NASA has disclosed that it is leasing a parcel in the 240-acre Exploration Park at its Johnson Space Center in Houston to the Texas A&M University System, which will use the site for research and development focused on human spaceflight in the context of the commercial space economy. According to the agency, the lease agreement […]
Sigma Defense Systems announced that it has acquired for an undisclosed sum San Diego, California-based Juno Technologies, which provides information technology services to the Department of Defense. Sigma Defense called the purchase an expansion of its DevSecOps service offerings, with Juno Technologies’ service experience in the DOD’s Combined Joint All-domain Command and Control operations. According […]
Adm. Samuel Paparo, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, has suggested deploying a large task force of low-cost, long-range unmanned sensor platforms, such as drones and robot ships, to closely monitor Chinese military activities in the West Pacific. Speaking at a Defense Innovation Unit event on Tuesday, Paparo said artificial intelligence can analyze the fleet’s data to […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s 2024 Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative priorities include defending against advanced persistent threats, particularly countering the cyberattacks of groups linked with China. Clayton Romans, CISA associate director, wrote in a blog post that the agency’s focus on APT campaigns supports the JCDC’s efforts to thwart threats targeting critical U.S. infrastructures. […]
The Department of Energy has issued a request for information on potential barriers to the competition it plans to select a contractor to manage and operate the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, dubbed the Jefferson Lab or JLab, in Newport News, Virginia. According to a post on SAM .gov, the RFI will help the DOE […]
Perry, Georgia-based Sigma Defense Systems has launched its Sigma Software Studio, a DevSecOps platform geared to transform and modernize software solutions across the Department of the Navy. The company disclosed that it collaborated with Black Pearl and the Department of the Navy’s Program Executive Office for Digital and Enterprise Services in developing its new offering. […]
UT-Battelle, operator and manager of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has purchased for ORNL a fleet of AgEagle Aerial Systems’ eBee X and eBee TAC drones, both government-approved unmanned aerial vehicles. ORNL’s Autonomous Systems group uses drones to improve its data collection for environmental and national security research in remote places. The […]
The Department of Commerce has announced the formal signing of the public-private consortium agreement for the National Semiconductor Technology Center, through which more than $5 billion in semiconductor research and development investments will be channeled. The NSTC was established under the Biden administration’s 2022 CHIPS and Science Act and is one of four R&D programs […]
Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies unit developing and manufacturing advanced propulsion and energetics systems, has supplied the Missile Defense Agency with the medium-range ballistic missile target used in the Flight Test Other-23 that the MDA conducted with the U.S. Navy. According to a DVIDS report, FTX-23 involved a developmental test on the Aegis Weapon System […]
The Space Systems Command is eyeing ways to expand the Space Force’s GPS spacecraft constellation and is seeking industry ideas for launching demonstration satellites rapidly at low cost. According to a request for information posted on Sam .gov, the SSC wants industry inputs about GPS satellite systems on medium-Earth orbit, designed with lifespans of three […]
