“We have about 12 vendors out there showing us their kit,” Army Col. Guy Yelverton said of an ongoing competition for soldier common equipment. “And if they're all good, we'll select all 12, because we need a lot of capability in the counter UAS [unmanned aerial systems] environment.”
"The structure of the global defense sector is changing, and this transaction underscores that transformation," said analyst Byron Callan of the merger.
Midsized companies can offer flexibility and agility while keeping intellectual property in the hands of the government.
The SCAR program is being seen as more urgent for keeping satellite communications flowing as top brass have begun to worry more about possible great power conflict with China and/or Russia, Space Rapid Capabilities Office Director Kelly Hammett told Breaking Defense.
The service is also preparing to open up races for a handheld technology, mobile IBCS and flat panel array radar.
A look at some of what this year's SOF Week conference in Tampa had to offer.
BADGER's first demonstration, held in late August, "marks the first end-to-end test of the steerable phased array modules and software," Col. Greg Hoffman, of SpRCO's Strategic Capabilities Acquisition Delta, said.
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
“I would love to say that solving a problem is all that we should be doing at Army Futures Command, but it’s not,” Lt. Gen. Thomas Todd said. “We really have to be designing the Army of 2040 and beyond. In order to do that, you can’t wait on technology in 2040.”
Space Force's Delta 6, known as the "Cyber Delta," currently has three squadrons assigned to cyber defense. Four new squadrons will stand up in the summer, Col. Roy Rockwell, who heads the delta, said.