American defense contractors will gain access to semiconductors made on U.S. soil, according to multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company GlobalFoundries, which announced a deal signed with the Department of Defense. The deal, which calls for an initial $17.3 million award in September and a $3.1 billion total spending ceiling over 10 years, will […]
Istari Digital announced that it has secured from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory a $19.1 million contract to design the world’s first digitally engineered airplane certified for real-world flight. According to the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company, the project will use the company’s digital-first engineering process from design to certification through the Military Flight Release. The […]
Eight Microelectronics Commons regional innovation hubs will receive a total of $238 million from the Department of Defense under President Joe Biden’s CHIPS and Science Act, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced Wednesday. According to Hicks, a 2023 Wash100 awardee and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, the Microelectronics Commons’ focus is “bridging […]
Ten communication spacecraft equipped with Terran Orbital satellite buses were sent to low Earth orbit following the Tranche 0 Transport Layer launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on Sept. 2, the company announced Monday. Tranche 0 is a component of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture that had its initial launch in […]
The Defense Logistics Agency’s senior executives and leaders handling the Department of Defense’s combat logistics discussed emerging technologies for the agency’s Digital Business Transformation program during the third D-BX Senior Executive Service Offsite conference. Held at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, on Sept. 13 and 14, the meeting tackled the new business […]
Mattermost, a collaboration platform provider for technical teams, has announced four new partnerships enabling enhanced support for Microsoft and Atlassian solutions and accelerating artificial intelligence use, DevSecOps and zero trust security across the Department of Defense and federal and civilian agencies. According to Barry Duplantis, company vice president and general manager of the North America […]
Deployment of 10 Saildrone Voyager unmanned surface vessels to the Caribbean Sea began at the U.S. Naval Air Station Key West in Florida on Thursday, according to a Marine Technology News report. The launch is an initial step in the U.S. 4th Fleet’s Operation Windward Stack, a long-term operation of a hybrid fleet combining unmanned […]
CACI International’s CrossBeam OCT established a consistent data communication link with the reference modem used in its recently concluded test as part of the Space Development Agency‘s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture program, the company announced on Monday. According to Todd Probert, CACI’s president of national security and innovative solutions and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, […]
The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has conferred “awardable” status to Shift5’s TRL9 observability platform under the CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, the company announced on Thursday. The CDAO marketplace is the lead offering of the DOD’s Tradewinds suite of tools and services to streamline the procurement and adoption of capabilities in […]
The General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services Office of Acquisition has awarded a contract to TTEC Government Solutions to optimize the customer experience at federal agencies the GSA supports. Under the Centers of Excellence Contact Center Support contract, TTEC Digital, the company’s consulting arm, will provide advisory services to federal agencies. The contract is aligned […]
