Carahsoft Technology will begin providing an artificial intelligence-powered identity verification and fraud prevention platform created by Socure, an information technology firm located in Incline Village, Nevada. As master government aggregator for the ID+ software, Carahsoft aims to expand federal access through its reseller network and contract vehicles such as NASA Solutions for Enterprisewide Procurement V […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has tapped Spire Global to draw up a prototype for a very low Earth orbit satellite equipped with ionosphere-measuring sensors. DARPA issued the contract award as part of its Ouija program, which is intended to raise scientific understanding of high-frequency radio wave propagation in that region of the atmosphere. […]
NASA is setting up the Acquisition Innovation Lab, an organization tasked with testing faster and less expensive ways to obtain equipment and supplies. According to Karla Smith Jackson, the agency’s senior procurement executive and deputy chief acquisition officer, NAIL is based on the Department of Homeland Security’s Procurement Innovation Lab, Federal News Network reported Monday. […]
Mark Brunner is the president of Primer .ai’s federal business unit, which offers artificial intelligence solutions to government organizations for complex decision-making. He is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, a think tank based in Washington, D.C., where he provides analysis and regularly interfaces with senior U.S. and international officials at policy roundtables, according […]
Dave Donald is the president and founder of Keeper Technologies, a small business located in Ashburn, Virginia, that provides data access, management and protection services to government agencies and commercial firms. Quantum, a San Jose, California-based information technology services company, recognized Keeper as the fiscal year 2021 growth partner of the year for enterprise storage […]
Christopher Cleary, the principal cyber adviser at the Department of the Navy, has unveiled the Cyberspace Superiority Vision, a document intended to direct the reinforcement of the Navy’s information technology infrastructure by laying out a vision and key priorities. A past Potomac Officers Club speaker, Cleary said the core principles of “secure, survive and strike” […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the private sector, has developed a facial recognition program that cross-references photos from government IDs with existing photographs of passengers taken upon arrival. The Traveler Verification Service system is intended to streamline customer experience at entry and exit points, superseding fingerprint […]
The Department of Energy will award a total of $39 million to 16 projects overseen by academic and commercial organizations aimed at increasing yields of metals and rare earth materials such as copper, lithium and cobalt for clean energy hardware. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery program will handle funding […]
The U.S. Army plans to phase out older tactical radios as it implements new encryption capabilities to protect against advanced intelligence and electronic warfare capabilities from China and Russia. The service looks to retire legacy models of single-channel ground and airborne radio systems, which have seen widespread use since the 90s. Raj Iyer, the Army’s […]
Federal and commercial officials involved with the planned launch of the Artemis I mission’s Space Launch System said the next attempt is scheduled for Nov. 14 with backup dates of Nov. 16 and Nov. 19. At a recent symposium panel, the officials explained that the launch window runs from Nov. 12 to Nov. 27, but […]
