Raytheon Intelligence & Space has secured a $46.2 million firm-fixed-price contract to modernize the U.S. Air Force’s A-10C Thunderbolt II. Under the contract, RI&S will install its Common Open Source Mission Computer on the A-10C. COSMC is a solution that will improve processing for combat systems control, which could ultimately enhance air dominance and aircraft […]
The House Appropriations homeland security subcommittee has approved a $417 million budget increase for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The budget increase was approved during the subcommittee’s markup of the Department of Homeland Security‘s spending bill, which is worth nearly $86 billion. The bill includes a $2.93 million allocation for CISA for the fiscal […]
NASA has selected astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams as the test pilots who will man the Boeing Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station. Williams will serve as the commander of the mission. Wilmore replaces NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, who was reassigned to the SpaceX Crew-5 mission in 2021. Mann was originally […]
Oliver Gacad is the director of cloud and software engineering at the software company Oracle. He has been holding his leadership position since November 2019. Gacad specializes in delivering solutions to meet data-related challenges. Part of his work is using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and on-premise solutions to help clients achieve mission success. The other […]
Liz Martin is the director of the Department of Defense business at Amazon Web Services and is a Potomac Officers Club member. She has been holding her current leadership role since March 2021. Martin is a software sales executive who has an acumen for deploying cloud solutions and improving business performance for large businesses. She […]
Defense contractor AeroVironment secured a $6.17 million contract to provide the Puma 3 AE small unmanned aircraft system to the U.S. Marine Corps. The company received the contract on May 3. The Puma 3 AE is a group 1 sUAS that can perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in all environments and in any lighting […]
The General Services Administration expects government agencies that have not yet transitioned to the new Enterprise Infrastructure Solution contract vehicle to continue telecommunications services on expiring contracts until 2023. Allen Hill, the deputy assistant commissioner of the GSA’s IT Category, said during an ACT-IAC event that he is unaware of the total number of agencies […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted software company Pegasystems‘ Pega Cloud for Government a provisional authorization for the Department of Defense at impact level 4. Pega Cloud for Government is a managed system that provides the tools, environments and operational support that allow government agencies to develop applications, move software offerings to the cloud […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build a high-capacity, long-duration energy storage system for the Department of Defense. Lockheed will install its GridStar Flow, a redox flow battery designed to store large amounts of power that is generated from renewable energy sources. It can also deploy stored energy to electric grids […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has released a new document that supports resilient positioning, navigation and timing technology. Kathryn Coulter Mitchell, the senior official performing the duties of the undersecretary for science and technology, said PNT is critical infrastructure that enables various applications such as vehicle navigation and telecommunications. She also […]
