Government Technology

General Dynamics‘ land systems business has received a $58M contract to provide expedited active protection system kits for the U.S. Army‘s Abrams M1A2 battle tank. The company will deliver mounting and ballast kits for the system under the firm-fixed price contract, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The service branch obligated an initial amount of […] More

An L3 Technologies subsidiary will produce mine detection platforms for the U.S. Army under a potential five-year, $83.9M contract. L3’s Security and Detection Systems business will also provide support services for the AN/PSS-14 countermine system, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Work under the firm-fixed-price contract will run through Nov. 20, 2023. AN/PSS-14 uses a ground […] More

CEOs of multiple technology companies met with some administration officials to discuss innovation and emerging technology through a roundtable meeting held Thursday at the White House, CNET reported Thursday. The report said IBM‘s Ginni Rometty, Microsoft‘s Satya Nadella and Oracle‘s Safra Catz participated in the “listening session” that highlighted topics such as quantum computing, 5G and artificial intelligence. A […] More

Dewberry will lead an industry team to complete a mapping project in Florida using airborne light detection and ranging technology under a potential $20M contract from the U.S. Geological Survey. The company said Wednesday it will collaborate with seven industry partners to collect lidar, survey the ground and prepare digital elevation models and bare earth point […] More

Sehlke Consulting and UiPath have teamed up to establish a center that seeks to meet the financial management needs of the Department of Defense through the use of robotic process automation. The Financial Management Robotic Operating Center of Excellence will serve as a “think tank” to advance the development and testing of robotic systems in […] More

Mike Farry, principal scientist and vice president for socio-cognitive systems at Charles River Analytics, has said drone swarm technology offers new research opportunities related to human-machine collaboration. He delivered a presentation about the Swarm Algorithms and Tactics for Urban Reconnaissance and Isolation project and similar efforts during a recent workshop held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln […] More

Intel has been using automated drone technology to support inspections of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge and Stone Arch Bridge in partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The company said Wednesday it worked with KYTC and engineering firm Michael Baker International to inspect the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, which connects […] More

Northrop Grumman is developing a new approach that would allow for cargo loading to take place 24 hours before the launch of a spacecraft. The company said Tuesday it is preparing to implement the use of a pop-top, a specialized removable nose cone that would support late loading for Antares and Cygnus spacecraft. Additionally, a mobile […] More

NASA‘s Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, exploration spacecraft has landed on Mars with the support of Northrop Grumman-made technologies. The company said Monday it built InSight’s cruise stage and instrument heat pipes, lander diaphragm tanks and solar array assembly at facilities in Maryland and California. Northrop also manufactured a […] More

Intel has used quantum materials to develop a logic device prototype as part of efforts to drive energy efficiency and increase performance of computing platforms. Researchers at Intel, Energy Department‘s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California published a research paper about the magneto-electric spin-orbit technology in the journal “Nature,” the company said Monday. The device […] More

Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, has said several technologies have matured in the last two decades and could support the second iteration of the Strategic Defense Initiative that was canceled in 1993, National Defense reported Monday. SDI is a program during the Reagan administration that sought to counter the Soviet Union’s intercontinental ballistic missiles, […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has tested portable systems from CACI and Lockheed Martin as part of a program that seeks to help small, dismounted units obtain situational awareness across multiple domains. CACI’s BIT Systems subsidiary and Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business have developed technologies for infantry squads to synchronize maneuvers and detect threats under the Squad […] More