Sierra Nevada Corp. has won a multi-year, $554 million contract for aerial ISR support services for the U.S. Army. SNC will provide its RAPCON-X family of systems to support the Army Theater Level High-Altitude Expeditionary Next Aerial-Signals Intelligence project. RAPCON-X, based on the Bombardier Global 6500 jet, provides aerial ISR capabilities, enables rapid target maneuvering […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has secured funding from the Department of Defense’s Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Program to pursue quantum computing and deep learning technologies. Anthony Rizzo, a research scientist at the AFRL, said the agency will use the funding to help AIM Photonics create silicon photonic microchips that can receive […]
Industrial blue laser maker Nuburu announced that it has completed a U.S. Air Force contract awarded in 2022. The AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research Phase II deal required the demonstration of blue laser-based 3D printing solutions with area printing technology, Nuburu said Thursday. The demonstration entailed the production of a stainless steel part using a […]
The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific has awarded defense and intelligence communities solutions provider Expedition Technology a multiyear contract to apply deep learning technologies to improve the U.S. Navy’s wideband spectrum awareness capabilities. CEO and President Marc Harlacher said machine learning offers a lot of opportunities to improve dynamic spectrum awareness, equipping warfighters with the […]
Arizona State University will build a microelectronics development center called Southwest Advanced Prototyping Hub in Scottsdale, with a $39.8 million award from the Department of Defense. SWAP is one of the eight regional innovation hubs that the DOD has selected for a total of $238 million funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. According to […]
Kevin Mulvihill is set to assume a pivotal role as the Pentagon’s deputy chief information officer for command, control and communications, charged with directing and overseeing extensive network modernization efforts. Initially serving in an acting capacity, Mulvihill’s appointment follows his predecessor Frederick D. Moorefield Jr.’s departure, DefenseScoop reported. With a background spanning tactical to strategic […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded BlueHalo a contract to develop a prototype laser weapon that can be integrated on the U.S. Marine Corps’ Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. Under the contract, BlueHalo will modify its Locust Laser Weapon System to fit JLTVs. The platform combines precision optical and laser hardware with artificial intelligence and advanced processing […]
FAST Labs, BAE Systems’ research and development unit, has received a $5 million Common-architecture Amplifier for Low-cost, Efficient, SWaP-Constrained Environments program contract from the Office of Naval Research to develop electronic components for communications, electronic warfare and radar uses. Ben McMahon, the unit’s technology development manager, described the COALESCE program as a bridge connecting commercial […]
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has awarded Amentum a potential five-year, $441.3 million contract to deliver C5ISR systems supporting the combatant command’s missions. Amentum will provide command and control, electronic warfare and C5ISR technologies that would advance the command’s organizational capabilities. The company will also deliver analysis, experimentation, testing, defensive cyber analysis, national and adversary vulnerability […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Lumen a five-year contract worth approximately $110 million to provide network support services to the Department of Defense. Lumen will maintain DISA’s network infrastructure, including its co-location facilities, end-to-end networks and over 11,000 miles of fiber cables. The company will also provide system updates to allow the agency […]
