California-based aviation software company Beacon AI has announced a Phase 2 prototype other transaction authority agreement from the U.S. Special Operations Command to enhance its artificial intelligence copilot assistant. The upgrades will optimize aircraft operations and improve route selection, Beacon said Thursday. The assistant is intended to support situational awareness and mission execution by providing […]
Boldyn Networks has equipped the U.S. Army Fort Jackson base with a 5G wireless network, providing connectivity to nearly 100,000 military members and their families. Brig. Gen. Jason Kelley, commanding general of the Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, said the 5G network boosts the base’s communications capabilities to improve mission readiness and quality of […]
Lily Zeleke has announced that she was no longer the Department of Defense’s deputy chief information officer for enterprise IT as of Thursday. According to an email sent to the DOD Chief Information Officer team, Zeleke, who became the deputy CIO in December 2022, will serve in a new role and will be succeeded by […]
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has awarded six organizations research contracts to develop sensing platforms that can detect and identify aerosol-based chemical threats in complex environments. The contract awardees are Detect-Ion, Signature Science, Virginia Tech, the University of Colorado-Boulder, SRI International and Leidos. The multiyear research and development effort is part of the newly […]
The Department of the Navy has formed the Maritime Economic Deterrence Executive Council to help protect the Navy’s commercial partners and vendors from adversarial foreign investments. MEDEC’s overall mandate, which Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced at an Aspen Institute event in New York, also includes protecting the supply chain, technology and innovation, as well […]
Soaak Technologies has announced that it secured a $1.1 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract from AFWERX to help enhance airmen’s performance. Under the SBIR contract, Soaak will continue developing mobile and web applications using its proprietary sound frequency technology to ensure that airmen maintain peak mental and physical conditions while deployed in […]
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a two-year, $22.2 million contract to support the Next Generation Survivor Radio program. GDMS will deliver 50 radio prototypes that the Air Force will subject to an 18-month test and certification period if the service selects the company’s solution through a […]
Ensuring that Department of Defense business opportunities are more accessible to small businesses is one of the steps that the DOD is looking into toward implementing its National Defense Industrial Strategy launched in January, a Pentagon official said. Speaking at a Washington Technology event on Friday, Danielle Miller, the defense secretary’s acting deputy assistant for […]
The Defense Science Board recently met with Pentagon officials to discuss national security issues as part of the Winter Quarterly Session. The event, which ran from Feb. 6 to 8, marked the beginning of the 2024 Summer Study on Advanced Capabilities for Potential Future Conflict, the Pentagon said. During the first day of the Winter […]
Verizon has attended a groundbreaking ceremony at Fort Bliss in Texas, marking the start of a construction project delivering 5G connectivity to soldiers. Verizon will work with Boldyn Networks to set up the infrastructure needed to provide 5G connectivity at Fort Bliss, which will serve military personnel in Texas and New Mexico. Specifically, the two […]
