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Peraton“™s Reginald Brothers: Army Futures Command Should Embrace DIUx“™s Rapid Tech Devt Approach

Reginald Brothers, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Peraton, said during a Government Matters interview that aired Wednesday he expects Army Futures Command to adopt the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental“™s rapid approach to technology development that includes testing and evaluation and prototyping. Brothers said he thinks Austin, Texas, has a strong workforce, industry and research environment, […] More

by Jane Edwards August 3, 2018, 9:25 am
in Featured, General, Government Technology, News

Sensofusion Prepares for Enhanced AIRFENCE Production With DoD; Kaveh Mahdavi Comments

Sensofusion will begin its production on an enhanced ground-based mobile platform for countering autonomous aerial drones after testing its prototype for a year. The New York-based firm said Wednesday the AIRFENCE system met IP67 ruggedization requirements during assessments for detection range and counterattack capabilities, which were conducted with the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory through […] More

by Monica Jackson June 7, 2018, 7:34 am
in Industry News, News

New Army Northeast Research Hub to Collaborate With Industry on Science, Tech Projects

The Army Research Laboratory has established a regional hub on the Northeastern University campus in Burlington, Massachusetts to conduct science and technology projects. ARL Northeast is located at NU’s George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security and will collaborate with multiple companies and academic researchers in efforts to build homeland security and defense technologies […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 16, 2018, 5:08 am
in Industry News, News

DoD Seeks Underwater-Launched UAV Platform

The Defense Department has started to accept solution briefs for an underwater-launched unmanned aerial vehicle with interface and control features similar to those of existing consumer drones. A solicitation notice posted on the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental’s website says that DoD seeks a platform that can process full-motion video and operate for more than one hour at a range […] More

by Joanna Crews March 23, 2018, 12:27 am
in Executive Spotlight, General

Executive Spotlight: An Interview With Neil Albert, President of ACT I

ExecutiveBiz recently spoke with Neil Albert, president of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, about his company“™s role providing acquisition services and information technology modernization to federal agencies. “Cybersecurity is probably the most important area that the private sector can help “¦ With more private sector-friendly contracting vehicles out there, like Other Transaction Agreements, I think […] More

by Jason Scott March 20, 2018, 5:30 am
in General, Industry News, Mobility, News

Radiant Solutions to Back NGA-DIUx Machine Learning Tech Challenge: Tony Frazier Comments

Maxar Technologies“™ Radiant Solutions business has received a contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to help expedite the development of machine learning algorithms designed to gather data from satellite images. Radiant Solutions said Tuesday it will provide NGA access to high-resolution satellite images of at least 1 million labeled objects to help the agency launch […] More

by Jane Edwards February 28, 2018, 12:50 pm
in General

Reports: DIUx Head Raj Shah Steps Down

Raj Shah, head of the Defense Department“™s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, resigned from his post Thursday after a nearly two-year stint with the organization, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Navy Capt. Sean Heritage will step into the acting leadership role at DIUx. Shah, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, took the helm in May 2016 after then-Defense Secretary Ashton […] More

by David Smith February 27, 2018, 1:19 am
in News, Products & Service

DoD’s Innovation Unit Taps ICEYE for Earth Observation Data Support

ICEYE‘s U.S. subsidiary has secured a contract to provide Earth observation data support services to the Defense Department‘s innovation unit. Mike Lyons, CEO of ICEYE U.S., said in a statement published Monday the company aims to help the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental address national security challenges through the use of data. ICEEYE is headquartered in Espoo, […] More

by Joanna Crews November 21, 2017, 1:57 pm
in News, Products & Service

Reports: Virgin Orbit Lands DoD Contract to Demo Air Launch System

Virgin Orbit, the small satellite launch venture spun out of commercial space company Virgin Galactic, has secured a contract to demonstrate its air-launched rocket technology through the Defense Department‘s Space Test Program, TechCrunch reported Thursday. The report said Long Beach, California-based Virgin Orbit expects the LauncherOne prototype flight to take place as early as January 2019. LauncherOne […] More

by Joanna Crews November 17, 2017, 12:49 pm
in Industry News, News

DoD’s Innovation Unit Taps C3 IoT to Develop AI-Based Predictive Maintenance Platform

C3 IoT has received a multiyear contract from the Defense Department‘s innovation unit to build an artificial intelligence-based data management platform to aid military aircraft maintenance operations. Defense Innovation Unit Experimental asked the company to provide a predictive maintenance platform for DoD to forecast imminent problems with aircraft systems and components, C3 said Wednesday. C3 noted its […] More

by Nichols Martin November 2, 2017, 3:36 pm
in Cybersecurity News, News

Report: DIUx, Tanium Transition Cyber Pilot Program Into $750M Army Contract

The Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and cybersecurity firm Tanium have transitioned a pilot project into a potential five-year, $750 million contract with the U.S. Army, Defense News reported Thursday. The contract signed on Sept. 26 calls for Tanium to provide cyber monitoring support to up to 1 million Army endpoint devices such as desktop […] More

by Jane Edwards October 27, 2017, 6:16 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Army NETCOM to Implement Plurilock Authentication Software

The U.S. Army‘s Network Enterprise Technology Command has selected a Plurilock Security Solutions-built cybersecurity platform to help warfighters defend against adversarial identity compromise. Plurilock said Thursday NETCOM will implement and evaluate the company’s BioTracker authentication software that works to analyze behavior patterns and verify workplace users. Ian Paterson, CEO of Plurilock, said the platform works to detect security […] More

by Scott Nicholas August 18, 2017, 12:01 pm

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