The U.S. Army is continuing to gather feedback from industry on how it will acquire and use satellite communications. According to the military branch, the satellite services will help warfighters talk to each other beyond the line of sight. The Army anticipates that battles in the future will require soldiers to have the means to […]
Charles Rettig, the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, urged Congress on Thursday to support the Biden administration’s proposed 10-year, $80 billion funding boost for the agency. Rettig wrote in an opinion piece for The Washington Post that the funding boost will help the agency support its clients. He added that the IRS has limited […]
The U.S. Cyber Command has created a concept of operations and stood up a capability management office to address issues with its cyber capabilities architecture. The move follows recommendations from Congress and government oversight bodies. USCYBERCOM published a concept of operations as a response to the Government Accountability Office‘s concerns about interoperability goals. Col. Ben […]
Lockheed Martin has received an order from the U.S. Space Force for three GPS 3F satellites worth $737 million in total. The order is the third option under a $7.2 billion contract that was awarded to Lockheed in 2018. According to the Space Force, the satellites will have more advanced anti-jamming capabilities, an improved nuclear […]
Scott Lowe is the director of environmental services at Philadelphia-based engineering firm McCormick Taylor. He specializes in stream restoration and fluvial geomorphology, natural resource management and wetland mitigation. He has been the director of environmental engineering since October 2017. Lowe oversees environmental design, permitting, planning and natural resource assessment activities for the company. He also […]
Gen. Mike Murray, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Futures Command, said the service lost contact with the Precision Strike Missile after the weapon flew for over 499 kilometers. The ballistics test took place on Oct. 13 at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Florida. Speaking at the Project Convergence media day on Tuesday, […]
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking feedback from the American public about new artificial intelligence and facial recognition applications. The activity would allow the agency to gauge the public’s perception of automation and biometrics. Kathleen Deloughery, a DHS Science and Technology Directorate program manager, said the organization needs to hear from individuals to better […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Colorado-based Axellio a $4.97 million contract to expand the Garrison Defensive Cyberspace Operations Platform. Work on the contract will ensure that GDP can be deployed from anywhere around the world. Axellio, a provider of cyber threat detection and response solutions, will work with World Wide Technology to provide defense cyber […]
Capella Space has secured a contract to install optical communications terminals on synthetic aperture radar satellites operated by the Department of Defense. The work will start in 2022. The contract is part of a campaign to deliver data through the Space Development Agency‘s Transport Layer low-Earth orbit constellation. Capella will use communications equipment provider Mynaric‘s […]
Christine Zmuda is chief of staff at software company Microsoft, leading end-to-end cross-organizational strategic planning activities across the Americas region. She has over three decades of leadership experience. Zmuda has been Microsoft’s chief of staff since August 2019. In addition to leading planning activities across the Americas, the industry veteran also works with the company’s […]
