A team led by a Raytheon subsidiary will work to develop techniques that seek to extend the functionality of mobile applications for up to a century under a four-year, $7.8 million contract with the U.S. Air Force. Raytheon BBN Technologies will collaborate with Securboration, Syracuse University, Vanderbilt University and Oregon State University on the project as part of the Defense Advanced […] More

The U.S. Air Force looks for industry partners to take part in a potential $12 million program that seeks to develop power sources and antennas for aerospace and defense uses, Military & Aerospace reported Wednesday. John Keller writes that the Air Force Research Laboratory released a solicitation Tuesday seeking partners to aid the development of the High-Powered Electromagnetics program […] More

Charles River Analytics has introduced a framework designed to manage and analyze crowd-sourced software verification tools. The framework is presented as part of the Crowd-Sourced Formal Verification program of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Charles River said Friday. “Software should go through formal verification to ensure that mission-essential software is free from disruptive errors […] More

Lockheed Martin has helped build a laser turret system for high-speed aircraft under a collaborative project between the company, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Thursday its Aero-adaptive Aero-optic Beam Control turret was integrated onto a business jet during 2014 and 2015 flight tests. The […] More

The U.S. Air Force could start to use laser weapons in combat missions within five years, Ars Technica reported Friday. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle told the Air Force Association Air & Space Conference this week he believes directed-energy weapons pods could be installed in a fighter plane “very soon,” Sean Gallagher reports. “That day is a lot closer than I think a […] More

SRI International has developed an online game as part of a government program that intends to verify software to ensure that it lacks errors and security vulnerabilities. The company said Tuesday it created Binary Fission with the University of California in Santa Cruz and the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Crowd-Sourced Formal Verification initiative of the Defense […] More

Gulu Gambhir oversees Leidos‘ research and development initiatives and the direction of the company’s technology offerings in his roles as senior vice president and chief technology officer. Gambhir became CTO at Leidos on a full-time basis in October 2013 and also is responsible for the company’s internal information technology initiatives. The 24-year industry veteran recently caught up with […] More

Chad Andersen serves as cyber capability lead and program manager for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program at Noblis. He oversees account management, capability enhancement, corporate development and other cybersecurity-related efforts at the nonprofit science and technology organization. In addition to managing the Noblis General Services Administration’s FedRAMP, Andersen also directs cyber data analytics […] More

Northrop Grumman and AeroVironment have been selected to design a new unmanned air system to launch and recover from small ships. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded the contracts for the second phase of its Tern program, a joint effort between DARPA and the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research, the agency said Monday. Dan Patt, DARPA […] More

Battelle, ExThera Medical and NxStage Medical have collaborated to develop a medical device for treating sepsis under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Battelle will work to review the safety and efficacy aspects of ExThera’s Seraph Microbind Affinity Blood Filter as part of the Dialysis-Like Therapeutics device program, Battelle said Wednesday. “Battelle […] More

Dr. John Evans serves as corporate vice president of technology and innovation at Lockheed Martin and oversees the company’s technical strategies in the cybersecurity, social media analytics, autonomous systems and healthcare markets. His work also includes collaborating with academic, the government and industry to help organizations access technologies and attain industrial participation goals. Dr. Evans […] More

Bradley Feldmann elevated to the chief executive post at San Diego-based defense and transportation contractor at Cubic Corp. during the summer after a two-month transition period that saw him succeed William “Bill” Boyle. Feldmann first worked at the company between 1989 and 1999, then returned to Cubic in 2008 and has since led the defense systems segment and […] More