The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research proposals for a program that aims to develop a network of airborne sensors that will work to perform wide-area surveillance of small unmanned aircraft systems in urban areas. DARPA posted on FedBizOpps the broad agency announcement for the Aerial Dragnet program that seeks to detect and track small drones that […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research proposals for the Software Testbed part of the Hallmark program that seeks to develop new technology platforms for U.S. space command and control. DARPA said in a broad agency announcement published Friday on FedBizOpps the Hallmark-ST effort aims to design, build and maintain an enterprise software […] More

Lockheed Martin and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have agreed to jointly explore autonomous and robotic technologies under a partnership agreement the parties signed Friday. The company said Monday it will collaborate with the university’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics as well as Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory to engage the university’s faculty and students in human-machine teaming and navigation […] More

A new report from Research and Markets  predicts the global market for civilian drones to experience a compound annual growth rate of 28 percent over the next four years. Demand for civilian unmanned aerial systems for use in crop surveillance operations will drive market growth, the firm said Tuesday. Risks of accidents posed by such drones to […] More

Boeing has concluded its work to install a new imagery tool in F-22 Raptor training simulators at the U.S. Air Force’s mission training centers. The Constant Resolution Visual System installed on 20 training simulators works to provide F-22 fighter pilots with a 360-degree view of the flight environment, Boeing said Friday. Boeing partnered with the service branch to […] More

Research and Markets has released a new report that forecasts smart commercial drones markets will grow to $27.1 billion by 2021 from $3.4 billion in 2014. The report predicts commercial-grade consumer video drones will take the largest chunk of revenue throughout the forecast period, Research and Markets said Sept. 11. According to the data services provider, the growth […] More

The Department of the Navy is seeking industry proposals to manage and maintain the service’s enterprise resource planning system. The Navy issued a request for proposals Friday for products and services such as business services management, reporting and analysis, user management and operational support. The service plans to award an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a base […] More

Deltek expects three federal agencies to launch solicitations for recompete contracts worth almost $30 billion combined in the next three months, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Ashley Bergander, research manager at Deltek, writes the contract vehicles from the Air Force as well as the departments of Energy and Veterans Affairs will be open to both […] More

Harry Lee, vice president of corporate contracts, pricing and supply chain at Northrop Grumman, has been named one of the recipients of the National Association of Asian American Professionals 100 award for 2014. The annual award, given to Asian Americans who have contributed to their professions and the Asian community, was presented at the NAAAP national […] More

Neil Albert serves as vice chairman of MCR‘s board of directors where he oversees strategic growth, business development, community outreach and a number of other company functions. The 26-year company veteran is the former president and CEO and has served in many leadership roles at the McLean,Va.- based firm including VP and director. Albert caught […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More