Fifty-nine jurisdictions will share the initial $200 million funding issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen the country’s disease intervention specialist workforce. The DIS workforce development funding will be rolled out annually through 2025 for a $1 billion total. It is being awarded […]
Infoscitex, a DCS company, has received two contracts with a combined value of $243 million and a shared seven-year period of performance that calls for services in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate. The first contract, focused on aerospace technology development and testing, provides for transformative aerospace capabilities, control theory and […]
The Space Force will begin absorbing the Navy and the Army’s satellite communications infrastructure and units in October. The two services’ satellite operations will be consolidated under Space Delta 8, which operates at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado. Eleven of the Navy’s narrowband communications satellites, as well as three satellite control antennas and ground […]
Tom Jackson is the president of Sarcos Defense, a subsidiary of Sarcos Robotics. Jackson assumed his current position in March 2019. He is at the forefront of the company’s strategic efforts and leads business development and program execution for robotics and unmanned aircraft systems/counter-UAS customers, according to his LinkedIn profile. He joined Sarcos Defense following […]
Matt Summer is the chief technology officer and founder of Tomahawk Robotics, a Melbourne, Florida-based company that develops controllers, data links and edge processors for unmanned systems applications. Summer is knowledgeable in robotics, systems engineering, integration and systems architecture. He established Tomahawk Robotics in 2018 after a 16-year career with Harris Corporation, which now operates […]
Microsoft has joined the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center as one of its founding members. The Space ISAC is a nonprofit organization founded in 2019. Its member organizations work together to provide critical information to defend the global space community from vulnerabilities, incidents and threats. Frank Backes, chair of the Space ISAC board of […]
The Department of Energy is investing more than $61 million in funding to support advanced nuclear energy technology projects. The funding will further university research efforts on nuclear energy solutions, cross-discipline technology development and nuclear reactor infrastructure. The awards will be issued under three departmental nuclear energy programs: the Nuclear Energy University Program, Nuclear Energy […]
The Federal Communications Commission has issued a request for proposals for application development support services. The RFP, which was originally published in July 2020, was amended to allow interested sources to resubmit technical and price proposals. The FCC is specifically soliciting program and project management support, extreme programming services, software and application development and document […]
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, a 2021 Wash100 winner, has announced a new initiative aimed at integrating teams of data experts within combatant commands to help them make better use of data. The effort, dubbed Artificial Intelligence and Data Accelerator, is part of the military’s Joint All Domain Command and Control strategy for future warfare. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency does not have data on the percentage of civilian agencies adopting network segmentation strategies, according to acting CISA Director Brandon Wales. Wales issued the statement in response to an inquiry made by Sen. Ron Wyden about how many agencies are segmenting and segregating internal networks to prevent network intrusion. […]
