The Department of Defense seeks to take advantage of the full potential of small businesses under its newly released strategy in support of national security and defense missions. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker and a 2023 Wash100 winner, said small businesses play an important role […]
The U.S. Army has awarded four defense companies other transaction agreements with a combined value of $24.25 million to procure prototypes of Common Tactical Truck variants and to determine whether commercial products can meet military requirements. The OTA awardees are Mack Defense, Navistar Defense, Oshkosh Defense and a team composed of American Rheinmetall Vehicles and […]
The U.S. Air Force will establish the new Software Mission Assurance Center at Hill Air Force Base in Utah to support the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile development and provide a collaborative space for government and contractor software developers. Building the ICBM is part of a modernization effort focused on the land-launched nuclear missiles of […]
Charles Armstrong has taken on the role of chief information officer at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, bringing over three decades of leadership and technology experience in IT operations and management. He joined FEMA after serving as president and CEO of E2.71 Advisory Services, which he founded. Prior to the said roles, Armstrong was an […]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has developed the Skywing open source software designed to support scientists, mathematicians and computer scientists in creating collaborative autonomy-focused applications aimed at protecting critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. Collaborative autonomy applications enable networked devices to detect unauthorized system commands and actions and allow the isolation of compromised devices or control centers to […]
L3Harris Technologies has delivered the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 to an Air Force Research Laboratory facility at Kirtland Air Force Base for integration and testing prior to its launch onboard the USSF 106 launch mission later in 2023. NTS-3 will be sent to a geostationary orbit to augment the positioning, navigation and timing services of GPS […]
The National Science Foundation has partnered with Ericsson, IBM, Intel and Samsung to accelerate the development of the next generation of semiconductors under NSF’s Future of Semiconductors program. The $50 million partnership focuses on investing in projects involving a coalition of science and engineering researchers to design new semiconductor technology in an integrated manner. A […]
Amazon Web Services has announced that the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has given AWS Managed Services Accelerate high authorization in AWS GovCloud in the U.S. East and U.S. West regions. AMS Accelerate is the AMS operations plan that can handle AWS infrastructure supporting workloads. It allows AWS adoption at scale and offers monitoring […]
Boeing will supply the U.S. Army with more Next-Generation Automated Test System units under a three-year, $92 million contract. The award follows a six-year, $102 million contract the military branch awarded to the company in 2014 to produce the system. NGATS is designed to autonomously test and detect issues with the components of Army platforms, […]
Rocket Lab’s Electron space vehicle flew on Tuesday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, equipped with the NASA Autonomous Flight Termination Unit to ensure public safety during the launch. While mounted on a rocket, the NAFTU command-and-control system can autonomously make flight termination decisions in real time, providing benefits such as a wider launch […]
