The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology its 10-year, $829 million Customer Care Center task order. GDIT will provide remote and on-site IT services to support DIA networks and domains globally. Services to be delivered include workflow automation and the deployment of a customer experience team that will use data, advanced analytics […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory hosted a collaborative exercise at Kirtland Air Force Base to test directed energy capabilities. The Directed Energy and Kinetic Energy Directed Energy Utility Concept Experiment was performed by AFRL’s Directed Energy and Munitions directorates. It was focused on exploring how directed energy and kinetic weapons solutions would work together […]
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is seeking information on ways to monitor currently non-trackable space debris. According to a request for information posted on SAM .gov, IARPA wants to know how orbital debris interacts with the environment and if the interaction could be used to detect, map and track space junk. The agency noted […]
The Department of Defense is seeking information on cyber reinforcement for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. According to a notice posted on SAM .gov, the Department of the Navy wants to ensure that the F-35 has the cybersecurity, resilience and survivability needed to secure national security and air dominance in any future conflict. Proposed […]
The Department of Defense said around 80,000 defense contractors will require third-party cybersecurity assessments under the second version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. Pentagon Deputy Chief Information Officer David McKeown said during a town hall meeting that third-party assessments for the contractors are required because they handle controlled unclassified information. When CMMC 2.0 […]
Astra’s Rocket 3.3 vehicle failed after liftoff on Thursday when its upper stage became unstable after separation. Video onboard the vehicle, which was designated as LV0008, showed that the upper stage started wobbling after it separated from the first stage, three minutes after liftoff. Footage suggests a potential issue with the separation of the payload […]
Patricia Martone Carrolo is the general manager of global health care and life sciences at technology solutions company IBM. She has been with the company for over 19 years. As GM, Carrolo oversees the company’s $4.5 billion global health care and life sciences industry. She is responsible for delivering customer success and profitability across the […]
Marcos Salganicoff is the director of health care, life science artificial intelligence and advanced analytics at auditing firm KPMG US. He has been with the organization since November 2016. Salganicoff has over 20 years of experience in supporting health care and life science companies. At KPMG, he oversees the definition and implementation of AI, advanced […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Peraton Labs a potential 42-month, $20 million contract for multi-domain network orchestration solution development. Peraton will design, develop, integrate, test and evaluate a solution that will enable real-time, autonomous discovery and configuration of interconnected military networks. The technology will also support on-demand connectivity in challenging environments. The […]
The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded Teledyne Marine a potential five-year, $16 million contract to provide products that would support the agency’s initiatives. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the company will offer its Teledyne RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, Teledyne Oceanscience Unmanned Surface Vehicles and Teledyne RESON and ODOM multi-beam and single-beam sonars. The RD […]
