Engineering and the quest for peace: Experts challenge profession to move beyond weapons and defense

Engineering can create weapons systems or systems for defense and well-being. But can engineering create peace? In a ...
United States Army

Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems Works To Increase Lethality Of Existing Weapon Systems

It is not often that a revolution in the conduct of warfare occurs, however the introduction of inexpensive, commercially available unmanned aerial ...
Seapower

Penn State robotics capstone project with NSWC Dahlgren Division explores safer, smarter ways to handle ordnance

Penn State robotics capstone project with NSWC Dahlgren Division explores safer, smarter ways to handle ordnance  Front Page ...
GovCon Wire

New Directions Technologies Wins $111M Navy IDIQ for Weapons Systems Engineering Support

New Directions Technologies has won a potential five-year, $111.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide test, system and transition engineering support services. The Naval Air Warfare Center ...
GovCon Wire

BAE Awarded $122M Navy Contract for Weapon System Engineering, Integration Services

BAE Systems has secured a U.S. Navy contract worth $122 million to perform systems engineering and integration support services and conduct special studies aimed at enhancing the service branch’s ...
C4ISRNET

How Model-Based Systems Engineering can speed military modernization

Although digital engineering has been around for years, its use within the Pentagon has been limited. The T-7A Red Hawk is one of only a handful of programs described as “radically digital." (Boeing) ...
USNI

GAO Report on Weapon Systems Testing

The Department of Defense (DOD) identified test and evaluation modernization as a crucial part of its effort to get capabilities to warfighters faster. DOD organizations, including the Office of the ...