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IARPA Picks 6 Lead Contractors to Study Linguistic Fingerprinting

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has awarded contracts to six lead organizations for the study of artificial intelligence techniques that could advance linguistic fingerprinting technology. The awardees will participate in the Human Interpretable Attribution of Text Using Underlying Structure program, which aims to create AI technologies capable of multilingual authorship attribution and privacy preservation, […] More

by Jamie Bennet September 28, 2022, 5:36 am
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Northrop Unveils New Long-Endurance Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Design

Northrop Grumman has revealed the unmanned underwater vehicle demonstrator it is building in support of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that aims to develop a new class of UUVs. The company said Monday the Manta Ray UUV is envisioned to be able to conduct long-range missions, carry large payloads, recharge autonomously using energy from its […] More

by Kacey Roberts September 27, 2022, 11:57 am
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Rite-Solutions, ECS Team to Provide Navy Cybersecurity Support Under $77M Award

A partnership between Rite-Solutions and ECS has received a potential $77 million contract to provide cybersecurity support services to a department under the U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Virginia. Rite-Solutions said Monday the five-year contract will include efforts to engineer software and systems for the NSWCDD Strategic and Computing Systems Department. […] More

by Regina Garcia September 27, 2022, 11:55 am
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SAIC Tapped to Expand Software Support Services for NASA Under $170M Contract; Michael LaRouche Quoted

NASA has awarded Science Applications International Corp a five-year, $170 million contract to carry out testing and maintenance on space systems and technological programs. The Reston, Virginia-based company said Tuesday that under the Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 contract, its team will conduct safety and mission assurance and mission protection activities, among other services. Michael LaRouche, […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt September 27, 2022, 11:53 am
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DARPA Taps Inca Digital Federal to Look Into Crypto Security Risks

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will work with the government business arm of digital asset data analytics company Inca Digital to explore potential national security risks posed by cryptocurrency. Under a phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract, DARPA and Inca Digital Federal will analyze activity related to financial applications of distributed ledgers through […] More

by Regina Garcia September 26, 2022, 11:56 am
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AeroVironment Secures Army Contract for Switchblade 300 Missile System Procurement; Brett Hush Quoted

AeroVironment will deliver the Switchblade 300 tactical missile systems to the U.S. Army’s Tactical Aviation and Ground Munition division under a $20.6 million contract. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, will be managing the contract, with the tactical missile system set for delivery by July 2023, the Arlington, Virginia-headquartered company said Thursday. AeroVironment’s Switchblade 300 […] More

by Regina Garcia September 26, 2022, 11:55 am
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BAE to Create Filter Technology for DOD RF, Microwave systems

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected BAE Systems‘ FAST Labs innovation unit for the development of a filter technology in an effort to protect military radio frequency and microwave systems against electronic interference and jamming. BAE said Thursday it will work on the Compact Front-end Filters at the Element-level program to mitigate radio […] More

by Naomi Cooper September 26, 2022, 11:54 am
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Raytheon Wins Air Force Contract for Globally Linked Ising Machine Development

A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary has received a five-year, $11.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a globally linked Ising machine platform with superconducting electronics components. Raytheon BBN will build and integrate analog and digital control hardware, create an application programming interface and map “algorithms for specific non-deterministic polynomial time hard problems to […] More

by Naomi Cooper September 26, 2022, 11:54 am
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Dark Wolf, Second Front to Develop DOD Tech Vetting System Prototypes

The Defense Innovation Unit and Air Force Special Operations Command have selected two companies to develop prototypes of a process for the Department of Defense to assess and evaluate commercial technology offerings. Second Front Systems and Dark Wolf Solutions were downselected to participate in the Proving Grounds pathfinder effort after a group of DOD reviewed […] More

by Regina Garcia September 26, 2022, 11:53 am
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Seacorp Books $79M Navy Contract to Build Modular Suite for Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare

Seacorp has received a five-year, $79 million contract from the Office of Naval Research to create a battle management system to help enhance the U.S. Navy’s combat capabilities within the electromagnetic spectrum. The company said Thursday it will work with subcontractors on the design, development and integration of the Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare Modular Suite as an […] More

by Kacey Roberts September 26, 2022, 11:52 am
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Palantir to Continue Implementing Case Management Software for DHS Under $96M Contract; Akash Jain Quoted

The Department of Homeland Security has awarded software development company Palantir Technologies a five-year, $95.9 million contract for the installation and sustainment of a program to help log criminal case data. The new award is an extension of a prior contract for the same services; through the contract, the Investigative Case Management platform will continue aiding […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt September 26, 2022, 11:51 am
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DRT Receives CDC Geospatial Analysis Support Task Order; James Gordon Quoted

DRT Strategies has received a one-year, $11 million task order to support geospatial research and analysis work at a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency. The order from CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry includes geographic information system consulting services to the Geospatial Research, Analysis and Services Program, the company said Thursday. […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman September 23, 2022, 11:58 am