Joseph Rios is the chief technologist at NASA Ames Research Center‘s aviation systems division. As chief technologist, Rios oversees software technology development in support of various NASA projects, organizations and partners. He also ensures that teams optimize their processes and build software offerings that would meet current and future mission needs. He was the chief […]
Teri Bristol is the chief operating officer of the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Air Traffic Organization. Bristol is responsible for safe, efficient and secure air traffic services for around 50,000 aircraft operating in nearly 30 million square miles. She also leads 32,000 ATO employees who perform air traffic services, technical and systems operations, safety management, technical […]
BAE Systems has secured a $169 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps for Lot 2 full-rate production of Amphibious Combat Vehicles. Under the contract, BAE will produce 33 ACVs. The new work adds to a current contract that requires the company to deliver the ACV personnel and the ACV command variants. The contractor also […]
The Government Accountability Office said the FITARA Scorecard is effective in helping public agencies modernize and improve the way they use information technology offerings. According to a GAO report, the bi-annual scorecard serves as an effective tool for agencies to monitor IT-related issues. The federal oversight body added that it saw improvements in the incremental […]
Jeff Dalton, the newly appointed chairman of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification-Accreditation Body, said the organization’s board must be restructured to become a more professional group of strategic advisers. Dalton said in an interview with FedScoop that for the restructured CMMC-AB, members must be trained on ethics and professional board member guidelines from the National […]
Top Aces, a provider of airborne training services, has started testing an F-16 jet fighter equipped with a technology suite designed to give Air Force fighters a more realistic training partner. According to Top Aces, the Advanced Aggressor Mission System has an open mission systems architecture that allows airmen to swap in new sensors and […]
The U.S. Army is fielding the latest iteration of the Command Post Computing Environment after the first increment was approved for full deployment. CPCE Increment 1 received its full deployment decision on Dec. 15, meaning it passed cybersecurity assessments, interoperability and developmental tests, soldier touchpoints and operational assessments. The FDD also confirms that CPCE Increment […]
The U.S. Space Force plans to buy new space hardware and data and analysis services to replace weather satellites that are approaching the end of their life cycles. Lt. Col. Joseph Maguadog, the electro-optical/infrared weather system materiel leader at Space Systems Command, said the products sought should provide EO/IR data to succeed the remaining hardware […]
Richard Glick, the commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said during a hearing on Wednesday that he is supporting a piece of legislation that would create an organization within the Department of Energy that would oversee pipeline cybersecurity. The legislation was proposed by Rep. Bobby Rush, chairman of the energy panel at the House […]
Aerospace company SpaceX has secured a five-year, $102 million U.S. Air Force contract to demonstrate technologies and capabilities for military and humanitarian aid cargo transportation. The contract supports the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Cargo program, which investigates the use of commercial rockets to support the Department of Defense’s global logistics. According to Rocket Cargo […]
