NASA has chosen “Dating an Irregular Mare Patch with a Lunar Explorer” under the Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon effort, which facilitates lunar research by sending up suites of scientific instruments via the Commercial Lunar Payload Services. The DIMPLE instrument, which was chosen under the third annual PRISM call for […]
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded Fairfax, Virginia-based VMD Corp. a five-year, $29 million contract for governance and oversight support services. VMD Corp. will provide IT and operation technology cyber assessments, enterprise project management office expertise, governance, enterprise policy advisory and implementation support across the nuclear security enterprise. Deepti Malhotra, CEO […]
Palantir Technologies has expanded its partnership with Carahsoft Technology to deliver the Apollo platform to public sector customers. Under the extended agreement, Carahsoft will use its reseller partners and various federal, state and local government contracting vehicles to make the Apollo offering available to more users. The Apollo platform features automated deployment landscape scanning and […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Technology Office has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to design an autonomous uncrewed aircraft system that delivers ISR and situational awareness support to U.S. Navy ships. Under the Advanced Aircraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And Recovery contract, Northrop will design a demonstrator UAS that can carry a 60-lb sensor payload […]
A China-based hacking group breached government email accounts maintained by Microsoft, including the one used by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. According to a person familiar with the matter, the Department of Commerce immediately took action after Microsoft notified the agency of the breach. The Department of State and other agencies across Western Europe were also […]
Peraton has secured a NASA follow-on contract for suborbital flight operations support for the Wallops Flight Facility. Under the Sounding Rocket Operations IV contract, Peraton will design, fabricate, integrate and perform flight qualification tests for suborbital payloads. The company will also provide vehicles, hardware and support needed for launch services. Work on the contract will […]
The Department of Defense’s deputy chief digital and artificial intelligence officer said during a RAND Corp. event that the office is inclined towards a more decentralized approach to AI acquisition in the Pentagon in light of the agency’s size and diversity. According to Margaret Palmieri, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office already has core […]
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, has completed a Space Systems Command program design review for its Missile Track Custody space vehicle. The design review is part of Millennium’s MTC space vehicle contract with the U.S. Space Force. The base contract covers one space vehicle, although the deal comes with options covering two more vehicles. […]
The U.S. Air Force 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron has awarded HII Mission Technologies a five-year, $84 million contract for enterprise IT cloud migration support. Under the contract, HII Mission Technologies will support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s efforts to migrate applications to a multi-cloud environment where the Department of Defense and other federal agencies could access […]
The Department of Energy has awarded $72 million in funding to support nearly 300 projects addressing multiple energy focus points. The funding will be used to support small businesses with projects focusing on renewable energy, nuclear energy, cybersecurity, manufacturing, artificial intelligence and other initiatives that support the Biden administration’s carbon-free electricity grid and net-zero emissions […]
