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Parsons Takes Over 3 NOAA Satellites’ Operations Under GSaaS Contract

Parsons Corporation’s Colorado Springs facility has taken over full operations of three spacecraft of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites fleet under a ground station-as-a-service contract.  NOAA’s satellite operations facility in Suitland, Maryland, transitioned the operations to Parsons in a one-year process, according to NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service.  […]
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CISA’s New ReadySetCyber Tool to Offer Tailor-Fit Cybersecurity Solutions

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency plans to launch in early 2024 its new ReadySetCyber tool, designed to help organizations learn their cyber risks and guide them onward to cybersecurity assistance from the agency.  According to a CISA blog post by Sandy Radesky, associate director for vulnerability management, released on Tuesday, public comments will be […]
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White House Data Innovation Guideposts Seek to Address Social Factors Impacting Healthcare Access

The White House has released guidelines aimed at fostering data innovation to promote equality in the health care administration initiated by federal agencies.  According to GovCIO, the guideposts seek data standards that better present the social and economic environment impacting people’s health care access and the types of services needed. Improving the alignment of community […]
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White Papers Sought on LEO Satellites for Army Blue Force Tracking System

The U.S. Army is seeking industry inputs on current and future capabilities of low-Earth orbit satellites suited for modernizing the service’s blue-force tracker system and enabling the Army’s units to monitor friendly forces’ battlefield positions.  In a request for information posted on SAM .gov, the service is seeking vendors’ descriptions of their experience and capabilities […]
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DOD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes’ Workshop Tackles Opportunities from Pentagon’s Modernization Targets

The focus technologies for the Department of Defense’s Organic Industrial Base Modernization Challenge were discussed in a workshop held from Oct. 25 to 26 in Chicago.  According to a DOD press release issued on Tuesday, the challenge is a closed event for invited programs and is expected to offer $2.5 million for technologies that advance […]
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Sandia’s US Navy, MDA Test Program Seeks to Rev Up Hypersonic US Weapon Systems

Sandia National Laboratories has completed a test program on accelerating the U.S. Navy’s hypersonic strike capability and the Missile Defense Agency’s hypersonic defense capability.  The lab’s testing, which will also help advance other hypersonic technologies, was undertaken with the MDA and the Navy Strategic Systems Programs in coordination with the Navy Strategic Systems Programs and […]
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