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The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Collins Aerospace a three-year contract to design a lighter version of the F-16 fighter jet’s ventral fin with the use of thermoplastic welding technology. The project seeks to apply best practices from the development of an F-16 composite aircraft horizontal stabilizer and other similar efforts, the Raytheon Technologies […] More
The General Services Administration has made Verizon‘s fleet management software platform available to government agencies through its Multiple Award Schedule program. Verizon Connect Reveal is designed to help organizations track and analyze fleet data such as fuel consumption, drivers’ behavior and vehicle location and maintenance, the company announced Thursday. “Whether it’s more efficient routes, driver […] More
An interoperable open radio access network system developed by Radisys has won top prizes in the third and final stage of the Federal 5G Challenge. Radisys’ technology received the Best Software Bill of Materials award and Network Integration Prize for its distributed unit, the company said Thursday. The competition is an initiative of the National […] More
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $60 million contract to Axon to provide the VA Police with in-car and body cameras and software technology. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract provides for Axon’s Fleet 3 in-car cameras, Body 3 cameras and automated license plate reader powered by artificial intelligence technology, the company announced Thursday. Veterans integrated […] More
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
