NASA’s Compact Total Irradiance Monitor has been launched into orbit. CTIM is a 6U cube satellite that will observe the sum of all solar energy that the Earth receives from the sun. CTIM will help researchers develop new technologies for measuring total solar irradiance. The CubeSat contains a new carbon nanotube material, known as a […]
Rick Wagner is the president of Microsoft Federal and a 2022 Wash100 winner. He is also a member of the Potomac Officers Club. As president of Microsoft’s federal arm, he leads a team that ensures that government clients are successful in adopting modern technologies. Microsoft Federal enables secure and agile digital transformation, robust security processes […]
Todd Gustafson is the president of the federal business unit at HP Inc. A Potomac Officers Club member, Gustafson also heads HP Inc.’s public sector organization. Gustafson is responsible for overseeing market acceleration and business performance improvements. He also ensures that the company maintains and improves its relationships with U.S. federal, education and state and […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Rise Robotics $25,000 and has given the company an opportunity to submit a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research proposal worth up to $250,000 for winning the xTechSearch 6 competition. The heavy machinery company conducted a proof-of-concept demonstration of a solution that would support research and development activities for the […]
The U.S. Cyber Command is urging more members of the private industry to share cybersecurity intelligence that could help the organization’s defensive capabilities. Dave Frederick, the executive director of USCYBERCOM, said during an event organized by Billington CyberSecurity that the combatant command will be able to expand its knowledge on cyber threats if more companies […]
The U.S. government has awarded Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky a five-year, $2.3 billion contract to deliver at least 120 H-60M Black Hawk helicopters. The Multi-Year X contract is the 10th Black Hawk contract between Sikorsky and the U.S. government. Under this deal, Sikorsky will deliver the UH-60M Black Hawk and the HH-60 MEDEVAC rotor-wing aircraft […]
Software services and products company CITI and enterprise artificial intelligence application company C3 AI have received a joint five-year, $90 million contract from the Department of Health and Human Services to deploy and scale enterprise solutions across the department. Under the Solutioning with Holistic Analytics Restructured for the Enterprise blanket purchase agreement, HHS components will […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate has demonstrated a remote screening infrastructure for airport security checkpoints. The solution, which was developed by Integrated Defense & Security Solutions, can send computed tomography X-ray images of baggage that are flagged for threats to remote locations for near real-time analysis. It can also identify which […]
The Department of Defense has nominated Maj. Gen. Philip Garrant as the deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs and requirements at the U.S. Space Force. If confirmed, he will be responsible for the Space Force’s budget as well as all activities related to the title of the position. Garrant’s confirmation would also […]
Wade Allen is the vice president for defense at IT consulting firm Applied Information Sciences and a Potomac Officers Club member. He has been holding his current leadership role since October 2020. Allen works with the company’s Department of Defense clients to help them achieve their mission requirements. He also supports Pentagon customers’ efforts to […]
