The U.S. Transportation Command plans to move its cloud applications to the U.S. Air Force‘s Cloud One platform in fiscal year 2023. Senior USTRANSCOM information technology acquisition officials said during a virtual industry day that they met with the Cloud One team to discuss pilot programs to migrate the command’s transportation modeling and simulation tools […]
Advanced electronics provider Cobham Advanced Electronics Solutions has added former Sen. Martha McSally to the company’s board of directors. Mike Kahn, president and CEO of CAES and a Potomac Officers Club member, said McSally has the expertise to support the company’s push to create new technologies to support warfighters. Kahn is also a two-time Wash100 […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Palantir Technologies a six-month, $5.3 million contract to provide software solutions in support of the federal government’s COVID-19 response efforts. Palantir’s software will help organizations integrate data, decisions and operations. It is designed to meet demands with increasing complexity and support data-driven decision-making, such as vaccine […]
The U.S. Senate has confirmed U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla as the commander of the U.S. Central Command. He will take over from U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, who is expected to step down as CENTCOM chief in April. Kurilla said during his confirmation hearing in early February that the Middle Eastern region, […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate and the Israel Ministry of Public Security are seeking proposals for advanced solutions that would improve homeland security and global safety and security. The 2022 call for proposals is being made under the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Homeland Security program. Some of the focus […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a new online catalog that contains free tools and services that would help critical infrastructure owners and operators in mitigating cyber threats. The new resource was established as tensions with Russia grow over the conflict in Ukraine. The new resource repository is separated into different sections that […]
NASA is launching the Nanosat Atmospheric Chemistry Hyperspectral Observation System, a prototype instrument that could support volcanic activity and air quality monitoring. NACHOS will use a hyperspectral imager to locate sources of trace gases in areas as small as 1.61 square feet. If successful, it will be the smallest, highest resolution, space-based instrument that is […]
Brandon Couch is a global supply chain manager at BAE Systems. He has been with the company for four years. Couch is experienced in contract management, supplier negotiation, venture capital and matters related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. He has been overseeing global supply activities for BAE since March 2019. He was the director of […]
The U.S. Marine Corps is considering using artificial intelligence and machine learning to look for personnel trends and identify key factors for retaining Marines. Maj. Jordan Cochran, a spokesman for the USMC Manpower and Reserve Affairs Department, said in an email that AI and ML could help the service decrease attrition and increase applicant success. […]
The U.S. Space Force is preparing to expand its operations and reach new milestones in 2022. Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations and a 2022 Wash100 winner, said during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event that the service has made significant progress since it was set up in 2019. He shared that […]
