Two counter-unmanned aerial system platforms of Sterling, Virginia-based airspace security company Dedrone have met the standards of the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002. According to Dedrone, it is the first counter-drone company to receive the designation from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of SAFETY Act Implementation. Its DHS-approved anti-terrorism technologies […]
Three Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regions are now accredited under the Defense Information Systems Agency’s impact level 6 for hosting secret classified data. According to Oracle, its cloud infrastructure now covers all Department of Defense impact levels, offering full support to DOD customers’ requirements. In August 2023, the company launched a solution authorized for IL 2, […]
Sigma Defense has acquired Herndon, Virginia-based EWA, an electronic warfare solutions developer with more than 47 years of industry experience and five current locations across the United States. In an earlier move to boost its capabilities to support the Department of Defense’s Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control program, Sigma Defense announced its acquisition […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has migrated about 60 percent of its applications and workloads to the cloud, with the transition expected to accelerate further in 2024, said Charlie Armstrong, FEMA chief information officer. In an interview on Federal News Network’s Ask the CIO podcast, Armstrong noted that the cloud migration of the remaining 40 […]
NASA has welcomed Slovenia to the Artemis Accords, with Slovenian State Secretary Matevz Frangez of the Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport signing the multi-nation pact for sustainable space development on the country’s behalf on Friday. Bill Nelson, NASA’s administrator, described the country’s entry into the Accords as a “new frontier” in the U.S. […]
Redwood City, California-based MinIO has entered into a distribution agreement with Carahsoft Technology to make its software-defined object storage solution available to government customers, including users in the defense, intelligence and education sectors. As MinIO’s master government aggregator, Carahsoft will offer the company’s object storage system via its reseller partners, along with the NASA Solutions […]
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration have created the Wildland Fire Airspace Operations research transition team to seek wide-ranging and more effective drone technologies to fight and prevent wildfires. The team will explore ways by which government agencies and private companies can integrate uncrewed aircraft vehicles in future wildfire operations. According to NASA, improving unmanned […]
Mercury Systems announced that BlueHalo has again tapped its support for the U.S. Space Force Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource project, building upon an initial production agreement in 2023. Under the new agreement, Mercury Systems will supply its field-programmable gate array-based common signal acquisition and digital beamforming solution to BlueHalo’s Broad Area Deployable Ground terminal enabling […]
A Federal Aviation Administration notice posted in the Federal Register on Wednesday advised that the agency will no longer authorize the launch of a spacecraft with a reentry vehicle payload unless its return to Earth has been licensed. Henceforth, the FAA will check for a reentry permit under its standard payload review of a spacecraft […]
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate is soliciting inputs from the U.S. aerospace sector on almost 190 space technology shortfalls or gaps that it has identified as vital for future space missions and scientific endeavors. STMD is gathering feedback via the Space Tech Priorities website until May 13. Consultations through virtual meetings with key space technology […]
