NASA is turning to industry to build what it calls commercial low-Earth orbit destinations, which are billed to become the next generation of space stations. The start of the CLD project comes amid the impending retirement of the International Space Station, Nextgov reported Thursday. Phil McAlister, NASA’s director of commercial spaceflight, told attendees at Nextgov’s […]
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded Robotic Research a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract to modify the design and increase the capacity of Pegasus Mini. The company’s proprietary lightweight and backpackable hybrid unmanned system is capable of autonomous operations in air and ground modes, allowing it to navigate areas that may be […]
Tony Uttley is a long-time executive at Honeywell, currently serving as the president of its quantum solutions business unit. He assumed the role in January 2016, according to his LinkedIn profile. Honeywell Quantum Solutions supports manufacturing, telecommunications, finance, pharmaceuticals, aerospace and defense industries. It utilizes quantum computing to optimize scheduling at steel manufacturing plants and […]
Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, the new director of the Army’s Network Cross-Functional Team, is making it his top priority to enable data access and sharing between warfighters on the battlefield. According to Rey, the goal is to establish a data-centric environment where warfighters can access understandable, secured and aggregated data even at the tactical edge. […]
The Internal Revenue Service wants to procure augmented reality solutions to improve the user experience of taxpayers accessing its digital services. According to a draft request for proposals posted on SAM .gov, the IRS intends to utilize AR to overlay contextual information on existing public-facing tax forms, especially those accessed through mobile devices, FCW reported […]
Florida-based tech firm Red 6 has secured a $70 million Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract with the Air Force to outfit the Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft with an augmented reality training system. Red 6’s Airborne Tactical AR System will immerse fighter pilots in a training environment that projects realistic imagery of enemy aircraft. […]
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body has designated ABS Quality Evaluations as a CMMC certified third party assessor organization candidate. ABS QE is the business assurance and management systems certification subsidiary of ABS Group of Companies. According to ABS QE, the designation marks the first in a series of steps that would authorize companies […]
Dan Brophy is the vice president of government services at Capella Space, a California-based Earth observation company that utilizes synthetic aperture radar technology. According to his LinkedIn profile, Brophy assumed his current position in September 2018. Since then, he has been helping U.S. government customers meet critical and challenging missions using commercial SAR data services. […]
The Army has released an abbreviated capabilities development document endorsing the start of the competitive prototyping phase for the new Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System. The FTUAS competition was launched to replace the aging Textron-made Shadow unmanned aircraft system. Four tactical drones have been shortlisted as potential Shadow UAS replacements: the Martin V-BAT, the Arcturus […]
The General Services Administration has issued a request for information for the upcoming Governmentwide IT Transparency Professional Support Services contract, with responses due Aug. 31. Work under GITPSS would support the need for more information about how the federal government spends and manages its information technology budget, Nextgov reported. One of the main services required […]
