Joe Paiva, a 4×24 member, has come out of retirement and joined digital services company Fearless as chief operating officer. Paiva has over three decades of leadership experience as executive vice president, COO and chief information officer at various organizations in the private and public sectors. In his new role, he will be responsible for […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded ManTech International a three-year, $110 million contract to provide digital transformation services in support of human capital systems portfolio modernization. According to David Hathaway, president of ManTech’s defense sector and a 4×24 member, the company’s digital transformation capabilities will deliver enhanced user experience for Air Force personnel and reduce […]
The Department of Commerce is planning to provide Polar Semiconductor with $120 million in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand and modernize the company’s manufacturing facility in Minnesota. The agency and the company signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms for the proposed investment, which would make Polar a majority U.S.-owned commercial […]
NASA has appointed David Salvagnini as chief artificial intelligence officer, expanding his existing responsibilities as the space agency’s chief data officer. In his new role, Salvagnini will be responsible for aligning the strategic vision and planning for AI usage within the agency and facilitating partnerships with academic institutions and other experts on the development of […]
The U.S. Army has posted a notice seeking proposals to deliver M10 Booker armored fighting vehicles. In April, the Army received the first delivery of the M10 Booker, described as a small tank that could hit targets with thousands of tungsten balls, Popular Mechanics reported. The service branch plans to award a contract to procure […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to put its new DOD Olympus cloud service management platform under beta test in the third quarter of 2024. Korie Seville, DISA’s deputy chief technology officer for compute, said the testing phase will be extended until the agency figures out the funding and customer charge models for the service. […]
The General Services Administration has announced the appointment of Lawrence Hale, deputy assistant commissioner of the Office of Information Technology Category Management within the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, as chair of the Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee. Hale will take on the role starting Wednesday and serve as a liaison between the committee and the […]
The National Reconnaissance Office’s commercial space office is planning to launch a new contracting vehicle to procure various types of imagery from private remote-sensing companies. Currently, the NRO’s approach to acquiring imagery focuses on electro-optical, synthetic aperture radar, radio-frequency and hyperspectral data. Speaking at the GEOINT Symposium, Pete Muend, head of the NRO commercial space […]
Viasat will install a terminal on a Loft Orbital spacecraft to demonstrate its Real-Time Space Relay service to NASA. The demonstration mission, slated for launch in fall 2025, will be performed under a $53 million contract awarded through NASA’s Communications Services Project, which aims to assess commercial satellite communications services and technologies that could replace […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded AvaWatz a contract to access the company’s Genie advanced data label generation platform for training high-accuracy machine learning models. According to Rajini Anachi, CEO of AvaWatz, Genie can support the agency’s mission-critical use cases requiring high-performance artificial intelligence. The platform features a suite of solutions to enhance the […]
