Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana presented Congress with the newest crop of Technology Modernization Fund awardees during a Sept. 28 hearing. Seven projects were selected by the TMF Board to benefit from the $1 billion injected into the funding vehicle as part of the second pandemic stimulus package. The grantees will also be subject […]
The Department of State has published a three-year strategy to empower its workforce to make better use of data for diplomacy efforts. The enterprise data strategy highlights the department’s goal of cultivating a data-focused culture, accelerating decision making through analytics and achieving enhanced data governance, FedScoop reported. In order to actualize its vision of becoming […]
Rocket Lab has received a $24.4 million contract from the Space Systems Command for the upper stage development of its Neutron rocket. Work on the contract falls under the Space Force’s National Security Space Launch program, which is aimed at providing the U.S. continued access to space. The award recognizes Rocket Lab’s potential to become […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded Hawkeye 360 a five-year, $10 million radio frequency mapping contract. Work will support the NGA’s efforts to discover, characterize and map a broad range of RF activity across large geographic areas. Services provided under the contract will benefit combatant commands and the agency’s designated mission partners. More specifically, generated […]
Kurt Bertone joined Wasabi Technologies in October 2020 as vice president of emerging technologies. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Wasabi Technologies offers affordable and secure cloud solutions for storing surveillance videos, media and financial and scientific data, among other things. Bertone previously served as chief technology officer of Arete Incident Response, according to his LinkedIn profile. […]
The Space Development Agency announced in an updated request for proposals that it only plans on procuring 126 initial satellites for Transport Layer Tranche 1 instead of 144. According to SDA Director Derek Tournear, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and 2021 Wash100 winner, the original plan was to launch six stacks of 24 […]
The Department of Homeland Security is launching a series of prize competitions in search of tools to combat climate change-related hazards faced by U.S. communities. A total of $195,000 will be allocated for winning technologies, which, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a 2021 Wash100 winner, hopes will increase the resilience of communities and help them address […]
The 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team within the Army’s 4th Infantry Division completed a training exercise at Fort Carson, Colorado, showcasing new software that helps generate a better view of electronic warfare threats on the battlefield. The EW Planning and Management Tool consolidates battlefield data and allows commanders to direct electronic warfare and spectrum management […]
AECOM is set to provide architecture and engineering services in support of NASA facilities in the southeastern U.S. The infrastructure consulting firm is one of nine contractors selected for a five-year, $300 million multiple-award contract as part of NASA’s Southeast Regional Architect and Engineering program. The other awardees are BPRH Architects-Engineers, Jacobs, The Johnson-McAdams Firm, […]
The Department of Commerce published a Federal Register notice on Friday seeking industry feedback on how to implement rules to prevent the exploitation of infrastructure-as-a-service products for malicious cyber activity. Comments are due within 30 days of the notice’s publication date, Nextgov reported. In the document, the Commerce Department took note of how foreign actors […]
