Empower AI has secured a potential two-year, $14 million task order to support the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command’s Mission Engineering directorate. Under the task order, Empower AI will provide cybersecurity support services to ensure that ISEC-MED will be able to address evolving cyber missions. Specific support services to be delivered include cybersecurity life […]
Collins Aerospace has secured a NASA contract with a $97.2 million base value for a spacewalking system that could be used outside the International Space Station. Under the contract, Collins Aerospace will design and develop a next-generation spacesuit and ancillary support systems. The company will demonstrate the suit in a simulated space environment by January […]
Joe Anderson, a Potomac Officers Club member, is the president and CEO of Rafael Systems Global Sustainment. Anderson is experienced in driving results and managing complex tasks while building teams and networks. He also oversees billions of dollars worth of equipment, materials and supply chains around the world. Anderson has been holding his current position […]
Lockheed Martin has partnered with advanced propulsion system provider Sintavia to expand research into metal additive manufacturing opportunities as an alternative to castings and forgings. As part of the collaborative effort, the two companies will explore additional 3D printing technology areas, including laser power bed fusion, electron beam-directed energy deposition and friction stir additive manufacturing. […]
JP Foley, a Potomac Officers Club member, is the chief growth officer of Alexandria, Virginia-based digital services provider BridgePhase. Foley leads BridgePhase’s strategy and business development and supports the company’s growth in the federal marketplace. He also ensures that the organization meets its goal of advancing federal government customers’ missions and helping them overcome challenges. […]
The U.S. Air Force’s Kessel Run team has unveiled a new procurement vehicle for acquiring commercially available DevSecOps capabilities. The umbrella Commercial Solutions Opening vehicle is designed to allow federal and industry stakeholders to deliver commercial DevSecOps technologies directly to warfighters. According to a federal contracting announcement issued by Kessel Run officials, CSO will be […]
The Department of Defense, through the Defense Innovation Unit, has awarded Kodiak Robotics a two-year, $49.9 million contract for ground vehicle automation support. Kodiak Robotics will help the U.S. Army automate ground vehicles that are being developed under the service’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program. Kodiak will use its commercial self-driving software to develop, test and […]
The Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate has launched a new initiative designed to create secure and easy-to-use identity validation technologies. The Remote Identity Validation Technology Demonstration challenge will require participating organizations from the private industry to deliver secure, accurate and easy-to-use remote technologies to combat identity fraud in a variety of contexts […]
The Cyber AB has authorized Raleigh, North Carolina-based accounting firm Cherry Bekaert as a CMMC third-party assessment organization. As a C3PAO, Cherry Bekaert will be allowed to assess Department of Defense contractors under the Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessments program in partnership with the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center. The company can offer services to […]
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has appointed new leaders for the Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Goddard Space Flight Center. Bradley Flick will oversee efforts at Armstrong to advance the United States’ leadership in aeronautics, Earth and space science, and aerospace technology. He will also ensure that efforts to develop an all-electric experimental spacecraft and […]
