The adoption of Radio Access Network and software-defined networking can weave 5G into the Department of Defense’s computing infrastructure, a DOD official said. Thomas Rondeau, the principal director for FutureG and 5G in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, pointed out RAN’s critical role during DefenseScoop’s DefenseTalks in May. Rondeau, […]
Department of Defense Chief Information Officer John Sherman, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event and a 2023 Wash100 winner, toured U.S. military installations in Hawaii earlier in July to coordinate interoperability of cyber, command, control and communication capabilities in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Sherman’s trip included a meeting with the INDOPACOM commander […]
Ball Aerospace has been chosen to design the radio frequency front-end system for the National Center of Atmospheric Research’s Airborne Phased Array Radar program. The company and NCAR partnered in years of studies on the system. The two will now collaborate on its final proof of concept. Designed as NCAR’s next-generation tool for critical weather […]
Solution Technology Systems, doing business as Pluribus Digital, has received a $135 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Pluribus Digital, a woman-owned small business, will provide the DHS with biometrics information management services, IT operations and maintenance and development solutions for the agency’s customer profile management systems and […]
NASA has picked 11 American companies for technology development partnerships in projects to support long-term lunar and space exploration. The projects were chosen from the agency’s sixth Tipping Point opportunity, with joint funding by NASA and the industry partners. The agency is expected to contribute $150 million to the partnerships, while each company will contribute […]
U.S. Army Central has tested a counter-drone smartphone app called CARPE Dronvm, a brainchild of U.S. Air Forces Central. The tests were conducted at the McEntire Joint National Guard Base and Poinsett Range in South Carolina. The Department of Defense funded the app built by the MITRE Corp., a manager of federally funded research and […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a five-year, $60 million contract to PlanetiQ to supply the agency with operational radio occultation data for numerical weather models. The contract is the company’s first from NOAA, although other government agencies have previously tapped PlanetiQ’s weather data for evaluation and testing. Ira Scharf, PlanetiQ chief executive, […]
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights have warned that patient information collected by health care providers through third-party tracking tools is vulnerable to unauthorized use. OCR officials said in a letter to hospitals and telehealth providers that such tracking tools gather identifiable and sensitive patient […]
Texas-based artificial intelligence company Hypergiant has received from the Department of the Air Force a three-year contract potentially worth $61 million to continue developing the Joint Effects for Real-time Integrated Command and Control Operations. JERIC2O is the user interface for the DAF’s Cloud-Based Command Control program, a component of the Advanced Battle Management System. The […]
Castillo Technologies, doing business as Cloud Computing Technologies, has received a Multiple Award Schedule contract from the General Services Administration, under which it will offer a range of cloud computing and IT professional services. These services include deep learning, DevSecOps and AI with data security governance, CCT said. The contract is part of the GSA […]
