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 […]
Chipmaker Micross Components announced that it has received a potential $134.3 million Department of Defense contract to deliver advanced packaging capabilities to support next-generation projects by the defense industrial base. The award was made under the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Cornerstone Re-shore Ecosystem for Secure Heterogeneous Advanced Packaged Electronics program, Micross said Monday. The […]
The U.S. Marine Corps System Command has awarded Leidos a $32 million contract for defense radar systems development. Leidos, through its Dynetics subsidiary, will develop four Medium Range Air Defense Radar prototypes within two years. Dynetics will use experiences learned from the Marine Expeditionary Long Range Persistent Sensor contract awarded in June. MELPS is a […]
The Department of State said 47 states have endorsed a declaration for the responsible use of artificial technologies and automation for global militaries that the U.S. government first launched in the Netherlands in mid-February. According to the Department of Defense, the “Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy” comprises non-legally binding […]
The U.S. Army is seeking industry inputs on current and future capabilities of low-Earth orbit satellites suited for modernizing the service’s blue-force tracker system and enabling the Army’s units to monitor friendly forces’ battlefield positions. In a request for information posted on SAM .gov, the service is seeking vendors’ descriptions of their experience and capabilities […]
The Defense Innovation Board is undertaking two studies to enhance the Department of Defense’s acquisition and data readiness. At a board meeting earlier in November, officials identified streamlining acquisitions, rapid deployment of technology and promoting competition as some of the primary obstacles to modernization, GovCIO Media & Research reported Friday. CACI International Director Susan Gordon, leader of the […]
