EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Thales Australia, Microsoft, and Australian companies Myriad Technologies, archTIS, and Fortifyedge have partnered to launch Nexium Defense Cloud Edge (NDC Edge), a secure Tactical cloud computing capability designed for the edge of the battlespace.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

To support enabling Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), Lockheed Martin is working for the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to integrate critical battle management capabilities from the Theater Battle Management Core System (TBMCS) into the Air Force’s Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite (KRADOS).

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Honeywell announced that Honeywell Quantum Solutions (HQS) and Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) will combine to form a standalone quantum computing company, aiming to set the pace for what is projected to become a $1 trillion quantum computing industry over the next three decades.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Northrop Grumman Corporation has won a newly expanded role as systems integrator for command, control, computers, communications, cyber-defense, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) and control systems on the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), by Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), the prime contractor for the OPC program.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

BAE Systems Australia announced that the company will introduce technologies to enable strategic data-driven decision making in real time across the Hobart Class Destroyer Enterprise.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

In the third episode of On the Radar, Emma Helfrich and John McHale chat about how the DoD plans to bankroll cyberspace activities and efforts to tackle the climate crisis, and why the divestments are happening where they are. Obstacles like cyberattacks, environmental changes, and technology refresh may be intangible, but can effect mission readiness in a very real way. Modern warfare is constantly evolving and adapting to better operate under circumstances that are difficult to control, and Helfrich and McHale wrap up the DoD budget request series with their takes on how military electronics could acclimate.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has been named by the federal government as one of the first two Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Third Party Assessment Organizations (C3PAO). As a C3PAO, Kratos will be able to conduct CMMC Level 1-3 assessments once the government completes certain preparatory and authorization steps.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

CACI International announced that the U.S. Army’s C5ISR Center Electronic Warfare Air/Ground Survivability Division (EWAGS) has awarded CACI a four-year $82 million contract to continue support for the Army’s cyber and ground electronic warfare (EW) missions.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

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.

BENCHMARK SECURE TECHNOLOGY

Data interoperability (DI), the successful exchange of data between systems, is critical for modern military systems. Without it, actionable information derived from the data cannot be shared among systems and troops, or the shared data may be misinterpreted, such as the identity and/or location of a threat in a battlespace.