Did The Space Force Just Ruin OTAs For Everyone?

Did The Space Force Just Ruin OTAs For Everyone?
Did The Space Force Just Ruin OTAs For Everyone?

Other Transaction Authority awards have soared 712 percent since 2015, helping jumpstart R&D, including on COVID vaccines. But now the Space Force’s OTAs have been derailed by a court case against contractor NSTXL – and the whole OTA system is under fire.

OMFV: Army Wants Your Weird Ideas For Bradley Replacement

OMFV: Army Wants Your Weird Ideas For Bradley Replacement
OMFV: Army Wants Your Weird Ideas For Bradley Replacement

Want to make a mini-tank that carries two passengers in back? Or put the heavy weapons on one vehicle and the passengers in another? Go for it, the Army’s armor modernization director told industry.

Space Force To Focus SATCOM Management On JADC2 Needs: EXCLUSIVE

Space Force To Focus SATCOM Management On JADC2 Needs: EXCLUSIVE
Space Force To Focus SATCOM Management On JADC2 Needs: EXCLUSIVE

“The Joint Force depends upon SATCOM communication services as part of its JADC2 and Internet of Things,” says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Space Force acting technology innovation officer.

OMFV: Army Tries To Make Life Easier For Industry

OMFV: Army Tries To Make Life Easier For Industry
OMFV: Army Tries To Make Life Easier For Industry

The Army will give companies more time to refine their designs for the Bradley replacement, but there’s a four-month gap in funding in fiscal 2023.

OTAs Soar & Army Leads The Way: CSIS Report

OTAs Soar & Army Leads The Way: CSIS Report
OTAs Soar & Army Leads The Way: CSIS Report

Army Contracting Command still accounts for 45 percent of all DoD Other Transaction Authority obligations, but the Air Force and, belatedly, the Navy are starting to catch up.

DoD Kicks Off New Hypersonic Program; F-18 To Get Hypersonic Cruise Missile

DoD Kicks Off New Hypersonic Program; F-18 To Get Hypersonic Cruise Missile
DoD Kicks Off New Hypersonic Program; F-18 To Get Hypersonic Cruise Missile

The Pentagon will retain strict security protocols to ensure “we’re not training Chinese scientists that are going to go help their programs” said Gillian Bussey, head of the Joint Hypersonic Transition Office 

NIST Hones In On NatSec Quantum Research

NIST Hones In On NatSec Quantum Research
NIST Hones In On NatSec Quantum Research

“[I]t’s really a good time, and important, for the government to step in and help prime the pump,” says Celia Merzbacher, deputy director of NIST’s Quantum Economic Development Consortium.

Army Seeks Electric Scout By 2025

Army Seeks Electric Scout By 2025
Army Seeks Electric Scout By 2025

The Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, an off-road truck to scout ahead of airborne and light infantry units, could lead the Army’s move to electric motors. But electrifying heavy cargo trucks, let alone tanks, could take decades.

Air Force Collaborative Pushes AI Frontiers — Fast

Air Force Collaborative Pushes AI Frontiers — Fast
Air Force Collaborative Pushes AI Frontiers — Fast

DARPA used the collaborative to find and contract the industry competitors in the AlphaDogfight which resulted in an AI ‘pilot’ built by Heron Systems beat a top Air Force F-16 pilot in a simulated WWII-style aerial battle.

Pentagon Briefs Industry On 5G Experiments

Pentagon Briefs Industry On 5G Experiments
Pentagon Briefs Industry On 5G Experiments

Four bases around the country will pioneer military use of the new high-speed communications network technology.

Pentagon Prototypes 5G With Innovation On-Ramp

Pentagon Prototypes 5G With Innovation On-Ramp
Pentagon Prototypes 5G With Innovation On-Ramp

If you want to prototype 5G networks on a military base, you need to join the National Spectrum Consortium first. That’s an increasingly common model.