Gen. Jay Raymond, the chief of space operations, said the U.S. Space Force is moving forward in its push to become the world’s first digital service. Raymond told reporters at the 36th Space Symposium that the nascent service branch already hired a new chief technology and innovation officer, whose office will be tasked with leading […]
The Navy has concluded testing of the second stage solid rocket motor for its Conventional Prompt Strike program. According to a statement by the Navy, the test marked the successful testing of both stages of the service’s newly developed missile booster. The development of the hypersonic weapon falls under a larger Department of Defense program […]
The Transportation Security Administration has upgraded technologies deployed for airport security amid reduced travel during the pandemic. Tech upgrades conducted by TSA cover computed tomography, advanced imaging technology and credential authentication technology systems, FedScoop reported. Stacey Fitzmaurice, executive assistant administrator for operations support at TSA, said in an interview that the agency is committed to […]
Phase Four has received a contract from the U.S. Space Force to enable multi-mode propulsion capabilities on government and commercial spacecraft. Work will center on the use of the company’s Maxwell engine, which is powered by radio frequency thruster technology, and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s advanced spacecraft energetic non-toxic propellant. The combination is expected […]
Evan Davis is the president of ADG Creative, a marketing and advertising firm based in Columbia, Maryland, that caters to commercial organizations and federal agencies. According to his LinkedIn profile, Davis started his tenure as president in April 2019. He leads a team of creatives who support clients’ branding, design, digital, video and content marketing […]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is building a testbed supercomputer called Polaris that is set to be deployed at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. Polaris will be built using 280 HPE Apollo Gen10 Plus systems and feature 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors and 2240 NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs. It is expected to […]
The General Services Administration is looking to collaborate with more small federal agencies as part of its Centers of Excellence program. Housed within GSA’s Technology Transformation Services, the CoE program was launched in 2017 to help accelerate information technology modernization at various agencies. It operates six centers focused on interconnected areas of transformation: artificial intelligence, […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is working with the University of Chicago to develop a secure cloud-based data resource for health and genomic data. VA Data Commons is envisioned as a software-as-a-service platform that will help researchers manage, analyze, synchronize and share clinical data from various VA data sources, GCN reported Tuesday. The SaaS offering […]
Jen Easterly, the new director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, wants to be more proactive in dealing with cyber incidents and break the cycle of cleaning up after big hacks. Easterly, who recently spoke with CyberScoop, expressed disappointment in the reactive approach to cyber intrusions, arguing that federal and private sector organizations are […]
The U.S. Space Force has completed the critical design review of the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellites that are being developed to replace the decade-old Space Based Infrared System constellation. The Next-Gen OPIR satellites, being designed by prime contractor Lockheed Martin, are billed as the nation’s next premier missile warning satellite constellation for detecting […]
