The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $62 million contract to proceed with the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Precision Strike Missile program. Work under the EMS phase covers system qualification, manufacturing readiness actions and initial operational testing and evaluations, according to Darrell Ames, a spokesperson for the Program Executive Office for Missiles […]
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has approved a sweeping policy bill for fiscal year 2022 that includes legislation authorizing Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to create and fund a National Space Intelligence Center. Proponents of the House Intelligence Authorization Act argue that the Space Force should have its own intelligence organization to provide […]
Learning Tree, a licensed training provider for the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, will begin offering its Certified CMMC Professional Training Course on Nov. 1. The course runs for five days and provides comprehensive training to help certify individuals with the knowledge necessary to assess CMMC compliance, Learning Tree said. According to […]
The Technology Modernization Fund Board is rolling out $311 million in new agency funding since receiving an additional $1 billion budget pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act. Federal Chief Information Officer and TMF Board Chair Clare Martorana first presented the newest crop of TMF awardees to Congress on Wednesday, saying the projects were chosen […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking to automate how its machine learning-enabled platform detects health insurance fraud. In its current supervised version, the platform is able to identify suspicious behavior on the part of insurance agents and brokers, Marc Richardson, the director of CMS’ marketplace information technology group, told attendees at the […]
Leidos has secured a five-year, $19.3 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to equip military and health care personnel with protective technologies that can neutralize chemical and biological threats. Contract work falls under DARPA’s Personalized Protective Biosystem program. PPB technologies reduce reliance on burdensome protective equipment while increasing CB threat defense, Leidos […]
The U.S. Space Command’s director of operations, training and force development wants industry partners to quickly deliver resilient space capabilities to monitor adversarial activities. Speaking at the Space Sector Market Conference, Maj. Gen. David Miller said the traditional 15-year timeline for building and launching capabilities into orbit should be shortened to at least two years. […]
The Department of Commerce is planning to build a cloud-based data repository prototype to advance its space traffic management efforts. The proposed Open-Architecture Data Repository will host information about the location of orbiting satellites and space junk for improved situational awareness. Much of the data collection work will be headed by the Office of Space […]
Gabriel Kopin is the chief transformation officer at Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, a Virginia-based provider of analog and radiation-hardened technology for the U.S. aerospace and defense industry. Since assuming the role of CTO in February 2020, he has been in charge of CAES’ value creation program. His focus is on elevating the company’s business performance […]
Thomas Huber serves as the chief transformation officer of Mercury Systems. He is also one of the executive vice presidents at the Massachusetts-based technology company, which serves the aerospace and defense industries. Huber has 20 years of experience in the industry and management consulting space, during which he helped senior executives and management teams address […]
