Raytheon, an RTX business, conducted the fourth live-fire test for its Lower Tier Air Missile and Defense Sensor at the White Sands Missile Range on Thursday. According to Raytheon, the LTAMDS test tracked a cruise missile surrogate flying at high altitude, passed track data to the Integrated Battle Command System and launched a Patriot Advanced […]
SOS International announced that it has secured a three-year contract from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries for communications support services. SOSi will provide a mobile-friendly and secure web-based scheduling platform that allows users to request, cancel, edit and verify schedules for various appointments, including health care and worker support. The platform will […]
Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef space station completed four testing milestones under a NASA Space Act Agreement awarded to the company in 2021. According to Angela Hart, manager of NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program, the milestones ensure that Orbital Reef can sustain human life and allow researchers to conduct experiments in LEO. Specifically, the […]
The U.S. Army has awarded CACI International a potential five-year, $239 million task order for network modernization services. CACI will modernize the Army’s Global Secret Internet Protocol Router network and apply commercial solutions for classified technologies, giving warfighters secure and mobile network accessibility. The company will use the Archon solution, acquired through ID Technologies, to […]
The Ohio Aerospace Institute has awarded SparkCognition Government Systems a contract to support the U.S. Air Force’s supply chain. SGS, in partnership with Boeing, will provide artificial intelligence-enabled solutions to the Air Force designed to strengthen supply chain health and mitigate operational risks related to the National Defense Strategy. Art Sellers, interim president and general […]
The president of Lockheed Martin‘s space business unit said the company plans to work with more commercial space entities to maintain its leadership in the space domain. Speaking at an interview during the Satellite 2024 conference, Robert Lightfoot, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker and Wash100 awardee, said Lockheed Martin Space is actively looking for […]
Cargo drone manufacturer HoverCrane has announced that it was awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to provide the service with an uncrewed aerial vehicle for evaluation. The HoverCrane UAV can move payloads weighing between 10 lb and 50 lb regardless of weather conditions and take off and land in harsh terrain. It uses an open […]
VTG announced that it has secured a $30 million task order from the U.S. Navy to provide and install the Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services platform on up to six Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. CANES is a Navy program of record consolidating C4ISR systems onboard surface ships and submarines, giving sailors a secure network for […]
The Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory is seeking insights on how artificial intelligence and machine learning tools can help the agency manage challenges regarding carbon emissions and new energy sources. Kelly Rose, senior fellow for computational science and engineering at NETL, AI/ML capabilities can be used for advanced material identification and innovation, atmospheric […]
The heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and the federal government wrote to all U.S. governors on Tuesday about the need to discuss cybersecurity and critical infrastructure matters facing the water and wastewater system sector. EPA Administrator Michael Regan and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said they will host a virtual meeting on March 21 […]
