectrum information systems at the Program Executive Office for Spectrum, said the program provides joint force commanders with a planning tool capable […]
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has awarded Astrion a five-year, $910 million contract to continue providing mission support services to the military branch through a joint venture with AI Signal Research Inc. Under the Redstone Test and Engineering Services contract, the Joint Technical Solutions joint venture will continue supporting the Army’s missile, aviation and combat […]
The Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants has awarded Sigma Defense a five-year, $59 million Autonomy Baseline Manager contract to integrate autonomy software for unmanned vehicles under the office. Sigma will deliver tools and employ DevSecOps and Agile methodologies using the Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab process to enable autonomous capabilities in unmanned systems. […]
The U.S. Marine Corps is soliciting industry proposals for counter-drone technology to protect installations amid autonomous attacks on Middle East-stationed troops. The service branch specified that it wants systems combining anti-drone weapons with jammers and other non-kinetic capabilities to minimize collateral damage from falling debris and explosives, Defense One reported. Such systems also need to […]
Northrop Grumman and Viasat have partnered to support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program. Under the partnership, Viasat will use its ViaSat-3 satellite communications network and Northrop Grumman’s processors and antennas to conduct DEUCSI experiments on multiple platforms. According to Viasat, the network ensures that warfighters have access […]
General Dynamics Mission Systems’ Progeny Systems has announced a $22.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee U.S. Navy contract with a $116 million ceiling to provide engineering and technical support for an integrated shipboard and shore-based maintenance management-decision tool system. Performance is expected to end in January 2025 but could extend until January 2029 if all options are exercised, […]
