NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has started testing robots that would gather rock and sediment samples from Mars and deliver them back to Earth. Tests are being performed on the lander and rocket that will be used for the Mars Sample Return campaign. Specifically, scientists and engineers from JPL are fine-tuning the components to allow them […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has given federal agencies until Dec. 24 to apply fixes to the Apache Log4Shell system security flaw. The deadline follows CISA’s addition of the vulnerability to its critical remote code execution flaw catalog on Monday. The issue was spotted on Dec. 9 in remote code compromises against the servers […]
Michael Kennedy is the vice president of global government relations and public policy at cloud computing company VMware. He has been holding his leadership position since June 2014. Kennedy expanded a global team with over 25 strategic policy and regulatory reach experts and innovated strategic focus and metrics for global government relations. He also engaged […]
Donna Epps is the senior vice president of public policy and strategic alliances at wireless network operator Verizon. As public policy and strategic alliances SVP, she manages Verizon’s federal public policy efforts such as policy development and issues management. She also handles the company’s relationships with third-party organizations. The industry veteran joined the company in […]
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the service is looking at pairing remotely piloted air combat vehicles with piloted aircraft. Kendall, a former Potomac Officers Club speaker, shared in an interview with Politico that the military branch has two classified remotely piloted aircraft included in the 2023 defense budget. According to the official, the […]
The Department of Energy has partnered with Israel’s Ministry of Energy and the Israel Innovation Authority to award $5.48 million to six clean energy projects. The funding was awarded through the Binational Industrial Research and Development Energy program. The selected companies will focus on sulfur thermal energy storage, miniature powertrains, energy and research recovery from […]
The General Services Administration has awarded DCS Corp. and its Infoscitex subsidiary a potential five-year, $48 million blanket purchase agreement to support the 711th Human Performance Wing Warfighter Interactions & Readiness Division. The companies will provide technical and management expertise to help the division discover, develop and field new systems and subsystems for the U.S. […]
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security are asking the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee to propose solutions to help address cyberattacks. During a three-hour meeting on Friday, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly said the committee should come up with short papers that contain recommendations on how to implement cyber defense tactics. She pointed […]
U.S.-based aerospace company Stratolaunch has signed a contract with the Missile Defense Agency for hypersonic technology research. The company wants to help the Department of Defense improve its flight test resources by providing affordable, commercially contracted, rapid-turnover hypersonic flight testing to the Pentagon and its prime contractor partners. Stratolaunch Chief Technology Officer Daniel Millman said […]
NASA has introduced a new 3D visualization tool that can give viewers real-time information about asteroids and comets that approach Earth’s orbit. The Eyes on Asteroids website gives users a live update on what is orbiting the Earth and what new objects the space agency has spotted. Individuals can also tap or click on a […]
