The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has exercised a five-year option period in a contract awarded to Fluor Marine Propulsion to support the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. With the extension, the Fluor-owned special purpose entity will continue managing and operating the Naval Nuclear Laboratory’s primary sites in New York, Pennsylvania and Idaho through […]
The National Reconnaissance Office is expanding its constellation of satellites providing imaging and signals intelligence amid increasing threats from adversaries. In an interview with the Mitchell Institute, Space Force Maj. Gen. Christopher Povak, the NRO’s deputy director, said the new satellites will come in various sizes and will be deployed across diverse orbits to improve […]
Seven U.S. 5th Fleet task forces have combined manned and unmanned platforms to monitor Iranian naval ships at the Strait of Hormuz as part of enhanced maritime security operations around the Arabian Peninsula. During the September operations, 12 unmanned underwater, surface and aerial platforms were paired with crewed ships and aircraft to increase deterrence against […]
Christopher Barnhurst, deputy director at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said protecting data from sophisticated cyberattacks is the main goal of adopting the zero trust cybersecurity principle to ensure warfighters can access critical information securely anywhere in the world. DISA has started implementing a prototype version of its Thunderdome zero trust security and network architecture […]
Leaders from over 30 government agencies, user research facilities and manufacturing institutes have participated in the inaugural Nanotechnology Infrastructure Leaders Summit at the White House. The summit was designed to encourage collaboration between researchers, entrepreneurs and industry on the development of innovative products and materials that begin at the nanoscale, such as electronic devices, sensors, […]
LMI will deliver a modeling and simulation toolkit for space warfighting missions under a five-year, $98 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract from the U.S. Air Force. LMI will provide its Rapid Analysis and Prototyping Toolkit for Resiliency to support the Space Security and Defense Program, which focuses on creating a resilient national […]
Raytheon has secured a $39 million contract to develop the U.S. Air Force’s Battle Management Command and Control software and a missile defense system prototype. The software will be integrated into the prototype designed to protect U.S. air bases worldwide from airborne threats. The RTX business previously demonstrated its air defense solution, called the National […]
The U.S. Air Force’s Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded Agile-Bot II a potential five-year, $162 million contract to support the migration and integration of the command and control systems of Air Mobility Command into a Department of Defense or commercial cloud environment. Agile-Bot II is Agile Defense’s joint venture with BuddoBot. Other […]
NASA has awarded Outpost Technologies a Phase 2 Ignite Small Business Innovative Research to advance the development of a spacecraft designed to transport cargo and payloads from the International Space Station back to Earth. The spacecraft, called Cargo Ferry, is expected to offer a quick and reliable transportation service for scientists to receive, process and […]
The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical will shift from the traditional long-term contracting approach to a fast-paced acquisition strategy to speed up the development and deployment of an integrated network operations capability. At a recent AFCEA-hosted event, PEO C3T head Mark Kitz, who spoke at a past Potomac Officers Club […]
