RTX’s Raytheon division is prototyping directed energy weapon systems for the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy, in time for delivery in fiscal year 2024 and 2026. According to the company, it will design, build and test two system prototypes under a three-year, $31.3 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s basic research arm will award 48 scientists and engineers $21.5 million in total funding to pursue various projects under the 2024 Young Investigator Program. According to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the researchers will focus on multiple research disciplines, including aerospace composite materials, propulsion, communication networks, atomic […]
Atlanta-based CodeMettle has announced a contract from Comtech to support the U.S. Army’s satellite communications upgrade effort. CodeMettle is expected to provide network operations software for Comtech’s development and testing of Enterprise Digital Intermediate frequency Multi-carrier modems. The Terminus software will support the element management solution of Comtech’s EDIM modem design, CodeMettle said Wednesday. Terminus, […]
The U.S. Navy is ensuring the readiness of its aircraft fleet by extending a vital contract. On Wednesday, BAE Systems announced that it has received a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth $92 million from the U.S. Navy. The follow-up contract will see the defense contractor continue to supply fleet services, operational software development and maintenance and […]
Quantum research company Rydberg Technologies has demonstrated for the first time long-range radio communication via its atomic receiver with quantum sensor. According to the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based start-up company, the radio technology could help avoid hacking or jamming radio transmissions. Rydberg presented the atomic receiver’s prototype during the recent U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s […]
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and Verizon have demonstrated various 5G streaming use cases under an ongoing strategic collaboration designed to support the Department of Defense’s sustainment missions and advance the 5G .MIL program. During the demo, the companies validated how 5G can be used for augmented, virtual and extended reality technologies; real-time 3D visualization and […]
CACI International has announced a five-year task order to deliver expertise to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s National Center for Medical Intelligence. Awarded under the Solutions for Intelligence Analysis 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle, the task aims to protect the United States’ interests worldwide by gathering medical intelligence on foreign health threats and related issues, CACI said. […]
RTX business Raytheon has secured an $80 million U.S. Navy contract to develop an advanced electronic warfare prototype for the fighter aircraft F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the mainstay of the service’s carrier air wing. According to RTX, Raytheon’s prototyping will focus on modifying current electronic warfare solutions to include fewer components and integrate government-prescribed open architecture. […]
Interoperability between the United States and its allies is the focus of collaboration between the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer. At the recent Army’s Technical Exchange Meeting in Georgia, Young Bang, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, said the partnership aims […]
The Intelligence Community will be asked to create a new agency responsible for identifying technologies and capabilities that can allow the organization to address mission needs. Under the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, the director of national intelligence is required to set up an “Intelligence Community Innovation Unit,” an organization akin to the Department of […]
