Government Technology

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have concluded their flight test of a reentry vehicle designed to be integrated into the service branch’s future intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system. During the test, an unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle flew over the Pacific Ocean after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

The Defense Innovation Unit and the U.S. Navy are awarding success memos to five vendors that have developed prototypes and fielded machine learning operations tools designed to modify, track and redeploy ML algorithms on unmanned underwater vehicles used to detect underwater target threats. DIU said Monday that Arize AI, Domino Data Lab, Fiddler AI, Latent […] More

Draper has launched a partnership platform designed to help small businesses and startups collaborate with the government to facilitate rapid prototyping of emerging technology platforms in support of defense and national security missions. DraperSPARX – to be led by C. Colin Supko, director of market intelligence at Draper – will work to bring together industry […] More

STRIKEWERX and Specular Theory are collaborating on the development of a technology meant to help Air Force Global Strike Command fast-track pilots’ air-to-air refueling training. The team aims to create a simulator to hone the fine motor skills and visual perception necessary for B-52 pilots to conduct AAR, STRIKEWERX said Thursday. EARL, STRIKEWERX’s small-footprint sled […] More

Northrop Grumman has secured a task order from the U.S. Air Force to continue providing operations and sustainment support services for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node aircraft through January 2027. The task order covers sustainment and operations support for future and existing payloads linked to the high-altitude BACN platform, related ground stations, system integration laboratories […] More

Apogee Engineering has established a new facility in Dayton, Ohio, to collaborate with the government and academic sectors in leveraging advanced technologies to tackle U.S. defense and national security challenges. The facility will feature an acquisition transformation center and facilitate science and technology development and cyber and artificial training, the Colorado-based company said Thursday. Company CEO […] More

Leidos has completed conceptual design and system requirements reviews for the Mayhem program, marking another milestone in the development of an air-breathing hypersonic system for the Air Force Research Laboratory. The company said Tuesday the reviews were carried out within a digital engineering environment and demonstrated the use of a system design agent construct that […] More

The Defense Innovation Unit and the U.S. Air Force have selected four companies to build and demonstrate an unmanned aerial vehicle prototype that will serve as a foundation for low-cost, high-rate production and deployment of new drone technologies across the Department of Defense. DIU said Monday that Anduril Industries, Integrated Solutions for Systems, Leidos‘ Dynetics […] More

Gary Hix, chief technology officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said the exponential growth of data will prompt federal agencies and their partners to advance efforts to decarbonize data center infrastructures and implement sustainable strategies to meet climate goals while promoting digital diplomacy and cross-border collaboration. In a commentary published Monday in Nextgov/FCW, Hix wrote that […] More

The U.S. Space Force has selected Wallaroo.AI for inclusion in Cohort 3 of the Space Domain Awareness TAP Lab Apollo Accelerator program. The company said Thursday it will leverage its artificial intelligence architecture to build AI and machine learning models and other tech platforms designed to improve SDA-related use cases. The SDA TAP Lab Apollo […] More

Lockheed Martin has opened a 122,000-square-foot engineering facility in Huntsville, Alabama, to drive innovation and advance the development of national security capabilities. The new facility expands Lockheed’s footprint in the state to 30 work sites and can accommodate 500 employees, the company said Thursday. The $18 million facility will support readiness and sustainment work on […] More

Capgemini Government Solutions will collaborate with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on a project aimed at exploring the use of quantum computing in carbon capture as part of DARPA’s Advanced Research Concept initiative. Under DARPA’s ARC topic IMPAQT, which stands for Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow, the company said Wednesday it will […] More