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PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- The U.S. Navy and General Services Administration awarded Gecko Robotics a five-year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract with a $71 million ceiling to deploy artificial intelligence and robotics for maintenance of military assets.

Gecko will start work with 18 ships in the U.S. Pacific Fleet with the initial award worth up to $54m over a five-year period. The company notes the government-wide vehicle is accessible by all services.

This work will be carried out across destroyers, amphibious warships and littoral combat ships.

Source: Gecko Robotics
Associated URL: https://www.geckorobotics.com/news/navy-idiq?_gl=1

Northrop Grumman's Talon IQ

Source: Nothrop Grumman

NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S TALON IQ FLIES SHIELD AI’S HIVEMIND SOFTWARE

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Northrop Grumman's Talon IQ

Source: Nothrop Grumman

MOJAVE, Ca. -- Northrop Grumman’s Talon IQ testbed completed its first partner mission autonomy flight with Shield AI’s Hivemind software.

During the flight, Shield AI’s Hivemind software commanded the aircraft, executing combat air patrol and target engagement maneuvers. Talon IQ then swapped back to Northrop Grumman’s own Prism autonomy software.

Shield AI notes that Hivemind required only a single-day hardware-in-the-loop test.

Source: Shield AI
Associated URL: https://shield.ai/northrop-grummans-talon-iq-flies-shield-ais-hivemind-software/

Source: LeoLabs

U.S. AIR FORCE AWARDS UHF PHASED ARRAY RADAR CONTRACT

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Source: LeoLabs

WASHINGTON - LeoLabs Federal Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, has been awarded a $9.8 million contract modification (P00004) to a previously awarded contract (FA8820-25-C-B004) for Advanced Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Phased Array Radar. The modification brings the total cumulative value of the contract to $23.9 million from $14 million.

Work will be performed at Chantilly, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 22, 2029. The Space Systems Command Directorate of Contracting, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity.

Source: U.S. Air Force
Associated URL: http://www.defense.gov

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