The Air Force Research Laboratory has started soliciting proposals for a potential $499 million contract to research, develop, test, prototype, demonstrate and transition technologies that support the development of vision protection materials and materials for electromagnetic spectrum resilience. According to a solicitation published Tuesday, AFRL&...
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...
The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting industry input for innovative new technology and capabilities to support warfighters. According to a request for information posted on SAM.gov, the Expansion and Prototype Initiative for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Cyber program, or EPIC, aims to develop, demonstrate a...
What Is RIMPAC? The Exercise Rim of the Pacific is the biggest international naval demonstration. Known as RIMPAC, it biennially gathers a group of willing ally nations to bring their most exciting tools and vessels and perform a series of exercises broken down into three movements: the harbor phase, the force integration training phase an...
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 ...
Arcfield has secured a potential five-year, $93 million follow-on contract to provide full life cycle support to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s next-generation secure data-sharing tool. The company said Tuesday it will help AFRL maintain the Information Support Server Environment and X-domain Agile Rules-Based Information Transfer Orchest...
The field of artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, and the U.S. government is working to adapt to these constant changes as quickly as possible. To ensure that AI is brought in successfully, federal organizations have devised new strategies to guide their adoption of AI tools. During a panel discussion at the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th An...
The October 2023 Executive Order on the Safe Secure and Trustworthy Development of Artificial Intelligence launched the U.S. government into a new era of AI exploration. Federal agencies have since heightened their focus on AI adoption, and organizations across the public sector are constantly working to progress a variety of AI initiatives. At the ...
In the challenging environment of space, “nuclear answers the mail on some serious operational problems,” according to Michael Smith, nuclear portfolio lead for operational energy-innovation within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. During a panel discussion at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Space...
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...
