The U.S. Coast Guard announced that its cutter, Tampa, recently offloaded an estimated 29,600 pounds of cocaine and 3,355 pounds of marijuana in Port Everglades. The drug seizure, estimated to be... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) are urging the White House to take a more comprehensive approach to AI safety and cybersecurity threats posed by AI technology. In a letter to Jay Clayton, director of National Intelligence and chair of the White House Task Force on Super... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and the Pentagon announced the Bath Iron Works (BIW) production facility has been certified, clearing the way for the facility to be used for the production of a guided missile destroyer. Collins, chair of the Appropriations Committee, said she has long advocated... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) joined the other intelligence agencies across the globe to issue a joint Cybersecurity Advisory warning about a China-based company enabling threat actors to target critical infrastructure sectors worldwide. According to the warning,... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Strategic Capital recently provided North Carolina-based Wolfspeed, a silicon carbide (SiC) technologies company, with a conditional loan commitment letter for up to $1.5 billion of long-term financing. Under the terms of the loan commitment,... Read More »
Anduril Industries announced it will invest $3.7 billion in private capital to expand production capacity for the Virginia-class Submarine Program for the U.S. Navy. The investment will allow the company to expand its facilities in order to manufacture critical components for the Virginia-class... Read More »
Boeing announced it had won and undefinitized seven-year contract to triple its production of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) seekers. The $14.7 billion contract by Lockheed Martin would allow Boeing to scale production and triple its output under its seven-year framework agreement... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense, referred to by the Trump administration as the U.S. Department of War, announced an agreement last week with the Central Intelligence Agency and In-Q-Tel to quickly move technology solutions to the warfighter. Under the Office of the Under Secretary of War for... Read More »
Army vice chief of staff and Army acting chief of staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve recently selected U.S. Army Futures and Concepts Command for redesignation as U.S. Army Futures and Autonomous Systems Command (FASCOM). The move is in response to Acting … Read More
The U.S. Army recently selected Northrop Grumman to expand the capabilities of the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), a system that delivers fire control quality data and battle management, by adding a new variant designed to increase the system’s survivability … Read More
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, introduced the Nomad 100 fast pack on Monday. The pack is a containerized vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aerial system kit designed to help customers rapidly deploy autonomous air capability. The fast pack was designed … Read More
The Department of Defense and the Missile Defense Agency recently awarded defense solutions company Raytheon a five-year procurement contract to produce Standard Missile–3 Block IB (SM-3 Blk IB) interceptors. The contract includes two additional option years, valued up to $6.3 … Read More
The Department of Defense announced on Monday that it has selected the directed-energy systems it will use to test counter drones as part of a pilot program led by the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401). The program will evaluate … Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard recently completed a $132.5 million rebuild of Pier November at Base Charleston, S.C., 60 days ahead of schedule. The project included the demolition of the existing pier, removing remnants of previous pier repairs, dredging, repairing collapsed … Read More
Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle directed the establishment of the U.S. Army Futures and Autonomous Systems Command (FASCOM) on Oct. 1 and ordered changes to Army force structure, acquisition and personnel. FASCOM will integrate autonomous capabilities no later … Read More
Six U.S. Coast Guard stations will return to full operations next year based on operational risk and mission demand. The Coast Guard’s Force Alignment Initiative, launched under the branch’s Force Design 2028 plan, reduced operations at several stations in 2023 … Read More
