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The Department of the Army has posted a request for proposals from small vendors interested in providing support services to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, known as G-2, of the Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC. The service requirements include analytical support to the TRADOC G-2 operational environment and core options, with […] More
Technology company SandboxAQ has announced a research paper exploring the use of artificial intelligence models to mitigate disturbance in magnetic anomaly-based navigation, or MagNav. The study, presented during the December annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Washington, D.C., indicates a potential for use in autonomous vehicles and other applications, SandboxAQ said Friday. The […] More
IT and professional services firm Electrosoft will continue providing audit guidance and assistance services to the Defense Logistic Agency’s finance unit, or J8, under a follow-on support contract. The tasks under the contract include the preparation of corrective action plans and analyses for the DLA J8’s financial statement and audit program, the Reston, Virginia-based company […] More
Blue Origin has completed a series of tests for its New Glenn rocket, whose objectives included the demonstration of day-of-launch operations and the validation of vehicle and ground systems. Hotfire Test The company said Friday that the test campaign, which met all objectives, concluded with an integrated launch vehicle hotfire test, whose accomplishment was described […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Navy contract modification valued at approximately $335.7 million to provide continuing technical and management support to the modification and retrofit efforts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in 2025. The award covers work for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales customers and non-Department of Defense F-35 program […] More
Rick Vien, most recently a capture executive at ManTech, was appointed as vice president of proposals operations at the defense technology provider, he announced in a LinkedIn post. The executive joined the Herndon, Virginia-based company in August after more than 15 years at BAE Systems, where he last worked as strategic capture director, according to […] More
Raytheon, an RTX business unit, will provide modeling and simulation, or M&S, services to the U.S. Army and Navy’s missile defense systems for exercises and training under a potential $191.1 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency. The Department of Defense said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with cost, cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-award-fee line items is a […] More
The cybersecurity platforms of Palo Alto Networks for cloud, security and network operations have been certified for use at the high-impact level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The platforms integrate diverse security tools harnessing artificial intelligence and automation, offering customers operational efficiencies as well as cyberthreat protection, Palo Alto Networks said. Palo […] More
Northrop Grumman deployed low-cost target vehicles in tests on the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s capabilities. Nine intercept vehicles, called “Zombie” targets for their repurposed demilitarized rocket motors, were launched during the USASMDC LTZ-3 test mission, the company said. The targets, tagged as “Black Dagger,” were developed in collaboration with Teledyne Brown Engineering […] More
KBR will enhance the knowledge base of the Defense Technical Information Center under a five-year task order worth a potential $88 million secured under the multiple-award contract vehicle of the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center, or DOD IAC. Work will be primarily performed at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Lexington, Maryland, KBR […] More
Lockheed Martin has established Astris AI, its new subsidiary that will provide machine learning operations, or MLOps, software capability to the U.S. defense industrial sector. Donna O’Donnell, Astris AI chief revenue officer, will head the subsidiary as it offers artificial intelligence tools across defense customers, including commercial companies, Lockheed Martin said Monday. O’Donnell expressed confidence […] More
Rolls-Royce expects to start altitude testing in February 2025 for the F130 engine after completing its critical design review, or CDR, as the new platform of the U.S. Air Force’s upgraded Boeing B-52J Stratofortress bomber. The CDR completion advances the engine program toward final development and production, Rolls-Royce said Friday. Candice Bineyard, Rolls-Royce director of early life […] More
