Pentagon plans secure cloud pilot to defend small businesses from hackers
The Army’s recently announced NCODE secure enclave is one model that OSD is looking at, said Derrick Davis of the Office of Small Business Programs.
New strategy will streamline DoD support for defense contractors’ cybersecurity
“We were very disjointed” in efforts to support contractors, admitted Pentagon CISO Dave McKeown. “We want to make that more streamlined."
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Pioneering the future of airborne ISR: ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR 600
Blending superior optics, advanced stabilization and AI-powered autonomy in a compact and rugged system, ASELFLIR 600 delivers unmatched intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
Electric Battlefield: Army Awards $600K For R&D
Six small companies got $100,000 awards to do an eight-week sprint on ways to move the Army to electric power. Meanwhile, an academic study denounced the Army’s plan for mobile nuclear reactors.
OMFV: Why Small Biz MettleOps Has A Shot
“We realize that we may be considered an underdog,” says the company, which has never built a vehicle before, “but that is not going to stop us” — and the Army has explicitly sought out small businesses with big ideas.
ERCA: Army Contracts To Help New Cannon ‘Fire Faster’
Five small businesses won SBIR Phase II awards to build robotic arms to handle shells, software to manage ammo inventory, and other prototype technologies.
DoD Must Brace For Long-Term Supply Chain Problems; Big Mergers Likely
"The impact of the COVID crisis in the aviation sector has been really nothing short of catastrophic," said Hunter. "At this point, it's very challenging for those companies to stay in business."
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Streamlining federal operations: achieving mission success with unified network observability
Consolidate network monitoring, performance management, and fault isolation into a single, comprehensive solution.
Army Awards $200K For Stopgap Ventilators
The service’s xTechSearch contest is vetting novel designs and aims to build and deploy at least 10,000 devices within eight weeks.
xTechSearch: Army Picks Top 10 Tech Innovators
From throwable cameras to magnetic brakes, from disease prevention to battlefield networks, these small businesses have technologies the Army really wants. Read on to find out why.
COVID-19: Biotech Innovators Pitch Army Rapid Test Kits & More
The Army launched its Shark Tank-style xTechSearch before coronavirus hit, but several of the small firms competing for $1.2 million in prizes are working on ways to help.
Lord Begins Long March To Supply Chain Cybersecurity
Undersecretary Ellen Lord took pains today to emphasize companies would have plenty of time and plenty of help to meet new security standards. Is she going too slow?
Michigan: Arsenal of Democracy for dangerous times
Michigan’s defense ecosystem and expertise makes it a special asset for production.
20 Firms Of 350 Advance In Army Shark Tank: $1.7 M In Prizes
Read about the 20 innovators in AI, biotech, materials & more who will compete at AUSA’s Huntsville conference in March as the Army shakes up its acquisition system.
Artillery Seeks Robot Ammo Haulers
Six companies got $150,000 Field Artillery Autonomous Resupply contracts to study everything from exoskeletons that strengthen human ammo handlers to robots that might replace them.
Carbon Nanotubes & Quantum Dots: Army Thinks VERY Small
Some 80 percent of Army science funding supports the service's Big Six modernization drive — but the 20 percent left for long-term basic research could transform military and civilian electronics.
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Small Jets For Big Swarms: Kratos Buys Turbine Tech Company
“These are engines that would fit on your tabletop," said Kratos exec Stacey Rock. "We don’t want hundreds of ‘em, we want thousands [of drones] to overwhelm the threat."