The Department of Energy has awarded $16 million in funding to support seven research projects seeking to advance new scientific concepts and developments in materials sciences, atmospheric predictions and other fields using high-performance computing. Ceren Susut, the Department of Energy’s acting associate director of science for advanced scientific computing research, said the projects may improve […]
Leidos has selected CAE Defense & Security as a subcontractor to support U.S. Army aviator training on the Bombardier Global 6000 and 6500 business jets under a potential five-year, $1.5 billion Sentinel task order awarded to Leidos by the Department of Defense. The Bombardier Global 6000 and 6500 were selected as new manned aerial intelligence, […]
Six small businesses have received a total of $20 million in funding from NASA to build prototypes of technologies for deorbiting or repurposing space debris and protecting rovers, landers and other spacecraft from highly adhesive and abrasive dust on the surface of other planetary bodies. Busek, CU Aerospace, Flight Works and Vestigo Aerospace will focus […]
Paul Funk II, a retired four-star U.S. Army general, has taken on an advisory role at quantum information company Infleqtion. Funk joined Infleqtion’s team of advisers, which includes retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt and former Army Applications Lab Executive Director Jay Wisham. Both Holt and Wisham are past Potomac Officers Club speakers. […]
IBM, Accenture and Groundswell are competing for a potential eight-year contract to build a platform that will consolidate five U.S. Army business systems. The companies have received other transaction authority agreements worth $7.5 million to deliver Enterprise Business Systems-Convergence prototypes by May 2024. The prototypes will be hosted in the Army’s Enterprise Cloud Environment. Following […]
The National Science Foundation will invest $29 million in 18 research teams exploring quantum sensor technologies and their potential applications, including in health care and geological surveying and mapping. The teams, comprising researchers from various U.S. universities, will receive up to $2 million in funding over four years under the Quantum Sensing Challenges for Transformational […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Telos a five-year contract to employ the Telos Automated Message Handling System. DISA will use the organizational messaging solution to support the distribution and processing of various reports and other critical information, Telos said. AMHS automatically sends messages to the right desktop and keeps a record of all […]
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will each develop and deliver 36 beta satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer. The Space Development Agency awarded Lockheed an $816 million contract and Northrop a $733 million contract to build the satellites, which are expected to launch beginning September 2026. PWSA’s T2TL segment will […]
The defense departments of the United States and Japan have agreed to develop a new weapon that can defeat advanced hypersonic threats during their glide phase of flight – the longest flight phase between the launch and the terminal phase. Work will be performed under the Glide Phase Interceptor cooperative development program. According to a […]
The General Services Administration is seeking up to 4,000 individuals to join a study on five remote identity-proofing systems as the agency aims to achieve identity assurance level 2 certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Eligible participants are those who have a camera phone, a valid government ID and a Social Security […]
