Construction has started on the National Science Foundation-funded Leadership-Class Computing Facility at The University of Texas at Austin. Led by the Texas Advanced Computing Center, the LCCF is expected to start its computational research and development activities, such as large-scale simulation and data analysis, on use-inspired science and engineering applications in 2026. The facility will […]
Leslie Beavers, a 2024 Wash100 award winner, has announced her appointment as acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense, a role where her initial focus is on the DOD’s new modernization program, Fulcrum. At the recent 2024 TechNet Cyber conference in Baltimore, Beavers said an implementation plan is in the works for the department’s […]
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has issued an invitation for industry research and development proposals on various technologies that would support future commercial space stations and replacement efforts on the International Space Station. Yasuo Ishii, JAXA senior vice president, told participants at the Spacetide conference in Tokyo that the proposal invitation is part of the […]
Oshkosh Defense, a subsidiary of Wisconsin-based industrial technology company Oshkosh Corporation, has secured a $231.9 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal for the supply of its modernized Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles. The contract not only provides for the production and delivery of vehicles, such as Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical […]
Capgemini Government Solutions has appointed Dan Ford as CEO, effective immediately. He replaced Bill Webner, a 2024 Wash100 awardee who joined the Summit Technology Group as its public sector CEO in June. Before his appointment, Ford served as vice president and U.S. Federal Sectors head of the McLean, Virginia-based independent subsidiary of Paris-based global information […]
The Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, which will replace the Minuteman III ICBMs, is set to advance after it passed a Department of Defense statutory review prompted by a cost overrun of more than 25 percent above baseline projections. William LaPlante, DOD undersecretary for acquisitions and a 2024 Wash100 awardee and speaker in a past […]
The National Science Foundation has opened a new funding program for research studies on privacy-enhancing technologies and their uses to address real-life problems. Dubbed Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing in Practice, the NSF project seeks to improve data sharing and analysis for various uses and applications, including important cases for federal agencies. PDaSP is aligned with one […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has enlisted Post-Quantum in its consortium of organizations engaged in a project dubbed “Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography” with the primary task of battling “Harvest Now Decrypt Later” cyberattacks. Post-Quantum, touted as the world’s first PQC firm, will support the project by developing practical PQC implementation and use cases, […]
The Aviation & Missile Technology Consortium, an entity that the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center hosts, has selected BlueHalo as one of two contractors to advance the development of the Army’s next-generation counter-uncrewed aerial systems missile. In May, through the AMTC, the Arlington, Virginia-based defense technology company also secured a […]
Federal agencies can achieve the full potential benefits of generative artificial intelligence and accelerate its use once their data are in the cloud accessible to processing power, said Dave Levy, Amazon Web Services’ vice president of worldwide public sector. The AWS executive, a 4×24 member and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, told FedScoop in an interview […]
