Rocket Lab is priming two of its Electron rockets for consecutive launches of NASA’s Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment, a twin mission focused on climate change research. The first mission, dubbed “Ready, Aim, PREFIRE,” is scheduled for launch as early as May 22, with its twin, called “PREFIRE And Ice,” following within three […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency plans to improve three of its cyber defense programs for critical infrastructures, particularly the systems against Chinese cyberattacks, Jen Easterly, CISA director, told a hearing of the House Appropriations homeland security subcommittee on Tuesday. Easterly, a 2024 Wash100 award winner, pointed out to the lawmakers that the improvement plan […]
The General Services Administration has completed an acquisition guide to help the federal government’s buyers of generative artificial intelligence efficiently navigate the AI marketplace. Released on Monday, the playbook, titled Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide, will be continuously updated as new solutions and technologies on specialized computing emerge. Laura Stanton, assistant […]
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio announced that its medical center has been chosen as one of the five U.S. military health care facilities that will test the digital tools of the new My Military Health platform. The interactive solution was unveiled in February by U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, Defense Health Agency director […]
The Federal Aviation Administration’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee is seeking approval for the return of the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation, or AST, as a standalone unit under the Secretary of Transportation, just like when it was created in 1984. COMSTAC unanimously recommended the office’s removal from FAA jurisdiction during its meeting Tuesday. […]
Fusion Technology, a Bridgeport, West Virginia-based information technology company, announced that it has received a $159.8 million contract to provide the FBI with its Scaled Agile Framework services. The bureau awarded the task order under the FBI Agility with SAFe Teams Law Enforcement Support Services contract vehicle Fusion said Thursday. The five-year contract calls for […]
Blue Origin is scheduled to launch its New Glenn rocket to Mars with two NASA small satellites as payload on Sept. 29, according to Nick Benardini, the agency’s planetary protection officer. Benardini disclosed the inaugural flight’s date in his presentation of NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission to the planetary protection committee […]
Systems integrator Tyto Athene announced that its Tyto Government Solutions subsidiary has secured a five-year, $168 million contract to assist the U.S. Army’s network infrastructure modernization in Europe, Israel and the Horn of Africa. Under the single-award contract, Tyto’s tasks include improving the operational efficiencies and widening data access of Army soldiers, commands and partner […]
The Department of the Air Force has selected General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and Anduril to advance to the development and production phase of its collaborative combat aircraft program that started with five competing vendors. The CCA project aims to produce drones with a wide range of capabilities, including offensive strike and surveillance, for flight […]
Space access, mobility and logistics comprise the areas wherein the U.S. Space Force would fully rely on commercial solutions, according to Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, the U.S. Space Force’s deputy chief of space operations, strategy, plans, programs and requirements. Discussing at an Atlantic Council online event the eight priority mission areas of the recently released […]
