Enlarge (credit: ony Avelar/Bloomberg ) Intel announced Monday that it has been awarded a contract for foundry services through a Department of Defense program intended to support leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing in the US. Though Intel’s share of the estimated $100 million award wasn’t disclosed, it is certain to boost Intel’s fledgling Foundry Services division that […]
Shield AI builds small reconnaissance drones for the U. S. military. Its ambitions are much greater. Read More
Enlarge (credit: US Department of Defense) Following years of controversy and intrigue, the Pentagon canceled its JEDI cloud computing contract with Microsoft today. Microsoft was awarded the contract in October 2019, but work stalled as Amazon, the other finalist, mounted a legal challenge. Now, the Department of Defense has scrapped the entire project, saying that […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Microsoft | Getty Images) On Wednesday, the US Army formally moved forward with the largest-ever government-related deal for headsets in the virtual and augmented reality (VR, AR) sector: a 10-year agreement with Microsoft to provide 120,000 headsets “based” on the HoloLens line. Reports by CNBC and Bloomberg point to a […]
Rioters who breached the U.S. capitol building have been spotted sitting at congressional desks with physical access to desktop computers and other devices. According to experts, there’s low risk that the rioting will pose a direct threat to the security of the Capitol’s computer networks or information on devices. But the chaos may be a […]
(video connection ) In this summer, the US Air Force awarded contracts to four companies to come up with prototypes for its Skyborg Program, the Air Force’s attempt to supply comparatively inexpensive autonomous uncrewed fight aircraft to function as autonomous wingmen into human-piloted F-22 along with F-35 fighters. Skyborg is among 3 Vanguard initiatives–applications meant […]