IT/Networks

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BigBear.ai delivering US Army digital info system with Palantir’s help

Modernization of the Army’s networks and underlying computer infrastructure is among the service’s most pressing priorities.

8 hours ago

How to combine 5G networks, artificial intelligence to aid warfighters

5G communications utilizing forms of artificial intelligence holds the promise of a network topology that’s situationally aware and continuously optimized.

30 hours ago

5G

Lockheed, Verizon testing 5G-linked drone swarm for intel collection

Army, Air Force and Pentagon representatives, among others, attended a demonstration in May.

Siemens, 29 others added to Air Force’s $950 million JADC2 contract

Hundreds of companies, large and small, will compete for work associated with Joint All-Domain Command and Control, an effort to link sensors to shooters.

7 days ago

L3Harris resorts to cannibalizing parts amid chip shortage

Defense execs call the computer chip shortage an "acute pain point" and "day-to-day" challenge.

8 days ago

Success denied: Finding ground truth in the air war over Ukraine

If the U.S. Air Force clings to its offense-first, air-superiority vision it may share the fate of Russia's air force: surprised and largely sidelined.

9 days ago

Tech. Sgt. Nestor Fraga guides an F-16 Fighting Falcon during an Advanced Battle Management System exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in 2020.

US Air Force picks 5 companies to take on battle management challenges

Bringing the Advanced Battle Management System to life is one of Frank Kendall's seven operational imperatives.

11 days ago

Battle management reforms prove daunting, general to oversee effort

Kendall announces appointment of program executive officer to supervise effort.

11 days ago

A 5G hotspot sign is displayed at the MWC in Barcelona on March 2, 2022.

Pentagon experimenting with 5G at Idaho National Laboratory test range

The Department of Energy facility is outfitted with fifth-generation radios, antennas and base stations.

2 weeks ago

Tech. Sgt. John Rodiguez provides security with a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype at a simulated austere base during the Advanced Battle Management System exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 1, 2020.

US Air Force to provide industry with test model for JADC2 development

The guidance is an outgrowth of work conducted by a cross-functional team formed by the Air Force and Space Force.

2 weeks ago

Boeing demonstrates MQ-25′s utility as surveillance drone

Though the MQ-25 will first deploy as a tanker, Boeing is working to mature a second mission set for the long-endurance carrier-based drone.

2 weeks ago

Anduril unveils ‘Menace’ command-and-control center for austere bases

Anduril says its Menace center could help the U.S. Air Force establish bases in austere areas as part of the Agile Combat Employment concept.

2 weeks ago