The Department of Commerce is planning to invest up to $400 million in GlobalWafers America and MEMC under the CHIPS and Science Act to increase the domestic production of silicon wafers used for manufacturing semiconductors. Under a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms, the proposed investment would fund the construction of new wafer manufacturing facilities and […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded V2X a $141 million task order to continue providing engineering support to the naval fleet for command, control, communications, computer and intelligence systems. V2X secured the cost-plus-fixed-fee award under the Fleet Systems Engineering Team program, extending the company’s contract work through July 2029. The Navy can exercise a contract option […]
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has named Coras as an “Awardable” vendor in the TradeWinds Solutions Marketplace, the Department of Defense’s digital environment for procuring data, analytics, digital and artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities solutions through rapid acquisition procedures. Coras offers a platform and a data discovery toolset that uses AI, ML […]
Three Democratic senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into the big tech companies for their artificial intelligence consolidation activities, which involve hiring talents and getting access to products from AI startups without formally acquiring them. In a letter to the FTC and the DOJ, Sens. […]
The FBI has selected NTT Data as a prime contractor under the potential eight-year, $8 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services 2nd Generation blanket purchase agreement. Securing a spot on the ITSSS-2 BPA enables NTT Data’s federal division to provide business, delivery, platform, infrastructure and IT solutions and services to all components of the […]
Tomorrow Companies, also known as Tomorrow .io. has secured a $10.2 million contract to build and launch two microwave sounder satellites that will provide weather data to inform Department of Defense operations. The new spacecraft will be part of the company’s planned 30-satellite constellation, which will comprise 18 microwave sounders and 12 microwave radar satellites. […]
The Department of Commerce has appointed Lynelle McKay as chief portfolio management officer of the CHIPS Program Office. McKay, a semiconductor industry veteran with over two decades of leadership experience, most recently served as a senior relationship director in the said office. Before joining the agency, she supported girls in science, technology, engineering and math […]
A Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025 would enable components of the Department of Defense to procure cyber products and services independently. The Senate Armed Services Committee’s NDAA version seeks to amend the FY 2022 defense bill, which prohibits DOD components from purchasing cyber-related items without the approval of […]
The Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has named Kim Sawyer as its next director, effective Aug. 2. Jefferson Science Associates, which manages and operates the laboratory for the agency, announced the appointment. Sawyer previously served as deputy laboratory director and chief operating officer at Argonne National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. Before […]
HyperSpectral has signed a cooperative agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to demonstrate how the company’s application of artificial intelligence to spectroscopic data can enable the identification of new rare Earth mineral sources using satellites or drones. The Department of Defense is developing domestic supply chains to have continuous access to the minerals […]
