The Department of Defense and the Norwegian Ministry of Defense plan to extend their bilateral partnership in efforts to analyze solid fuel ramjet technologies. The two entities seek to build and incorporate solid fuel ramjet capacities into high-speed prototype systems as part of the Tactical High-speed Offensive Ramjet for Extended Range program, DoD said Monday.
Read More »Brig. Gen. Steven Whitney to Lead Space Programs in Air Force Acquisition Office
Brig. Gen. Steven Whitney, executive director of operational support in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, has been assigned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Acquisition as director of space programs.
Read More »PredaSAR Names Eric Truitt CSO to Enhance Defense Intelligence; Roger Teague, Marc Bell Quoted
PredaSAR Corporation has appointed Intelligence Community (IC) veteran Eric Truitt, as chief solutions officer (CSO), effective April 15, 2020, the company announced on Wednesday.
Read More »KBR GS APAC Acquires 15 Defense Contracts from SMA; Stuart Bradie Quoted
KBR has announced today that its Government Solutions Asia-Pacific (GS APAC) business has recently acquired over 15 new defense contracts from Australian company SMA, KBR announced on Thursday.
Read More »International Space Station Demos Naval Research Lab’s Power Beaming Concept
A NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station conducted a power beaming test with a light-emitting rectifying antenna developed by the Naval Research Laboratory. ISS crew member Jessica Meir demonstrated the potential of NRL's LEctenna technology to transform electromagnetic waves into an electric current, the lab said Monday.
Read More »House Bill Would Create STEM Workforce Dev’t Program for DoD, Defense Industry
Reps. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Andy Kim, D-N.J., have introduced legislation meant to develop the workforce for science, technology, engineering, math and computing jobs at the Department of Defense and the industry that supports DoD.
Read More »DoD, SBA Engage With Defense Industry Companies in Webinar
The Department of Defense and the Small Business Administration have partnered to engage industry partners and address their questions in a webinar.
Read More »Army Taps Carnegie Mellon for Potential $70M AI R&D Contract
The U.S. Army has awarded Carnegie Mellon University a potential five-year, $70M contract to develop a framework for innovating artificial intelligence. Army Contracting Command received one bid for the AI innovation framework R&D project via an online solicitation process, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
Read More »Navy Commissions USS Delaware
A Virginia-class submarine built by Huntington Ingalls Industries and General Dynamics' Electric Boat company has entered into active service with the U.S. Navy.
Read More »DISA Pauses File Synchronization, Backup Functions on Cloud-Based Storage
A Defense Information Systems Agency office has temporarily halted two features of a cloud-based storage service that is designed for unclassified Defense Department information network users.
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