The U.S. Postal Service has issued a request for information to seek potential sources of unmanned aircraft systems that can be used in mail delivery and data collection.

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The U.S. Army’s Medical Research and Materiel Command has selected Charles River Analytics to integrate sensing and autonomous tools into a robotic system designed to evacuate casualties from a combat zone.

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Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has confirmed a spacecraft it built for NASA has reached its target object in the Kuiper Belt, performing the farthest space exploration in history. The New Horizons probe encountered Ultima Thule before New Year and already sent flyby data to an operations center on Earth, APL said Tuesday. APL received the images 10 hours […] More

Intel has hosted a concluding event for a two-month study that focused on dealing with challenges in space science and exploration missions using artificial intelligence. The technology company said Thursday the NASA Frontier Development Lab Event Horizon 2018: AI+Space Challenge Review Event wrapped up FDL’s research program, which involved adopting AI to predict solar activity, […] More

ExecutiveBiz spoke with Jennifer Chronis, general manager, Defense Department, about Amazon Web Services’ cloud offerings for defense and intelligence community customers, the pace of federal information technology modernization and what she sees in store for the future of cloud computing and adoption. “[The cloud] means solving problems faster, adapting to changing environments, dealing with sudden […] More

The U.S. Air Force and HRL Laboratories have entered an agreement to test materials produced through additive manufacturing, or three-dimensional printing, for potential future use in hypersonic aircraft. Scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory tested silicon oxycarbide materials that HRL manufactured using 3D printing technology and pre-ceramic resin chemistry, the Defense Logistics Agency said Wednesday. The Cooperative Research […] More

Mark Bigham, chief innovation officer of Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services business, has said user-friendly graphic interfaces can help prevent human error in the use of emergency management computers. Bigham outlined lessons learned from a false ballistic missile alarm that caused panic across Hawaii, such as the need to create “bold and big” controls meant to activate alarm […] More

A partnership between the research arm of the U.S. Air Force and a private company in the semiconductor business has resulted in the development of a pliable microchip. The Air Force Research Laboratory and American Semiconductor have collaborated to create a flexible silicon-on-polymer chip featuring an onboard memory designed to be 7,000 times larger compared […] More

Vencore‘s research arm has received two Defense Department contracts worth up to $14.7 million combined to design, prototype and demonstrate technology platforms for DoD to monitor and measure usage of its radio frequency spectrum. Vencore Labs will develop a spectrum monitoring, recording and visualization platform for deployment to DoD training ranges under the $7.9 million Comprehensive Spectrum Monitoring System contract, […] More

A United Launch Alliance-built Delta II rocket lifted off Saturday with the first of four polar-orbiting environmental satellites developed through a collaborative program between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ULA said Saturday it launched the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:47 a.m. Pacific time. The satellite is designed to […] More

Harris has produced an environmental measurement instrument that will launch aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 to support U.S. weather forecasting. The Cross-track Infrared Sounder will serve a component of NOAA’s polar weather satellite program and is designed to analyze and feed millions of atmospheric data points into weather forecast models. Harris said Monday. The company developed […] More

Lockheed Martin aims to build multimodal sensor fusion testbed for rotary-wing aircraft under a potential three-year, $12 million contract from U.S. Army‘s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate. The company said Tuesday currently develops sensor fusion and integration tools in an effort to help increase the survivability of Army helicopters and restore situational awareness for pilots who operate […] More