Kacey Roberts

The Defense Innovation Unit has selected three additional companies to build and test unmanned ground vehicle navigation software prototypes for the U.S. Army. Neya Systems, Robotic Research Autonomous Industries and Scale AI were chosen for the development of the Ground Vehicle Autonomous Pathways project, DIU said Monday. They join Applied Intuition Inc. and Kodiak Robotics, which were tapped in December 2022 […] More

Juvare has received the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s High authority-to-operate designation for a technology offering designed to help organizations prepare for and respond to critical situations. The Veterans Health Administration acted as an agency sponsor during the accreditation process for Juvare Federal Cloud, an incident response and emergency management platform, the company said […] More

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and four U.S. Navy Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadrons teamed up to demonstrate anti-submarine warfare and manned-unmanned teaming capabilities at the Integrated Battle Problem 2023 event. GA-ASI said Thursday it operated MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aircraft systems while the HSMs deployed MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from the Naval Air Station North Island off […] More

The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting proposals for an initiative focused on developing technologies and strategies to enable autonomous air and space missions. According to a broad agency announcement posted Tuesday on SAM.gov, the potential approaches under the Mission Autonomy for Air and Space Systems program should be able to support the military’s autonomous sensing […] More

Copado has secured authority to operate certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s moderate baseline for a platform designed to help organizations build and deploy software applications on Salesforce. The Department of Veterans Affairs was one of the government organizations that adopted Copado’s DevOps product in cloud-based deployment projects, the company said Monday. VA […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. has showcased a small size weight and power, electronic support measures system at a U.S. Marine Corps training exercise in Yuma, Arizona. SNC said Monday it reconfigured its AE-4500 Auto ESM system to demonstrate ground-based capability for the USMC Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-23. During the demonstration, the system enabled direction finding […] More

Amyx has been named a finalist for a yearly award that honors Washington, D.C. businesses, nonprofits and associations that have grown using bold and innovative strategies. In a statement, William Schaefer, president and CEO of the Reston, Virginia-based cybersecurity and systems integrator, congratulated the Amyx team responsible for the 2023 Moxie Award nomination. “This year’s finalists truly […] More

Space Systems Command is scheduled to conduct a two-day event starting May 17 to discuss ways how to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities when carrying out space operations. The AI/ML Reverse Industry Day intends to inform government and space industry professionals about technology use cases to enhance U.S. Space Force mission areas, SSC said […] More

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has handed over the first of the eight unmanned aircraft systems being manufactured for the U.S. Marine Corps. Naval Air Systems Command said Wednesday the MQ-9 Reapers are intended to perform long-distance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions as well as data relays in the Indo-Pacific Command area. The first delivered Reaper […] More