Scott Stapp, chief technology officer of Northrop Grumman, has said the company is working on artificial intelligence, machine learning, command-and-control and battle management concepts for internal research and defense efforts, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday.
Read More »BAE Hands Over Amphibious Combat Vehicle-Command Variant to Marines
The U.S. Marine Corps has received an amphibious combat vehicle variant from BAE Systems and will test the performance of the new model in command-and-control mission scenarios. BAE developed the ACV-Command platform with workstations to support on-the-move digital communications and analysis work for combat operations.
Read More »Raytheon Tests Data Analysis Method for Tactical Ground Station; David Appel Quoted
Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business has demonstrated an activity-based intelligence methodology for a ground station being developed to help military users receive data and find potential threats on the battlefield.
Read More »Raytheon Technologies Employs Open Architecture Approach to Expand DOD’s Tech Customization Options
A vice president at Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space arm has detailed how the business' use of open systems architecture in its programs aligns with the Department of Defense's requirement of employing non-proprietary software to ensure interoperability. Paul Meyer, VP for space and command and control systems at Raytheon Intelligence and Space, said in a Dec. 17 company post that DOD wants to ensure usability of military technologies across all warfighting domains: land, air, space, sea and cyber.
Read More »Raytheon Technologies Unveils Software-Based Satellite Constellation Mgmt Tech
Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business has started the development of a software-based system designed to manage multiple satellite constellations untethered to any asset.
Read More »Raytheon Technologies Subsidiary to Support Air Force’s Research Into Blockchain-Based C2 Mgmt
A Raytheon Technologies business unit has received a $495K contract to help the U.S. Air Force assess the feasibility of using blockchain across battle management, aviation and situational awareness operations, Coindesk reported Thursday.
Read More »Pentagon, Air Force Forge 5G Network Development Partnership
The Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center have partnered to establish a 5G network at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
Read More »DARPA Seeks AI-Based Airspace Control Tech to Support Air Force’s Joint C2 System
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for potential sources of airspace management technologies to be integrated with the Joint All-Domain Command and Control system in support of the U.S. Air Force's prototyping efforts.
Read More »USAF Eyes SpaceX Starlink Satellites, Drones for Joint C2 System Exercise in April
The U.S. Air Force plans to include SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites as part of testing activities for a joint military command-and-control system in April, Military Times reported Saturday.
Read More »Chris Bogdan: Booz Allen Eyes Open Architecture for Ground C2 System
Chris Bogdan, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, said the company is interested in developing a ground-based command-and-control system with an open architecture designed to support satellites used for national security missions, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.
Read More »USAF Plans Solicitation for Command & Control AI, Machine Learning
The U.S. Air Force intends to solicit for artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies designed to support command and control activities.
Read More »Cubic to Provide C2 Systems for New Zealand Army; Mike Barthlow, Mike Twyman Quoted
Cubic’s mission solutions business has secured a contract from the New Zealand ministry of defense to provide command and control systems to support the country’s land and special operations forces.
Read More »Kratos Wraps Up Third Phase of USAF Enterprise Ground Services Deployment Study
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has finished the third stage of a four-phase study that seeks to move a command-and-control ground system for military satellite communications to the U.S. Air Force’s Enterprise Ground Services architecture. The company said Wednesday EGS is a service-based ground architecture built to help Air Force Space …
Read More »Lockheed Aims to Facilitate GPS III Satellite Testing Through Ground Control System Updates
Lockheed Martin has been working on two updates to the U.S. Air Force’s existing GPS ground control system designed to facilitate command and control of GPS III satellites for testing and operations. The company said Thursday those upgrades to the Architecture Evolution Plan Operational Control System are being carried out …
Read More »Report: C2 Technologies Awarded USAF C-17 Training Subcontract
C2 Technologies will support training programs and systems for the U.S. Air Force‘s C-17 transport aircraft as part of a potential 6.5-year, $986M contract the service branch awarded to Boeing, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. The report said C2 could receive at least $100M as a subcontractor on the project and plans …
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