Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Defense Innovation Unit, the Marine Corps' Amphibious Combat Vehicle program and more.
The Defense Innovation Unit and Air Force Armament Directorate are working on a new autonomous vehicle program:
DIU, Air Force Armament Directorate announce four companies selected for enterprise test vehicle project
The Defense Innovation Unit and the Air Force Armament Directorate (EB) announced today that the partnership selected four companies that will support their Enterprise Test Vehicle (ETV) project.
More DIU news:
DIU updates Blue UAS program, adding new systems
After receiving user feedback, the Defense Innovation Unit has updated its Blue Uncrewed Aerial System program, including adding approved capabilities to its "Blue List," increasing the program's framework options and reducing update approval time through consistent software monitoring.
The Marine Corps' Advanced Amphibious Assault program office is polling industry to see if "more than one vendor" can produce an ACV-30 turret system:
Marine Corps seeks additional vendors capable of building remote turret system for ACV-30
The Marine Corps is testing the waters to see if any additional vendors can produce a remotely operated turret system for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle 30mm cannon variant, according to a sources-sought notice published late last week.
The Pentagon's Open Data and Application Government Owned Interoperable Repositories is meant to be a multivendor ecosystem that purchases the infrastructure needed so the government can own its data:
CDAO announces new 'Open DAGIR' approach to government and industry data collaboration
The Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office today announced its intent to embark on a new approach to accessible government data and a smoother acquisition process for digital capabilities through enterprise-level contracts and licenses called Open DAGIR.
In fiscal year 2023, contractors Kaman and Leidos secured rapid prototyping contracts to develop solutions for the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle-Expeditionary Logistics program:
Marine Corps prepares for July flight test of mid-sized logistics drones
The Marine Corps is preparing for an initial "fly-off" test that will evaluate two drone prototypes competing for a future program of record that will field a medium-size uncrewed aircraft system to deliver supplies to forward-deployed forces.