The U.S. Navy, in partnership with the Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit, has awarded a contract to defense technology firm Anduril to prototype large autonomous underwater vehicles for long-range deployment in contested environments. According to the California-based company, it won the contract after pitting its Dive-LD AUV in a “swim-off” competition at the Naval […]
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology a $160 million task order for soldier training support services. GDIT will provide individual and collective training for over 200,000 soldiers at the Army III Armored Corps. The contractor will integrate live, virtual and constructive training, ensuring that warfighters are exposed to immersive environments […]
Intelligent autonomous systems company Scientific Systems has completed demonstrating autonomous, peer-to-peer collaboration and orchestration of commercial satellites and uncrewed aerial systems. The Collaborative Mission Autonomy software enables the U.S. Army to sense, decide and act with superior speed and scale across the battlespace. The company previously integrated into Parry Labs’ software operating environment and Edge […]
Science Applications International Corp. has awarded Cubic Defense a contract to support SAIC’s Hardware-In-The-Loop engineering services for the U.S. Army. Cubic will design, develop and deliver full-duplex data terminals using secure and survivable Bandwidth-Efficient Common Data Link technology. The company will also continue advancing the BE-CDL capability as part of the contract. Russ Marsh, vice […]
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said the service branch will assign brigades deployed overseas for experiments on incorporating new and emerging technologies, such as communication networking, unmanned aerial systems and electronic warfare to bolster the U.S. Army’s combat capabilities. Speaking at the Association of the U.S. Army Coffee Series event Tuesday, George […]
Defense company BAE Systems has announced $114 million in foreign military sales contracts from the U.S. Army to deliver AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems. CMWS is the standard missile warning and hostile fire detection system onboard U.S. Army rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. It features missile warning, hostile fire alert and countermeasure controls to protect aircraft […]
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s research and development unit has introduced a new quantum computing program to address challenges faced in solving chemistry, physics and mathematical problems. On Thursday, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity launched the Entangled Logical Qubits, aiming to provide insights into quantum computing by exploring the complexities of […]
Defense and aerospace company Northrop Grumman has announced the December 2023 shipment of an Integrated Collaborative Environment to the U.S. Army. A component of the Integrated Battle Command System, ICE is a modular, electromagnetic interference-safe battle management shelter for air and missile defense planning and operations, Northrop said Thursday. The company explained that it holds […]
Comtech Telecommunications has received the green light from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to deliver support services under the $544 million Global Field Service Representative task order awarded in October. Comtech will provide onsite engineering services and satellite and terrestrial networking communications technologies for the Project Manager Tactical Network in support of the GFSR program. […]
Northrop Grumman has completed the All-Up Round Preliminary Design Review of the Next Generation Interceptor. In a review led by the Missile Defense Agency, the NGI team carried out the demonstration by showcasing the solution’s full-scale solid rocket motor, avionics and other test hardware. The company’s NGI solution is capable of defending the United States […]
