U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
Counter-unmanned systems maker wins possible $950 million contract with U.S. Air Force - News
July 20, 2021BOISE, Idaho. Counter-unmanned aerial system (CUAS) company Black Sage has won a $950 million ceiling, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with the U.S. Air Force for the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains.
Counter-unmanned aerial system support contract signed by Liteye Systems, DoD - News
July 16, 2021CENTENNIAL, Colo. Counter-unmanned aerial system (CUAS) provider Liteye Systems has entered into a follow-on contract worth $2 million with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to provide service and support for deployed CUASs.
EW and retrofit kit contract for F-35 from BAE Systems signed with Lockheed Martin - News
June 28, 2021NASHUA, N.H. BAE Systems has agreed to a contract under which it will provide Lockheed Martin with additional electronic warfare (EW) systems, retrofit kits, and spares for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
Radar-guided MK-15 systems to get upgrade with $344 million Raytheon contract - News
June 24, 2021TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Missiles & Defense has signed a contract with the U.S. Navy worth a potential $344.4 million to update the radar-guided systems for the MK-15 close-in weapons systems (CIWS) for both the Navy and the government of South Korea.
Cyber contract for U.S. DoD worth $495 million signed by Verizon - News
June 21, 2021NEW YORK. Verizon's Public Sector unit won a $495 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to set up and deliver the network for the agency that connects 200 research labs and supercomputer locations.
Intelligence-system contract for Army aircraft signed with L3 Harris and Raytheon - News
June 17, 2021ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND -- U.S. ARMY FACILITY. The U.S. Army Project Director for Sensors – Aerial Intelligence (PD SAI) has signed agreements with L3 Harris and Raytheon business units to work on the next phase of the Army's High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) next-generation airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) system that is intended to fly on an Army fixed-wing platform to be named later.
DoD must innovate in AI by 2025 - Story
June 15, 2021Developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology for the battlefield is a top priority for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) as its adversaries continue to scale up their own AI and machine learning capabilities. Much of the DoD’s AI wizardry is spun out of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which looks to enable machines to become trusted, collaborative partners of not just warfighters but all humans.