X-Bow Systems has secured a $64 million contract from the Department of Defense to supply large solid rocket motors to the U.S. Navy and Army. The SRMs will boost the propulsion of the Navy's hypersonic All Up Round system, which is a component of the Navy's Conventional Prompt Strike and the Army's Long Range Hypersonic weapon systems.

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The Department of Defense has started seeking information on potential industry sources of a tools portal for commercial publicly available information research capabilities. Responses to the market research effort are due no later than Oct. 31.

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Steve Escaravage of Booz Allen Hamilton and Adam Hammer of Roadrunner Venture Studios said the Department of Defense should harness the power of capital markets and support dual-use technology companies to advance the development of emerging tech platforms to maintain its competitive edge amid the country’s strategic competition with China.

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Forescout will implement zero trust principles across the Department of Defense Information Network and deliver additional capabilities to improve the security of operational technology networks under the new Comply-to-Connect contract with DOD. The award marks the fourth year and fourth phase of DOD’s C2C program, which seeks to deliver enterprise capabilities to help manage cyber […] More

Forescout will implement zero trust principles across the Department of Defense Information Network and deliver additional capabilities to improve the security of operational technology networks under the new Comply-to-Connect contract with DOD. “We look forward to introducing cloud-based advanced threat analysis tools into the C2C program's portfolio of capabilities and adding further value on DOD's zero trust journey," said Forescout CEO Barry Mainz. More

The Department of Defense has exercised a one-year contract option for reactor design engineering company X-energy as the U.S. military is eyeing potential energy applications of nuclear power to bases and operations. DOD said Wednesday the Rockville, Maryland-based company will further develop its transportable microreactor technology under Project Pele with the goal of securing a […] More

Despite how it is often described, artificial intelligence is not necessarily a new or emerging technology. In fact, AI has been around for nearly 80 years, according to Dr. Cara LaPointe, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy.  But with the considerably increased speed of advancements made in the last few years, AI is […] More

The Department of Defense has exercised a one-year contract option for reactor technology company X-energy as the U.S. military is eyeing potential energy applications of nuclear power to bases and operations. DOD said Wednesday the Rockville, Maryland-based company will work on a complementary design of a transportable microreactor under Project Pele. More

Building a trusted relationship with artificial intelligence technologies is non-negotiable for the Department of Defense as it gets serious about the hot button tool. Pentagon officials have to consider all of the intricacies of weapon systems in order to properly contend with how to integrate and build in AI features — as well as “the […] More

Building a trusted relationship with artificial intelligence technologies is non-negotiable for the Department of Defense as it gets serious about the hot button tool.AI will be the focus of a panel discussion at Potomac Officers Club’s highly anticipated Intel Summit next week. Come for this panel and stay for keynote addresses by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Stacey Dixon and the Central Intelligence Agency’s Jennifer Ewbank. Register for the Sept. 21st event today! More

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering will host an industry day on Sept. 20 to provide details on its new investment program to advance the domestic production of bioproducts for defense and national security applications. The Biomanufacturing Industry Day will be held in Berkeley, California, and discuss the strategic […] More

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering will host an industry day on Sept. 20 to provide details on its new investment program to advance the domestic production of bioproducts for defense and national security applications. The Biomanufacturing Industry Day will discuss the strategic timeline of the Department of Defense's investment in commercial-scale biomanufacturing and strategy. More