The U.S. Army plans to hold a six-month contest to acquire new capabilities to enhance activities in the Indo-Pacific region. The xTechSBIR Pacific Competition is open to small businesses in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington and could provide winners with up to $250,000 in Small Business Innovation Research Phase I funding or up to $1.9 million […]
Texas-based space transportation company Firefly Aerospace has won a $112 million task order under Commercial Lunar Payload Services, NASA’s procurement program for moon-bound research and development payloads from the private sector. CLPS supports the Artemis mission, which is aimed at exploring and establishing a long-term lunar presence. Firefly plans to use a two-stage Blue Ghost […]
Lauren Knausenberger, the Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer, spoke at a Billington Cybersecurity event about the service’s progress on zero trust implementation and future plans. She said that she expects “to have a central image employing our zero trust end point solution” and complementary automation before she vacates the CIO position in […]
Kathleen Hicks, the Pentagon’s deputy secretary of defense, responded to concerns from Republican lawmakers regarding the sufficiency of the White House’s proposed $842 billion defense budget amid growing military spending from China. Speaking to the press Monday, she said “[c]omparing who spends what on what” would not itself determine combat success. A 2023 Wash100 awardee […]
VMware’s Horizon Cloud Service has attained high-level authority to operate from the federal and state risk and authorization management programs. Federal and state entities are now able to utilize the solution to meet virtual desktop infrastructure and application workload requirements on-premises and on Microsoft Azure GovCloud. Horizon Cloud Service is meant to provide a central, […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with the nonprofit organization Women in CyberSecurity to collaborate on efforts to attract more women to cyber roles. CISA is expected to join WiCys’ mentorship program to pair experienced women in cybersecurity with those new to the field. Jen Easterly, director of CISA […]
The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has devised an artificial intelligence system meant to spot defects in metal parts produced with additive manufacturing. Scientists from Argonne and the University of Virginia recently published a paper detailing how machine learning and imaging can be used to detect and predict pore formation in laser powder bed […]
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency are preparing to announce the four astronauts bound for lunar orbit under the Artemis II mission. The event will take place on April 3 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston and will be broadcast on NASA’s media channels such as the official app and website. Comprising three representatives […]
The $6.8 trillion fiscal year 2024 budget request submitted to Congress Thursday by President Joe Biden is aimed at increasing domestic capacity for developing and producing emerging technologies, modernizing digital services and strengthening cybersecurity. Biden wrote in the proposal’s cover letter that the investments are meant to help the United States “outcompete China” and regain […]
The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet, has been chosen by President Joe Biden as his nominee for the position of deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, N2/N6, and director of naval intelligence. Thomas will succeed Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler upon confirmation […]
