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Executives from large defense contractors are calling for a more systematic, long-term schedule for government acquisition of weapons supply as a contingency measure in case of a sudden surge in demand, DefenseNews reported today. The idea of reforming acquisition practices, which was raised during a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Association of […] More
SkyWater Technology has received a $12 million investment from the Department of Defense to support the intellectual property expansion of its 90-nanometer radiation-hardened manufacturing process. The investment is part of an initial $27 million DOD funding awarded as an other transactional agreement option, the company said Wednesday. IP ecosystem design and validation for the rad-hard […] More
H55, a Swiss developer of electric propulsion and battery systems, has received a minority investment from Raytheon Technologies’ venture capital business unit. The financing builds on the companies’ existing collaboration aimed at advancing the development of sustainable aviation technologies, Raytheon said Tuesday. RTX Ventures is currently in partnership with H55 for the development and demonstration […] More
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has extended its mission support contract with Seerist‘s federal business unit for another five years, building on the software company’s efforts to assist the agency during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seerist Federal was granted a $3.8 million renewal contract to continue supporting CBP’s various intelligence and operational missions and to […] More
The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted Impact Level 6 provisional authorization to Palantir Technologies’ Federal Cloud Service. IL6 accreditation allows Palantir to add a secret region to its cloud platform, supporting Top Secret defense and national security missions of the Department of Defense and other federal entities, the company said Monday. PFCS, which met […] More
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
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
Woolpert has secured a $49.9 million contract to help a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers center meet coastal data and imagery requirements of other military and government organizations. The three-year, firm-fixed-price contract will involve technical assistance, geospatial operations and sensor maintenance as part of coastal mapping and charting missions of USACE’s Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry […] More
The U.S. Navy has approved the installation of Northrop Grumman‘s Electronic Chart Display and Information System into the service branch’s ships and submarines, beginning with USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Navy ECDIS was deemed by the Navy’s Operational Test and Evaluation Force as “operationally suitable, operationally effective and cyber survivable” as […] More
Google will collaborate with Accenture‘s federal arm and Sada Systems to help the U.S. Army deploy a suite of cloud-based collaboration applications for as many as 250,000 soldiers. Will Grannis, CEO of Google’s public sector unit, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the Army’s Workspace implementation project is one of the first collaborative efforts […] More
Business intelligence software developer Pyramid Analytics has launched a new division focused on providing U.S. government agencies with data analytics services. The new Pyramid Federal Business Practice will be led by Joe Fritsch, director of federal sales at the company and former federal account executive at a VMware segment, Pyramid said Tuesday. The business unit […] More
