The U.S. Army used a virtual testing environment for network technologies in preparation for the Army’s Project Convergence 21 annual modernization exercise. The Joint Systems Integration Laboratory was established ahead of PC21 to emulate the Army’s current network, including its capabilities and constraints like distance and interference, according to Kimberly Moeltner, systems engineering and integration […]
NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission on Nov. 24 via the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. DART is a planetary defense mission aimed at altering an asteroid’s trajectory through intentional kinetic impact. The goal is to obtain knowledge of how to deflect asteroids in the event […]
The Internal Revenue Service is gearing up for the awarding of its application development and modernization contract in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. A formal request for quotation is set for release in June 2022. The planned Enterprise Development, Operations Services contract will unify the 400-plus systems comprising the IRS’ applications development portfolio, […]
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has issued a pre-solicitation for 11 Small Business Innovation Research topics. The topics in the pre-solicitation cover various homeland security needs, including public safety, rapid rescue, emergency response, non-lethal countermeasures, crowd control, chemical/biological detection, aviation security, passenger screening and terrorist attack protection. One of the areas […]
The Joint All Domain Command and Control Cross-Functional Team has added a transport and warfighter communications working group to its roster that will focus on cloud, communications and network tech oversight. It joins five other groups responsible for JADC2 capabilities development, research and engineering and architecture, data and standards, demonstrations and assessment, and acquisition and […]
The Transportation Security Administration is extending compliance deadlines in its proposed security directive for major railroad and rail transit entities after considering industry feedback. The forthcoming rules, scheduled for release in the coming weeks, are targeted at entities that transport the most passengers and cargo through the nation’s most populated metropolitan areas, TSA Administrator David […]
Jennifer Sherman is the president and chief executive officer of Federal Signal, an Illinois-based manufacturer of products like public safety systems, signaling solutions and construction equipment. Concurrently, she is part of the board of directors at manufacturing company Franklin Electric and the Center for Disability and Elder Law, a Chicago-based non-profit organization that helps disadvantaged […]
The U.S. Navy is seeking technologies that will be part of demonstrations for the SCOUT experimentation plan in the summer of 2022. Experimentations for SCOUT, which the Office of Naval Research will be conducting with the U.S. Southern Command, will highlight solutions that can help combat illegal trafficking operations. A commercial solutions opening was issued […]
The Technology Modernization Fund Board is seeing an overwhelming number of project proposals, with there being more demand for investments than available funds. TMF Executive Director Raylene Yung noted more than $2 billion in agency requests, which is more than double the amount appropriated to the funding vehicle under the American Rescue Plan Act in […]
The Defense Intelligence Agency is looking to implement cybersecurity upgrades on the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System as part of an extensive modernization initiative. JWICS is a government network that stores top-secret and sensitive compartmented information for the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. It is described by officials as a top-secret super information […]
