Shift5 has been awarded a one-year, $2.6 million OTA by the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) to deliver a prototype vehicle security system for a critical ground vehicle platform. Shift5 will provide unified cybersecurity prototype kits that will protect the operational technology of the Army’s Stryker combat vehicle platform.
Read More »Military Approaches Industry for Help to Address Small Drone Threats; Col. Greg Soule Quoted
The Department of Defense (DoD) has engaged with numerous industry partners in a recent event to address the growing amount of potentially threatening drones in U.S. airspace. DoD administered an Industry Open House event last Friday to discuss the development of a common architecture for countering small unmanned aircraft.
Read More »Army Personnel Use Lockheed-Made VR Facility for Hypersonic Tech Assessment
U.S. Army soldiers in Fort Sill, Okla., are using virtual reality in a Lockheed Martin-built laboratory to inspect the prototype of a long-range hypersonic weapon and suggest improvements.
Read More »Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood: Army Close to Awarding Hypersonic Missile Launcher, Glide Body Dev’t Contracts
The U.S. Army plans to award two contracts for the development of a launching system and a glide body for its hypersonic missile in the coming weeks, Defense News reported Wednesday. Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood, director of the service’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, said the first contract will require the awardee to design and integrate a vertical launcher onto a trailer.
Read More »Army Sets Early 2020s to Field Hypersonic, Laser Weapons
A top U.S. Army official announced that the service plans to bring hypersonic and directed energy weapons to the field in less than four years to support combat operations, Defense News reported Tuesday. The recently reorganized Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office is leading the project.
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