Tag Archives: research and development

Booz Allen Hamilton has received a $49.9M contract to help the U.S. Army modernize research and development of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies. The Army held an online solicitation for the contract and received one proposal, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled 12 new subject areas for the Small Business Innovation Research program in fiscal year 2021, covering concepts such as 5G network security, supply chain management and biothreat detection.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 4, 2020 — Alion Science and Technology will help the Joint Chiefs of Staff' J7 directorate build and integrate a joint forces training architecture under a five-year, $73M task order, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 14.

Amentum has been awarded a $22M task order to support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology’s (S&T) Mission Capability Support (MCS) office. Amentum will identify, develop and demonstrate multi-domain technologies and solutions that meet the agency’s research and development (R&D) operational priorities.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has secured a $70.7M contract modification from the U.S. Army to perform engineering and technical work on unmanned aircraft systems.

The U.S. Navy has awarded University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory a potential 10-year, $218.8M contract for research, development, test and evaluation support to Department of Defense programs.

The Department of Energy has earmarked funding for two General Atomics teams from the DIII-D National Fusion Facility to support the establishment of new approaches to sustainable fusion energy.

The U.S. Transportation Command has partnered with SpaceX and San Antonio, Texas-based space architecture company XArc to conduct a research and development effort on the potential use of rockets to rapidly deliver military cargo.

Intel’s federal business has entered into a three-year agreement with the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories to conduct large-scale research into a new computing concept based on the human neurobiological system.

Cybersecurity tool maker Kryptowire has won a four-year, $7.3M contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency conduct research and development activities on 5G mobile network security.

The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation arm is accepting applications for a new challenge focused on identifying energy production and sustainability approaches to support Department of Defense missions through 2045.

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.

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to identify new approaches to defend the artificial intelligence training pipeline against malware.

The National Armaments Consortium plans to work with the Department of Defense to speed up prototype development procedures through other transaction agreements and more virtual events, Defense News reported Thursday.

Woolpert has secured a contract to assess possible challenges that may arise from the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into airport operations and craft a set of guidelines to help industry plan airfield infrastructure to accommodate large UAS platforms.