The State Department has approved South Korea’s request to purchase up to 36 AH-64E Apache helicopters from the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday the proposed foreign military sale is valued at around $3.5 billion and includes 76 T700-GE-701D engines, 36 AN/ASQ-170 modernized target acquisition and designation si...
Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work approached Michael Stewart, director of the U.S. Navy’s Disruptive Capabilities Office, and asked if, given all of the rhetoric around artificial intelligence and unmanned systems, the service branch is actually making real use of the technologies and “doing something with it.” Until a f...
As government and industry entities continue to implement artificial intelligence capabilities throughout their organizational strategies, it has become critical that they also build trust into the environments where these programs are deployed. During a panel discussion dubbed “Trusted Mission AI” at Leidos‘ seventh annual Supplie...
The State Department has approved Israel’s request to buy F-15IA aircraft, advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, 120mm tank cartridges, family of medium tactical vehicles and M933A1120mm high explosive mortar cartridges from the U.S. government under five foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $20.3 billion combined. The De...
Through two major plans this year, the Department of Defense announced its intention to take seriously the need for commercial space products. The DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Strategy were released within weeks of one another in April and declared that the rapid advancements taking pla...
HII’s (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division has secured a potential five-year, $209 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide development and sustainment support for the military branch’s fighter and bomber weapons systems and subsystems. The company said Monday the task order awarded under the Department of Defense Information A...
The U.S. Navy and the Italian Navy conducted a first-of-its-kind Multi-Large Deck Event, known as an MLDE, in the Indo-Pacific region on Aug. 9. The MLDE gave the U.S. and Italy the opportunity to participate in joint operations like maritime communications, air warfare operations and cross-deck flight operations. The purpose of the event was t...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a potential $2.56 billion contract to build two rapid prototype E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft and provide lifecycle development, training and other support services for the service branch’s E-7A fleet. The Department of Defense said Friday the award marks the definitizat...
Exiger has acquired data science company XSB to expand its portfolio of proprietary data and artificial intelligence tools with the addition of the latter’s suite of purchasing, design, engineering analytics and sustainment intelligence platforms used by program executive offices, logistics and acquisition professionals. “This acquisition is in ...
On Aug. 15, the Potomac Officers Club will give you the chance to hear from top Navy officials and industry leaders at the 2024 Navy Summit! This event will host an elite lineup of experts who will come together to explore the ways in which the Department of the Navy is modernizing to tackle today’s challenges...
