The U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technology Office has received the first of four prototype Typhon weapon systems from Lockheed Martin. The mid-range capability, which includes launchers, missiles and a battery operations center, can fire Standard Missile-6 or Tomahawk missiles. Typhon is part of the Army’s top priority modernization effort that aims to develop […]
IT modernization and the adoption of emerging technologies are among the top priorities of the Department of State to counter China’s and Russia’s disinformation campaigns and achieve data-informed diplomacy. During an event hosted by The Atlantic Council, Ambassador Dereck Hogan, the principal deputy assistant secretary in the department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, said […]
The Joint Authorization Board of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has prioritized IronNet’s application for a provisional authority to operate at the high impact level, which would allow the company to deploy its Collective Defense platform to more federal agencies. Collective Defense, powered by Amazon Web Services, offers protection of sensitive, unclassified data […]
Six space companies have won contracts with the Office of Space Commerce and the Department of Defense to develop and demonstrate space traffic data platforms capable of tracking objects in medium and geostationary Earth orbits. OSC, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, recently signed an agreement with the DOD to collaborate […]
Mahesh Kalva serves as the president and chief technology officer at AmeriinfoVets, an Indian small business economic enterprise and service-disabled veteran-owned small business that provides strategic information technology solutions and services. He joined the company in 2017, bringing over 25 years of experience in leadership, innovation, strategy and business development. Kalva, a Potomac Officers Club […]
Peter Moutsatson, a Potomac Officers Club member, is the vice president for business development at Pison Technology, which delivers wearable technologies that use electroneurography to translate data generated by the body’s natural physiological electricity into machine-interpretable events. In the said role, Moutsatson leads the strategy development, program execution and revenue delivery for Pison’s government efforts. […]
The U.S. Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps is leading a program developing Dragon Cloud, a system that provides warfighters quick access to critical data to support tactical operations. Based on Microsoft Azure, Dragon Cloud allows advanced computing at the edge, allowing analysts and commanders to perform enhanced drone feed analysis. Previously, data from drones needed to […]
Several companies and organizations, including Intel, Microsoft, Micron and Synopsys, have committed to reducing the energy consumption of microelectronics under a partnership with the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and five other national laboratories. As part of the agreement, the partner companies pledged to increase the energy efficiency of microelectronics every two years for […]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has urged Congress to pass the fiscal year 2023 defense spending bill before a continuing resolution that kept the government funded at FY 2022 levels expires on Dec. 16. In a letter sent to lawmakers, Austin said another stopgap measure will stall several military programs, including the research and development and […]
The collection of data by China and other countries through cyberattacks and other methods was among the concerns raised by senior U.S. military and civilian leaders during the Reagan National Defense Forum on Saturday. Avril Haines, director of national intelligence, said China may have access to data of U.S. citizens without their knowledge through the […]
