The Defense Innovation Unit and other agencies under the Department of Defense have teamed up to drive the development of a standardized battery system using commercial technologies to power future ground vehicles and other military platforms. DIU said Thursday the Jumpstart for Advanced Battery Standardization project involves the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the […] More

Mark Miller, a more than two-decade Hewlett-Packard veteran, has joined the public sector business of technology company Green Revolution Cooling to serve as director of business development. GRC said Thursday Miller will drive the company’s aim to support state, local and federal governments as they target to grow data center efficiency while managing changes in […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is inviting potential vendors for a power beaming system design and demonstration project to attend a Proposers Day on Oct. 24. DARPA will brief attendees on the objectives of Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay program at the event slated to take place at its conference center in Arlington, Virginia, […] More

The U.K. defense ministry has accepted General Atomics‘ handover of the first Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted aircraft that was developed by its aeronautical systems business. The official event took place after General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and the British agency completed acceptance test procedures for the drone in El Mirage, California, both parties announced in […] More

Leonardo DRS‘ land systems business and Israel-based unmanned air system builder SpearUAV have partnered to develop and market an aerial munition product to the U.S. defense sector. The partnership intends to adapt SpearUAV’s Viper quadrotor in an effort to help military customers observe and reach targets, Leonardo DRS said Thursday. Viper is equipped with the […] More

Threat intelligence technology maker CounterCraft Security will support the U.S. government’s cybersecurity initiatives under a contract of up to $26.2 million from the General Services Administration. The sole-source contract enables the Defense Department and other federal agencies to access to CounterCraft’s active cyber defense deception technology, the company said Thursday. The award followed a three-year […] More

Palantir Technologies has secured a five-year, $85.1 million contract to provide software services in support of the U.S. Army Materiel Command’s supply chain optimization efforts. The Denver-based contractor said Thursday its software will be used to develop and implement an artificial intelligence/machine learning-enabled prognostic and predictive maintenance models to enhance equipment availability. The award is […] More

An industry team led by Leidos subsidiary Dynetics has secured a contract to develop a hypersonics flight test bed envisioned to enable test payloads to ride along on multiple commercially-available launch vehicles. The Department of Defense said Thursday the test bed will serve as a national hypersonic testing capability to advance the development and deployment […] More

IBM has announced plans to invest $20 billion in the state of New York’s Hudson Valley Region over the next decade to advance discoveries in the field of semiconductors, quantum computers, hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence. The announcement coincides with the visit of President Joe Biden to IBM’s manufacturing site in Poughkeepsie, New York, the […] More

Sigma Defense has landed a position on a $950 million multiple-award contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop, test, mature and demonstrate multi-domain warfighting capabilities for the Advanced Battle Management System. The company said Thursday it will bring its expertise in open systems design to enable an integrated command and control system for ground, […] More

David Cerjan, managing director of National Security Group at Verizon, spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his recent appointment with the company as well as his growth initiatives in the federal marketplace as innovation continues to change the technology landscape during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. “Extending our capabilities is all about teamwork. It’s about working together in this space and […] More

Kevin Phillips, chairman of ManTech, was presented with the Boy Scouts of America’s 2020 Technology Good Scout Award for exemplifying the organization’s values while driving innovation in the technology sector. The National Capital Area Council of BSA hosted a virtual event on Nov. 17 to give recognition to Phillips, who was the chairman, president and […] More