The Biden administration seeks $24.7 billion in discretionary funding to help NASA achieve its space priorities. President Joe Biden’s discretionary funding request for fiscal year 2022 includes an additional $6.9 billion in funding for NASA in support of human explorations of the Moon, Mars and beyond. The funding request also calls for more federal investment […]
The Space Force Association, together with consulting firm LMI, has established a center of excellence dedicated to fostering collaboration and enriching knowledge across the space domain. The Space COE was launched to promote research and development initiatives focused on Space Force capabilities between academia, industry and the government. It also aims to enhance the discovery […]
The Department of the Treasury is leaning towards awarding its enterprise cloud contract, dubbed TCloud, to a single vendor. Officials confirmed the Treasury Department’s plan to issue a single award for the $1 billion contract in a clarification document, noting that the move would best advance the rapid adoption of cloud across the organization. TCloud […]
SAIC has secured a potential eight-year, $3.6 billion contract to support the Army’s hardware-in-the-loop and modeling and simulation development efforts. Contract work will support the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Aviation & Missile Center, Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate. The contract calls for continued engineering services to support the full life cycle for […]
The Department of Energy is offering $61.4 million in funding for biofuels research in hopes of reducing transportation emissions. The investment falls under the Bioenergy Technologies Office Scale-Up and Conversion funding opportunity. The DOE is specifically interested in research projects that could deepen the knowledge needed to produce low-cost, low-carbon biofuels. Interested parties have until […]
The National Security Agency is hosting a virtual three-day competition to test the cyber skills of U.S. service academy cadets, senior military college students and NSA interns. During the course of the NSA Cyber Exercise, participants will be given modules that will test their knowledge in areas such as forensics, policy, cryptography and reverse engineering. […]
The U.S. Space Force is looking to stand up a new Space Systems Command in the summer to take over the responsibilities of the Space and Missile Systems Center. The command will be based at the Los Angeles Air Force Base and oversee the development, acquisition, fielding and sustainment of space capabilities. Once operational, SSC […]
The Biden administration continues to face calls to fill in senior-level cybersecurity positions in the government. In particular, the lack of a formal leader at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has raised concerns from former CISA Director Christopher Krebs, a two-time Wash100 winner and past Potomac Officers Club event speaker. Speaking at a virtual […]
SparkCognition Government Systems has secured a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory to utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to improve warfighters’ mission readiness. AI and ML-powered tools developed under the contract are expected to support manpower planning and optimize decision making, SGS said Wednesday. With the use of the emerging technologies, SGS […]
Aaron Brandt is a vice president and general manager at Hypertherm, an associate-owned engineering and manufacturing services company headquartered in Hanover, New Hampshire. Brandt is the VP and GM of Hypertherm Ventures. He leads the development of the company’s Horizon 3 strategy, with the goal of creating new businesses through technology and innovative go-to-market models, […]
