Author: Michael

Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer will be leaving the Defense Department in the coming weeks and going back to industry, he announced in a LinkedIn post late Wednesday night.
Iyer served as the first civilian CIO since the Army divided the chief information officer and deputy chief of staff, G6, roles.
“With the completion of my contract with the Army, it is now time for me to return to industry where I can take on the next big challenge,” he wrote.

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Metawave has received the Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the US Army to develop perception sensing solutions for off-road autonomous vehicles.
Valued at approximately $1.7m, the SBIR Phase II contract will require Metawave to address four main areas of challenge related to perception sensing for autonomous ground systems.
These areas feature adverse weather sensing, long-range sensing and reduction of the processing burden for ground vehicles, and off-road sensing.

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The Polish Ministry of National Defence (MND) has approved a new contract with the US to procure an additional 116 Abrams tanks for the Polish Army.
The estimated value of the contract is approximately $1.4bn. Out of the total value, nearly $200m has been provided by the US, as part of its efforts to grant financial aid to Poland.

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