The United States Navy is significantly accelerating its transition toward a hybrid fleet structure, heavily prioritizing autonomous technology to project power across contested global waterways. Recent federal procurement activities highlight a massive new NIWC Pacific unmanned maritime systems initiative designed to rapidly develop, test, and deploy next-generation drone ships and autonomous underwater vehicles. Expanding the…
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $349.4 million, eight-year contract to nine defense and technology firms to support the development and sustainment of unmanned maritime systems. The award was issued by the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific) and is structured as an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicle, meaning companies will compete for individual task orders…
The defense technology sector saw another major procurement victory this week as CACI International officially secured a highly lucrative agreement with the United States Navy. This massive new CACI Navy MSC contract tasks the defense contractor with fundamentally modernizing the critical IT infrastructure that powers the Navy’s global logistics and maritime supply chain operations. Modernizing…