LAUREL, Md. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has signed a contract worth $49.9 million with the U.S. Air Force to develop air warfare systems that will include munitions, cyberwarfare, and electronic warfare (EW) components, according to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). 

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Australian Defense Force have signed an agreement to collaborate on the joint design, development, testing, and demonstration of dynamic multiplatform electromagnetic maneuver warfare resource allocation management (EMW RAM) tools and decision aids for airborne use.

FORT MEADE, Md. U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) -- a unified command of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) -- is using unclassified networks and publicly available communication platforms as it works to prevent foreign interference in the next presidential election, according to recent statements from a CYBERCOM official.

PITTSBURGH, Pa.  Carnegie Mellon University has extended its contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) regarding operation of its Software Engineering Institute -- for an additional term of five years with a value of up to $2.7 billion -- thereby ensuring that the federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) will continue to support national security by advancing and transitioning the science, technologies, and practices needed to make software a strategic advantage for the DoD.

PORTLAND, Ore. PacStar has garnered a contract to support the U.S. Army’s Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced (ESB-E) program with its PacStar 400-Series modular communications platform that is aimed at enhancing agile and reliable tactical communications for the Army's expeditionary-style warfare units.

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Norway’s defense ministry announced an agreement -- the first to be publicly revealed under DoD’s new Allied Prototyping Initiative (API) -- to partner on development of ramjet-propulsion technologies, which the U.S. Navy and Army have been studying closely to power future hypersonic missiles.

ARLINGTON, Va. Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, director of the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), said in a recent press conference that he is "optimistic that 2020 will be a breakout year for the department when it comes to fielding A.I.-enabled capabilities," according to a DoD transcript.