NASA is set to begin the second phase of the Great Observatory Technology Maturation Program, which aims to build a 6.5-meter space telescope called Habitable Worlds Observatory. A science, technology and architecture review team will be established as part of phase two to mature the space telescope concept. At the 241st Meeting of the American […]
Ken Scott is the president and CEO of Beech Companies. He joined the organization as a volunteer then became its president following the retirement of Beech’s former President Floyd Alston. Beech Companies is a conglomerate that includes Beech Interplex, Beech Community Services, Beech Business Bank, the Alston Beech Foundation and the Beech Scholarship Fund, according […]
David Chung is a founding principal at Caplock Security, a cybersecurity consulting firm that offers cyber automation and emerging technologies solutions employing zero trust principles to protect the information and technology assets of energy, health care, telecommunications, agriculture, and manufacturing sectors from cyberattacks. Chung, a Potomac Officers Club member, joined the company in August 2018 […]
The Department of Defense is seeking 3D printing solutions that can build hypersonic airbreathing systems that comply with high temperature and propulsion standards. Interested parties can propose their technologies by submitting a response to a request for solutions from the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Manufacturing Technology Program and the Naval Surface Warfare Center. […]
The U.S. Army will spend $290 million over the coming months to accelerate the migration of several legacy applications to the cloud as part of its digital transformation efforts. Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo unveiled the plan during his keynote address at the Army IT Day conference. The transition to the cloud will allow the service […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a prime position on the $2.6 billion Systems Engineering and Technical Innovative Solutions indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Fourteen other companies have secured a prime position on the IDIQ contract, including Booz Allen Hamilton, LS Technologies, Noblis and Oasis Systems. Each SETIS contract has a three-year base period […]
BAE Systems has secured a phase 2 contract valued at $12 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory to continue the development of a prototype multimode, open architecture seeker that will provide semi-autonomous precision targeting capability to destroy maritime threats such as air-launched maritime surface vessels. BAE Systems FAST Labs research and development group developed […]
SentinelOne will support the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s effort to secure critical systems from cyber threats as a new member of CISA’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative. As part of the public-private partnership, SentinelOne will exchange cyber risk information with other JCDC members, help them gather and analyze data using its Singularity XDR autonomous cybersecurity […]
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada have agreed to collaborate on developing high-power microwaves, autonomous systems and counter-hypersonics, among other emerging technologies, to boost the defense capabilities of both countries. The officials signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding focused on technology research, development, test and evaluation during a meeting […]
NASA has awarded Banner Quality Management Inc. a potential five-year, $39.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide safety and mission assurance and engineering and technical services to the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland and NASA headquarters in Washington. The contract has a three-year base period of performance that begins on March 1 and two one-year option […]
