The Navy intends to quickly address the material defect in the combining gear of the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships to maximize the fleet in the coming years. The service has already suspended further deliveries of the Freedom-Class LCS fleet until fixes can be installed on affected ships, including the Minneapolis-Saint Paul and Cooperstown LCS, which […]
MACOM Technology Solutions has signed an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to support a rapid process transfer of gallium nitride-on-silicon carbide technology. The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between the parties will facilitate the transfer of AFRL’s production ready 0.14 micron GaN-on-SiC semiconductor process to MACOM’s U.S. Trusted Foundry in Massachusetts. The GaN-on-SiC […]
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast has awarded Jacobs Government Services a potential eight-year, $421 million contract to provide base operating support services at the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia and outlying areas. The Kings Bay Base Operations Support I contract requires Jacobs to offer intelligent asset management solutions to strengthen the base’s […]
Amentum has outranked 68 other organizations to earn the number one Military Friendly Company award for 2021. Speaking about the award, Amentum Chief Executive Officer John Vollmer, a Potomac Officers Club member and 2020 Wash100 winner, touted the company’s commitment to supporting the missions of military customers, as well as its focus on partnerships with […]
Three of Palo Alto Networks' platforms designed to help agencies reinforce network, cloud and endpoint security are now part of the company's Government Cloud Services, which has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Moderate authorization. According to Dana Barnes, senior vice president of public sector at Palo Alto Networks, the Prisma Cloud, Cortex XDR […]
Kevin Sagis is the chief engineer and vice president of engineering at Virgin Orbit, a launch services provider for small satellites headquartered in Long Beach, California. With a career spanning more than 30 years, he has gained experience in the areas of vehicle design, manufacturing, test and operations, providing expertise in the deployment of over […]
The General Services Administration has tapped NCI Information Systems to help monitor its artificial intelligence applications under the terms of an $807 million Digital Innovation for GSA Infrastructure Technologies task order. NCI will support the GSA’s application monitoring needs by deploying a proposed Evolve Wall command-center screen that is meant to display the lifecycle of […]
Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher, director of the Army Futures Command’s Network Cross-Functional Team and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, assured that the service remains on track to field new technologies under Capability Set 21 despite dealing with testing disruptions in 2020. Gallagher said during the recent AFCEA NOVA conference that operational tests for […]
The Army’s chief information officer, Raj Iyer, told attendees at a recent AFCEA NOVA virtual event that a new Army Enterprise Digital Strategy is underway to help foster a digital mindset and introduce changes to the information technology enterprise. According to Iyer, going digital requires the Army to undergo a cultural change, which not only […]
Joe Victor, deputy lead for artificial intelligence, automation and augmentation at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, said technology and policy hurdles are hindering the use of AI for target recognition. Speaking at the Genius Machines forum sponsored by Defense One, Victor noted that while the NGA has already developed AI algorithms that could be deployed for […]
