STRATCOM Commander: Americans ‘Not fully conscious’ of Chinese threat
Courtesy of the Honorable Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Ranking Member - House Armed Services Committee - Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Earlier this week, Adm. Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), made it very clear — China and the...
Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber (vASC) Conference
The Air Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference is virtual for 2020 and DSJ is there. AFA’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference (vASC) will continue AFA’s long tradition of hosting the premier event for defense and aerospace professionals around...
Northrop Grumman Wins $13 Billion contract to update U.S. ICBM Force
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Sept. 8, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was selected by the U.S. Air Force to modernize the nation’s aging intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system under a $13.3 billion contract awarded today for the engineering and...
Marine Corps ReleAses Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) Request for Information (RFI) – Responses Due 15 October
1. PROGRAM: Program Manager Light Armored Vehicles (PM LAV) 2. SUBJECT: MARKET RESEARCH FOR THE FAMILY OF LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES (FoLAV) LIFECYCLE REQUIREMENTS IN THE AREA OF ROBOTICS. 3. DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND: In July 2019, the Commandant of the Marine Corps...
Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) to HOST VIRTUAL APBI
As a mission critical component of the Modern Day Marine Virtual Experience, Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) will be conducting a one-day Advance Planning Brief to Industry (APBI) on 24 September. The APBI will include presentations from Portfolio and Program...
Space Development Agency (SDA) Awards Contracts for the First Generation of the Transport Layer to Lockheed Martin and York Space Systems
SDA announced August 31 two contract awards for the first generation of the Transport Layer. These awards represent one of the first major and highly visible steps toward developing the National Defense Space Architecture’s inaugural tranche (called Tranche 0). This...
U.S. Air Force IDentifies R&D STRATEGIC Priorities under NEW SBIR & STTR PROGRAM SOLICITATIONS
The new USAF SBIR Program Solicitation is here - https://beta.sam.gov/opp/c02e518a995c4de299269139df88a9ca/view The AF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program’s objectives include stimulating technological innovation, strengthening the small business role in...
Army awards HIghly-Anticipated Air Launched Effects (ALE) agreements in support of Future Vertical Lift (FVL)
By PEO AVN and FVL CFT Public Affairs - August 24, 2020REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – The U.S Army Contracting Command-Redstone Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium (AMTC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Branch awarded ten Air Launched Effects (ALE) Projects...
Altavian, Parrot, Skydio, Teal, and Vantage Robotics Small UAS Unveiled as DoD-Approved alternatives to Chinese offerings
by David Vergun For the first time, the Defense Department and the entire federal government will have access to secure, trusted, and American-made commercial drones on the General Service Administration schedule, Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Research and...
KamalA Harris: POSITIONS on Defense & National Security
California Senator and former Presidential candidate Kamala Harris was, on 11 August, tapped by Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden to be his running mate. Following are some of Senator Harris's recently expressed views related to defense, national security,...