The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Rise8 a $399 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract modification to continue providing software development tools and services under the AFWERX Autonomy Prime program, which aims to accelerate the development and implementation of autonomy capabilities to address national security ...
The innovation arms of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force have announced the cohorts of small businesses that secured Strategic Funding Increase contracts for program year 2024 to help transition their defense technologies from the development phase to full production. The 2024 STRATFI initiative accounts for $193 million in Small Business Innovatio...
Anduril Industries, a defense technology contractor, has secured a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth $99 million from the U.S. Air Force for prototyping projects for the Phase III of the Thunderdome Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, initiative. Lattice-Driven Prototyping Projects The Department ...
Vehicle software supplier Applied Intuition has acquired autonomy software provider EpiSys Science, also known as EpiSci. The companies said Thursday the move is part of a strategy to position Applied Intuition’s defense business as one of the leading developers of autonomy software for all-domain applications. The acquisition deal will see Ep...
Firestorm Labs has secured a $100 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract from the U.S. Air Force for small unmanned aerial systems, research and development and support services. The Department of Defense said Wednesday that under the decentralized indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the San Diego, Californ...
The U.S. Space Force’s innovation arm has selected nine small companies as contract awardees under the Program Year 2024.2 Strategic Funding Increase initiative to help move their defense technologies from the developmental phase to full production and deployment. The PY24.2 cohort for the SpaceWERX STRATFI program accounts for $146 million in...
Merlin Labs has agreed to acquire EpiSys Science, a provider of tactical artificial intelligence software, in a move to expand the autonomous flight technology developer’s multidomain autonomy offerings for the defense market. EpiSci offers its Tactical AI platform for various Department of Defense initiatives including the AFWERX Autonomy Pri...
In February, the Department of the Air Force announced a massive reoptimization effort to prepare the Air Force and Space Force to navigate the increasingly complex landscape of great power competition. This plan focuses on four main areas – developing people, generating readiness, projecting power and developing capabilities – and the DAF has ...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to induct LMI CEO Doug Wagoner into its 2024 Wash100 list for spearheading the company’s expansion in key markets and realigning LMI’s overall strategy. This marks Wagoner’s fifth time being named to the Wash100 list. Visit Wash100.com to vote for Doug Wagoner and participate in GovCon’s most exciting race: the...
LMI has formed an advisory council comprised of current and former military and intelligence officers to guide the company’s technology development and market expansion initiatives focused on the government sector. “The insight and guidance from this group of individuals will help LMI better anticipate our customers’ future needs and g...
