Peraton has secured a position on the $1.4 billion Defense Enterprise HR Applications and Data Services blanket purchase agreement, allowing it to compete with nine other awardees for task orders focused on modernizing the Defense Manpower Data Center. Services required under the BPA include software development and sustainment, data management and security, application rationalization and […]
The Defense Innovation Unit has released a spending plan for its $983 million fiscal year 2024 budget, signed into law in March. Under the plan, the allocation will prioritize four categories: expanding and accelerating uncrewed system initiatives and other strategic projects; launching new projects focused on counter-unmanned aerial systems and other new projects in strategic […]
Brig. Gen. Frank Lozano, U.S. Army program executive officer for missiles and space, disclosed that the service is preparing for a five-year project to develop a new weapon for its Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2. Lozano, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, told Breaking Defense at the recent Eurosatory defense trade show in […]
The U.S. Army is developing novel see-through augmented reality display optics for dismounted soldier vision system use. On Tuesday, Kopin announced that it had received a contract from the Army to support the Integrated Visual Acuity System, the service branch’s AR optics development effort. The contract entails the development of novel AR optics that offer […]
The U.S. Army has received the first production components of the Integrated Battle Command System from Northrop Grumman. The recent delivery of the Engagement Operations Center and Integrated Fire Control Network followed the turnover of another IBCS equipment, called the Integrated Collaborative Environment, to the Army in December 2023, completing the first IBCS set that […]
COMSovereign Holdings, a Tucson, Arizona-based communications technology company, is seeking to grow its footprint in the government and Department of Defense markets through a partnership agreement with information technology and services firm Intelligent Waves headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As a partner, IW would be the integrator and management services provider supporting COMSovereign’s sales to U.S. […]
Astronics announced that it has secured a U.S. Army contract valued at up to $215 million for the production of the Radio Test Set TS-4549/T. The five-year, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers program management, engineering and manufacturing services aimed at enhancing the Army’s radio communication capabilities, Astronics said. The project will start with an initial delivery […]
Northrop Grumman has booked a new full-rate production order for the Leonardo DRS Quantum Cascade Laser system, a technology enabling the company’s Common Infrared Countermeasure designed to protect aircraft from heat-seeking, surface-to-air missiles. In May 2021, the U.S. Army awarded Northrop Grumman a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a potential $959.1 million value to supply the […]
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office is inviting the industry to respond to an open call for innovative solutions that would enhance the cybersecurity of an autonomous microgrid power system that the U.S. Army Fort Hunter Liggett plans to deploy. The system is designed to enable FHL to operate while disconnected from Pacific Gas […]
The National Guard Bureau has assigned Maj. Gen. Steven Butow, California Air National Guard commander, to hold the concurrent role of military deputy director for the Defense Innovation Unit at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. More than 75 active and reserve U.S. military personnel will serve under Butow, a speaker in a past […]
