Navy Taps ThayerMahan for Autonomous Tech Development
ThayerMahan has received a four-year, $19.4M contract with the Office of Naval Research for the development and enhancement of autonomous, acoustic and electronic search technologies.
ThayerMahan has received a four-year, $19.4M contract with the Office of Naval Research for the development and enhancement of autonomous, acoustic and electronic search technologies.
Spatial Integrated Systems will continue efforts to develop a heterogeneous swarm of unmanned surface vehices in partnership with the Office of Naval Research. The company said Monday it aims to demonstrate small and very small USVs in the eight-unit swarm through the program.
The U.S. Navy is seeking developers that could build torpedo tubes to launch unmanned underwater vehicles from submarines, C4ISRNET reported Sunday.
The Office of Naval Research has commissioned Charles River Analytics to develop a maritime detection technology for autonomous surface vessels under a $1.6M program. The 18-month Topside Optical Processing for Global Unmanned Navy or TOPGUN effort aims to leverage deep learning algorithms to support target detection distance, ship type identification and collision prevention, the company said Monday.
Systems Planning and Analysis will continue to provide support services for the U.S. Navy‘s submarine security program under a five-year, $20M contract. SPA said Friday it will help the Office of Naval Research plan and manage technology transition efforts, as well as perform technical and operational analysis, modeling and simulation tasks. Edward Wright, a senior vice president and […] More
A sensor business under United Technologies Corp.'s aerospace systems unit has introduced a new imaging sensor as part of the U.S. Navy's Spectral and Reconnaissance Imagery for Tactical Exploitation program. The company said Wednesday that its Sensors Unlimited business has delivered four prototypes of the indium gallium arsenide Near Infrared/Shortwave Infrared sensor to the Navy under a […] More
Lockheed Martin will examine the potential applications of machine learning and robotic technology to an additive manufacturing process under a two-year, $5.8M contract with the U.S. Navy‘s Office of Naval Research. The company said Monday its Advanced Technology Center will develop software models and modify sensors for multi-axis robots designed to inject material via laser […] More
The Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Laboratory and Carnegie Mellon University have partnered to boost interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and artificial intelligence studies for the U.S. Navy. NRL said Thursday the three entities will educate CMU students on the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief-related aspects of AI under the five-year Education […] More
Aurora Flight Sciences has helped the U.S. Marine Corps deliver cargo through an autonomous flight platform during the service branch’s recent integrated training exercise. A UH-1H helicopter equipped with the Aurora-built Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System delivered 520 pounds of water, gasoline, ready-to-eat meals, communications equipment and a cooler that contained urgent necessities to the California-based Marine Corps Air Ground Combat […] More
The Informatics Applications Group has won a potential five-year, $47.1 million task order from the U.S. Navy to help the Office of Naval Research establish an information technology network operation. Virginia-based tiag will also support ONR’s business process as part of the task order awarded under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Monday. The order has a one-year […] More
The Defense Department has chosen 11 scientists and engineers to conduct foundational research through the 2018 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship program. They will join 45 current VBFF members who support studies in areas such as quantum information science, neuroscience, engineered materials, nanoscience, statistics and applied mathematics, DoD said Thursday. The Basic Research Office at the Pentagon’s Office of the Under Secretary of […] More
Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received a potential four-year, $6.4 million contract to develop additive manufacturing technology for the U.S. Navy to build metal-based parts for air, sea and ground platforms. The contract awarded through the Office of Naval Research’s Quality Metal Additive Manufacturing program contains a two-year base period worth $2.6 million and a two-year option […] More
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