The Moonlighter imaging satellite that NASA and SpaceX launched in June served as the platform for the U.S. Space Force Cyber Guardians’ cyber defense training exercise from Nov. 14 to 17. Dubbed Moonlighter after its sandbox, the training also focused on the Guardians’ cyber offense capabilities, dividing the participants into an offensive Red Team and […]
Karman Space & Defense has detailed its part in NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex launch and the first-ever retrieval of asteroid samples from space that the mission delivered in September. Hailing the mission’s success in a press statement Tuesday, Karman disclosed that its contribution included the parachute mortar system that was used for the controlled landing of the […]
Ultra Intelligence & Communications has announced the appointment of Amanda Rudolph as its new vice president of marketing and communications whose role includes brand messaging, digital marketing and public relations. Chris Bishop, Ultra I&C’s chief growth officer and a 4×24 member, said Rudolph’s appointment affirms the company’s “commitment to innovative and strategic leadership,” citing her […]
Government collaboration with private industry at all levels is needed to build a strong defense industrial base and manpower pipeline, William LaPlante, Department of Defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a Wash100 winner, said. LaPlante said at a panel discussion at the Reagan National Defense Forum that the collaboration has to be from “the […]
A bipartisan bill has been filed in Congress mandating the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish cybersecurity apprenticeship and the Department of Veterans Affairs to launch a veterans’ cybersecurity training program. Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wi., and Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., introduced the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act on Thursday, which has a companion bill in the […]
Lawmakers have filed companion bills in the U.S. House and Senate seeking to accelerate the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control. According to the office of Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who filed the House bill, the proposed legislation would provide specific DOD officials the authority and resources for developing the cutting-edge technologies the […]
Aly Mendoza-Hill, head of the Rideshare Office in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said the agency’s rideshare policy is being updated for better alignment with current developments and challenges in deploying science missions in space. NASA will provide other rideshare options, including its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract system and Artemis missions, Mendoza-Hill disclosed […]
Using diamonds dilated into thin films may make quantum networks more feasible, according to research by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago and Cambridge University. Q-NEXT, an Argonne-led DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center, partly supported the research. In their quantum network engineering study, the researchers said they […]
The University of Texas at El Paso will lead a study on Unresolved Resident Space Objects under a five-year, $5 million grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s Space University Research Initiative. The research team will study URSOs using spectroscopy and integrate methods like remote sensing and laboratory experiments with telescope observations. According […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $261 million, five-year contract to ManTech for the supply of various advanced technology solutions. According to ManTech’s press release on the award, the contract’s specific customers include the U.S. Air Force 53rd Wing Operations and 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing Technical Support Services the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center […]
