Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Innovation and Partnerships Office has unveiled an online licensing portal to encourage the private sector to adopt internally developed proprietary software. IPO aims to promote technology transfer by providing industry with licensing and partnership opportunities, LLNL said Monday. The website and its proprietary software listings are intended to drive scientific innovation […]
Microsoft has secured a potential four-year, $19.8 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to continue developing an augmented reality space simulation environment built on HoloLens technology. The service branch will use the Integrated, Immersive, Intelligent Environment to train, test emerging capabilities and interact with digital reproductions of space-based objects, including satellites […]
A bipartisan group of senators has urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to earmark $10 million in fiscal year 2024 funding to support an artificial intelligence policy unit within the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In a letter sent Friday, Sens. Maria Cantwell, Martin Heinrich, Mike Rounds and Todd Young wrote that the U.S. Artificial […]
Christy Goldsmith Romero, head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has released the agenda for a Jan. 8 public meeting of the Technology Advisory Committee to discuss artificial intelligence, cybersecurity modernization and decentralized finance. Romero, the TAC’s sponsor, wrote that AI has transformative potential if its implementation avoids harm to customers and markets, CFTC said […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that Stacey Bowers will assume the role of director of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation. The OASB identifies and addresses capital formation issues faced by smaller enterprises and their investors, the SEC said Friday. In a press release, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded Reston, Virginia-based technology integrator Science Applications International Corp. a $63 million contract to deliver research, development, test and evaluation services for hypersonic advanced concepts and next-generation capabilities such as hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop simulations. The Navy seeks support for the Strategic Systems Programs unit and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane […]
The Department of Energy has unveiled a potential $70 million research and development program to build up the resilience of energy infrastructure and reduce risks from cyberthreats, physical threats and extreme weather. The All-Hazards Energy Resilience funding opportunity could provide up to 25 R&D projects worth from $500,000 to $5 million each, the Energy Department […]
NASA has announced that the United Arab Emirates’ Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre will provide the Crew and Science Airlock Module for the Gateway space station, the first such spacecraft in lunar orbit. The Gateway will serve as a staging point for moon missions under the Artemis program, NASA said. The space station is also […]
Cape Canaveral, Florida-based Sidus Space has announced a Tier 1 remote sensing license from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to perform panchromatic and shortwave infrared imaging on LizzieSat satellites. The NOAA clearance allows LizzieSat satellites to collect and distribute satellite photos and data for the public and private sectors, Sidus said Wednesday. Onboard artificial […]
Carahsoft Technology has announced that it will offer Dremio’s data analytics and management solutions to the public sector under a new partnership. Dremio offers a data lakehouse service that features self-service analytics, data warehouse and Standard Query Language search functionality, Carahsoft said. Government organizations could use such capabilities to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency while […]
