L3Harris Technologies is looking to implement data feeds from unmanned systems and other sources into newer iterations of its Enhanced Night Vision Goggles – Binocular offering. According to Leith Ames, director of business development, the company aims to add more situational awareness capabilities to ENVG-Bs and improve its low-light image quality. The goggles already receive […]
Aquia has won a General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract for highly adaptive cybersecurity, cloud computing and information technology services, providing federal agencies direct access to its portfolio. The company is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Millsboro, Delaware. CEO David Maskeroni touted the award as critical, adding that it will aid in […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is encouraging semiconductor manufacturing experts and stakeholders to guide two programs being developed under the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act. The first initiative involves financially incentivizing private investment in domestic manufacturing while the second entails setting up collaborative research and innovation networks. NIST issued […]
Detachment 1 of the 96th Cyberspace Test Group located at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts will host a semiannual workshop online on Oct. 20 centered around automated testing, developmental testing of software for DevSecOps and cybersecurity. Capt. Samuel Howard, a test engineer within 96 CTG Det 1, said the event is for acquisition personnel […]
The four astronauts that comprise SpaceX Crew-4 returned to Earth on Friday, concluding the fourth mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Americans Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins and Italy’s Samantha Cristoforetti, a representative of the European Space Agency, splashed down in the waters near Jacksonville, Florida, aboard a Dragon […]
Commercially produced software will be subject to new procurement and security regulations, according to a White House announcement. The move is in line with the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity enacted in 2021 by President Joe Biden. According to an Office of Management and Budget spokesperson, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a three-year, $189 million contract to Accenture Federal Services for cloud migration and modernization support. The company is tasked with upgrading the CDC’s information technology systems and investigating functionality enhancement opportunities. Jill Olmstead, managing director and health consulting lead, emphasized the importance of public health experience, […]
Axon has won a $60 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply the Department of Veterans Affairs Police Services law enforcement equipment and software. Specifically, VA aims to equip its officers with Axon’s Fleet 3 in-car cameras and Body 3 cameras while leveraging the situational awareness and digital evidence management capabilities of the company’s Respond and Evidence […]
Elbit Systems of America has won a $107 million order to provide the U.S. Army with Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular systems, spare parts, logistics support and test equipment from 2023 to 2024. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the company will perform the work at its night vision technology facility in Roanoke, Virginia. ENVG-Bs […]
The Technology Modernization Board will provide funds in fiscal year 2023 to the U.S. Army’s Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection Project, an initiative for the modernization and upkeep of Organic Industrial Base Operational Technology systems through patching vulnerabilities and improving the cyber posture of personnel that monitor and respond to incidents. To defend the OIB OT, […]
