Carley Welch covers networks and digital warfare for Breaking Defense. She earned a BS in journalism from James Madison University and a MA in investigative reporting from American University where she was part of the team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. In her role as a networks and digital warfare reporter, she covers IT, C4ISR, cyber, EW and DoD enterprise modernization.
"The biggest opportunities that I see are from a modularity and platform independence standpoint," Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, the commanding general of Army Cyber Command, said.
The model, called Common Hardware Software Solutions Tactical Radios (CHESS-TR), is currently in the “concept stage” within the Army Software Factory.
The solution starts with an outstanding portfolio of Challenger and Global aircraft, recognized as the world’s top-performing business jets.
“If [adversaries] see that we're unable to respond, as we have in the past, then it's very likely that we will see an increase in malicious activity," one expert told Breaking Defense. "No question about it."
Up until now DISA was able to create four completed JELAs in the span of 10 years, so creating three more in three years, as is DISA's goal, may prove to be tricky.
The device is being developed by LifeLens Technologies and will detect warfighters' physiological stressors in environments where there may be dangerous, even lethal substances in the environment.
The Commission on Cyber Force Generation said it will not have a hand in evaluating if the DoD needs a Cyber Force, but rather how to implement one if that decision is ever made.
The jet-powered transport’s speed, survivability and multi-mission agility position it as a viable option to the C-130 for the US and NATO allies.
“This is a major step toward modernizing the DON’s IT infrastructure and software deployment capabilities by increasing operational agility, resiliency [and] optimization of our investments,” a DON spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
An Army official told Breaking Defense the new type of contract vehicle would allow the service to buy its software "a la carte" rather than "one-size-fits-all."
"As the Army continues to integrate advanced technologies ... traditional airspace management methods are being challenged by the growing scale, speed, and complexity of operations," the RFI says.
The six companies will partner with Northrop to develop and scale autonomous flight capabilities during flight demos later this year.
Protecting warfighters requires fast, accurate, and dependable systems that work flawlessly to military standards.
“The intent behind this is to provide for a deployed soldier an enhanced capability so that they can easily provide an RF [radio frequency] waveform and provide some of that reprogramming at the edge," Eric Bowes, the program officer of ARAT, told Breaking Defense.
Booz Allen and L3Harris initially joined forces to create the TOC-L prototype in its first phase in 2023.
"China will no longer have any involvement whatsoever in our cloud services, effective immediately," Hegseth said in a video announcement Friday.
"NGC2 is not just a capability. It’s a blueprint for how we’ll deliver future Army systems,” Commander of Army Futures Command, Gen. James Rainey, said in the statement