BAE Systems received a three-year, $72.5 million research and development contract with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center to advance precision-guided munitions and identify the long-range precision fires solution that will best support the U.S. Army. The contract follows a $16 million contract awarded in 2021 to improve PGMs and demonstrate their […]
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore will continue providing support services for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope science operations under a $166.24 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract extension award from NASA. AURA/STScI will support the telescope’s development, integration, testing, launch and commissioning. It will also perform science observation […]
A Government Accountability Office report revealed that the Department of Defense has only partially implemented three of seven foundational practices for managing information and communication technology supply chain risks. The partially implemented practices are developing an agency-wide ICT risk management strategy, executing a process to conduct a risk management review of a potential supplier and […]
Two House lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking the creation of a Space National Guard under the U.S. Space Force and moving space professionals from the U.S. Air Force’s Air National Guard units to the new component. Reps. Jason Crow and Doug Lamborn introduced the Space National Guard Establishment Act after similar legislation passed the […]
Japan will launch navigation satellites carrying U.S. Space Force payloads designed for improving space domain awareness capabilities. MIT Lincoln Laboratories developed the optical sensor payloads, which were already delivered to Japan for integration into the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System’s QZS-6 and QZ-7 spacecraft. The satellites were expected to be deployed in 2024 but the liftoff is […]
The Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program has selected metal additive manufacturing company Spee3d as a Point of Need Challenge winner. Spee3d, in partnership with Lift, a Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institute, joined the competition’s Staying in the Fight Challenge and demonstrated a manufacturing solution for battlefield repair and readiness. As […]
General Dynamics Information Technology has unveiled a new tech investment strategy to position itself as a high-tech IT solutions provider. Under the plan, GDIT will make investments in six digital accelerator solutions, namely zero trust, automation for IT operations, multicloud management, software factories, 5G, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. According to GDIT President Amy […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory-led Nano-Bio Materials Consortium is seeking proposals to develop wearable transdermal, subcutaneous and textile-based sensor technologies to advance human performance monitoring and augmentation. NBMC invites industry and academic investigators, manufacturers and developers in the Smart MedTech supply chain to respond to a request for proposals by June 5. Authors of selected […]
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded Alvarez and Carahsoft a contract to purchase subscriptions to SecurityScorecard’s automated cyber ratings platform. Carahsoft is a distributor of the cybersecurity risk management solution. SecurityScorecard will provide pipeline and rail operators with access to the platform for automated monitoring and assessment of their public-facing internet applications and services and […]
More Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services have secured authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, increasing the number of OCI offerings available to civilian, defense and intelligence community customers. According to Rand Waldron, vice president of the global government sector at Oracle, the FedRAMP approval assures government agencies that the cloud services employ security […]
