Christian Brose to Join Anduril as Strategy Head
Christian Brose, former staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will join Silicon Valley-based tech firm Anduril Industries as the company’s head of strategy, Defense News reported...
View ArticleFirms Eye Virtual, Augmented Reality Training Opportunities in Defense Sector
Some executives at Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Textron have said the U.S. military’s ongoing efforts to modernize warfighter readiness have increased opportunities for industry to offer virtual and...
View ArticleAT&T’s Chris Smith: 5G Can Help Build Up Citizen Engagement, National Defense
Chris Smith, vice president of shared services at AT&T’s global public sector and wholesale solutions business, has said 5G technology can support government agencies across five areas and one of...
View ArticleIn-Q-Tel Invests in Immersive Wisdom’s Collaboration Tech
Intelligence community venture capital firm In-Q-Tel has invested in and partnered with Immersive Wisdom to further develop the latter company’s virtual and intelligence platform for government...
View ArticleCharles River Analytics to Release Open-Source Mixed-Reality Training Interface
Charles River Analytics has developed an open-source interface that employs a hybrid reality approach to military medical training and education. Virtuoso is based on a multimodal interface to allow...
View ArticleArmy Taps Industry for Small Arms Training System Development
Some U.S. Army officials have said the service aims to expand partnerships with industry in efforts to develop small arms trainers designed to utilize simulation technology and realistic weaponry,...
View ArticleAir Force Seeks Software Dev’t Service Provider for Collaboration Platform
The U.S. Air Force is seeking qualified industry sources of software development services for a web-based technology platform designed to facilitate joint operation planning. A FedBizOpps notice posted...
View ArticleAir Force Space Command Eyes Rapid Procurement of New Tech Platforms; Lt....
Lt. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of U.S. Air Force Space Command, has said AFSPC plans to use its acquisition authorities to accelerate procurement of three technology platforms, National...
View ArticleJohn Goodman, CEO of Accenture Federal Services, Named to 2019 Wash100 for...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce John Goodman, president of Accenture Federal Services, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of influential...
View ArticleLockheed Completes Deep Space Habitat Prototype
Lockheed Martin has completed the final version of a 13-foot-wide habitat prototype designed to support NASA’s deep space missions, Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday. The company developed the habitat...
View ArticlePaul Parry: Radiant Solutions Helps Facilitate Image Collection for Ground...
Paul Parry, director of aerospace engineering programs at Radiant Solutions, discussed how the company works to help ground systems improve image and data collection and downloading operations through...
View ArticleDeloitte Begins Dev’t of Digital Platforms to Support Gov’t Workforce Training
Deloitte has launched an effort to develop virtual and augmented reality training platforms using the insight of retiring government employees, GCN reported Wednesday.
View ArticleLockheed Presents Ergonomics Technologies at 2019 Competition
Four Lockheed Martin-sponsored teams have entered the final segment of a competition that seeks workplace safety technologies. The company said Tuesday it is among more than 20 firms presenting at the...
View ArticleHTX Labs to Develop Virtual Reality Simulation Tech for Air Force
HTX Labs will continue to develop training simulators based on virtual reality technology under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract from the U.S. Air Force.
View ArticleAir Force Surveys Potential Sources of F-15E Flight Simulator Tech
The U.S. Air Force is looking for potential sources of virtual and mixed reality-based flight simulators for the F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft.
View ArticleBooz Allen Utilizes Unreal Engine Gaming Technology to Develop Military...
Booz Allen Hamilton is utilizing products of Unreal Engine to enhance simulations in a push to meet the demand for real-time, higher-detail visuals from military customers for training purposes.
View ArticleRaytheon to Build Virtual Synthetic Training Tool for Warfighters
Raytheon intends to develop a warfighter training platform that uses gaming and virtual reality systems to create operational synthetic environments, enabling increased training in standard scenarios...
View ArticleDTRA Seeks Virtual Reality Tech Sources for Nuclear Response Training
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency seeks sources on augmented and virtual reality technologies for use in nuclear warfare training.
View ArticleCharles River Analytics Offers Free Virtual Reality Development Kit
Charles River Analytics has launched a new open-source software development kit designed to help users create augmented and virtual reality programs.
View ArticleHTX Labs to Further Develop Virtual Reality Training Tech Under Air Force...
HTX Labs has received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract from the U.S. Air Force to further develop a virtual reality simulation technology for use in the service branch's education...
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