LMI has extended its academic partnership with Howard University to further explore research and development projects. The enhanced partnership brings research funding, mentoring and client engagements to Howard University and gives LMI the opportunity to foster academic research that could benefit its clients. LMI has been sponsoring Howard University’s MBA Program Minority Case Competition since […]
Capt. Ben Van Buskirk has been named the new director of NavalX, replacing Capt. Frank Futcher, who announced his retirement from the Navy after 30 years of service. Van Buskirk, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, assumed command of NavalX during a non-traditional change of command ceremony, which was held in Alexandria, Virginia, and […]
Carlos Del Toro is the president and chief executive officer of SBG Technology Solutions, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. He leads a small business that provides information technology and engineering services and products to clients including the Navy, the Army, the Defense Health Agency and the departments of Defense and Veterans […]
Microsoft and Amazon Web Services have entered into collaborative research and development agreements to help the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Cloud Computing Program Office accelerate cloud adoption across defense agencies. The agreements support the Department of Defense’s Cloud Infrastructure as Code project, which is aimed at speeding up the lengthy and repetitive process of designing, […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to postpone future rollouts of its new electronic health records system to make way for a strategic review of persisting issues. The modernized EHR system, which the agency created in collaboration with Cerner, is intended to serve as a single records management system for veterans. It is also […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has introduced a new threat detection tool for on-premise environments. The CISA Hunt and Incident Response Program tool is built to find indicators of compromise linked to the exploitation of vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Orion products and threat activity in Microsoft Cloud environments. Security researchers and CISA warned that many […]
Northrop Grumman is set to receive a sole-source contract from the Navy to enable officers aboard the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to control unmanned air vehicles. The contract will require Northrop to modify the E-2D aircraft’s mission computer and display software. The contract supports the Navy’s vision of coordinating missions through manned-unmanned teaming, Flight Global reported. […]
NASA has been added to the White House National Climate Task Force, which consists of cabinet leaders and senior administration officials tasked with mobilizing the Biden administration’s governmentwide approach to climate change. As a member of the task force, NASA brings expertise in observing and understanding environmental changes to Earth. Data collected from NASA satellites […]
A decommissioned satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has broken up in orbit. According to the Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron, the NOAA-17 satellite, which was operational from 2002 to 2013, broke up on March 18. There are no indications a collision caused the breakup, the 18th SPCS added. The squadron […]
The Army is gearing up for a major company-level soldier assessment of its light and medium Robotic Combat Vehicle prototypes. Since receiving all four RCV-Light vehicles and a partially completed RCV-M over the past couple of months, the Army equipped the prototypes with the government-developed Robotic Technology Kernel autonomy software. Both RCV prototypes are set […]
