Pentagon
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Air ForceRTX’s Pratt & Whitney Receives $1.3 Billion F135 Engine Core Upgrade Contract
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.3 billion cost plus incentive fee contract for the F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
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PentagonPentagon To Go After Counter-Drone Tech In Next Replicator Rapid Fielding Effort
The next iteration of the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative to rapidly field new technology will focus on capabilities for defeating small drone threats, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has confirmed. In a […]
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SpaceNo Comment from ODNI on Maximizing Commercial Imagery/Analytics, GAO Says
More than two years ago, the Government Accountability Office advised that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) ensure that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National […]
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Air ForcePentagon to ‘Monitor and Assess’ Boeing Performance
The Pentagon said on Friday that it is examining what steps to take to ensure quality control on Boeing [BA] aircraft for the military services as a result of the […]
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Air ForceImages from Space for Maven Depend on Analysis of Tiny Field of View
Images from space of objects and human patterns of behavior depend on the analysis of tiny fields of view to provide targeting insights to military commanders under Maven, Vice Adm. […]
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CongressKelly and Cramer Found Senate Defense Modernization Caucus
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s airland panel, and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) have formed the Senate Defense Modernization Caucus as a counterpart to the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Space Force Space Systems Command Says It’s Using $40 Million Congressional Add to Improve COCOM Use of Commercial Imagery
The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) said that it is using a $40 million congressional add for Tactical, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking (TacSRT) in fiscal 2024 to […]
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Intelligence Community
NGA/U.S. Space Force Joint Mission Management Center ‘First Step’ in DoD/IC/Allied Imagery Integration
While analysts with intelligence experience have pointed to gaps in the integration of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)-provided commercial imagery into the daily workflows of combatant command staff and front-line military […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Commercial Space Office Considering ‘Automated Network Orchestration’
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command’s Commercial Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Office (CSCO)–a part of the Commercial Space Office in Chantilly, Va., under the leadership of Col. Richard Kniseley–is contemplating “automated […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Central Command Operations Official Outlines Expansive Uses Of Maven Smart System
A shared battlespace awareness solution that was focused initially on helping warfighting commanders find and engage targets is being used in a wide number of operational applications, an official with […]
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