NASA has tapped Amentum Services to provide mission-critical services at its Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services 2 contract, valued at up to $256 million, encompasses a two-year base period with the possibility of three one-year extensions, NASA said. Under the contract that combines cost-plus-fixed-fee core requirements […]
NASA is sponsoring 10 new studies conducted by aerospace companies and internal research centers to develop cost-effective and faster ways to return Martian samples collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth under the Mars Sample Return Program. The selected companies include Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Blue Origin, Quantum Space, Northrop Grumman and Whittinghill Aerospace, […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded KBR an $82 million contract to support the B-52 System Program Office at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The five-year, cost-plus-fixed-fee task order entails a range of engineering and technical services focused on ensuring the continued reliability, maintainability and operational effectiveness of the B-52 bomber fleet, KBR said. […]
Blue Canyon Technologies, a subsidiary of RTX specializing in small satellite manufacturing, has established communications with two cube satellites built for NASA’s Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment mission. Designed to measure Earth’s heat emissions from the polar regions, PREFIRE aims to improve climate and ice modeling, Blue Canyon said. The mission, managed […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is aiming to streamline software certification for the Department of Defense with the Automated Rapid Certification of Software program. The initiative seeks to expedite the verification process, potentially benefiting both the military and commercial sectors, C4ISRNET reported. At a recent C4ISRNet conference, Benjamin Bishop, deputy director of transition at […]
The Department of the Treasury is seeking public feedback on the uses, opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence in the financial services sector. A request for information posted by the department builds on its recent cybersecurity and fraud prevention efforts and aligns with actions by other federal agencies. Through the RFI, insights will be gathered […]
Maj. Gen. Jeth Rey has been nominated to become the U.S. Army’s next deputy chief of staff, G6, according to a source familiar with Rey. In the said role, Rey will serve as the principal military adviser to the Army’s chief of staff and chief information officer on matters concerning network architecture, cyber operations and […]
The Commercial Space Office within the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded Iridium Communications a five-year contract worth $94 million to provide enhanced mobile satellite services capabilities and security sustainment services. The contract, named ECS3, supports Iridium’s EMSS program and seeks to ensure the continued operation of the EMSS Service Center, an infrastructure […]
Jennifer Gaudioso, director of Sandia National Laboratory’s Center for Computing Research, emphasized the significance of government datasets in training artificial intelligence systems. During a Joint Economic Committee hearing on AI’s economic impact, Guardioso underscored the potential of AI to propel scientific breakthroughs and technological advancements while enhancing national competitiveness, FedScoop reported. Gaudioso argued that leveraging […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Sintavia a contract to develop components for hypersonic propulsion systems using additive manufacturing. The contract award is part of the DOD’s Growing Additive Manufacturing Maturity for Airbreathing Hypersonics project, a program focused on advancing additive manufacturing for hypersonic applications, Sintavia said. Under the contract, the Florida-based company will establish […]
