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It is imperative that the United States—government and private companies alike—begin using its inherent innovative spirit to think exponentially and develop technologies that will save time, dollars and lives while defeating the nation's adversaries, said Adm. Harry Harris, USN, commander of U.S. Pacific Command. Exponential thinking were the buzzwords of his address and the cornerstone of what likely will help define the future of the U.S. military, he shared at West 2017. But getting there requires the powers that be to break paradigms that will take military forces to the next level.

Emerging cyber trends such as the rapid increase in the number of bad actors, increased capabilities and sophistication, and the high degree of automation complicates a key question posed to U.S. military leaders: Are the armed forces ready to fight? 

DLT Solutions, Herndon, Virginia, has announced it has been awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement with the Department of the Nav

Tyonek Global Services Inc., Madison, Alabama, has been awarded a $9,071,595 firm-fixed-pric

Rockwell Collins Inc.–Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $12,887,772 firm-fixed-price contract.

VSolvit LLC,* Ventura, California, was awarded a $7,096,259 firm-fixed-price modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quant

The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, California, is being issued $68,693,695 for cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee task order 2001 against a previ

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Laurel, Maryland, was awarded a $9,666,932 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract as a follow-on contract to a previously s

Blue Tech Inc.,* San Diego (W52P1J-17-D-0009); Iron Bow Technologies LLC,* Chantilly, Virginia (W52P1J-17-D-0010); Red River Computers Co.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded 33 scientists $16 million through its 2017 Young Investigator Program (YIP). The winners’ research holds strong promise across several naval-relevant science and technology areas.