Oracle has announced that the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program approved over a dozen Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services and features. According to Oracle, the OCI offerings deliver enhanced artificial intelligence, DevOps and security capabilities to federal agencies and users. Some features of the OCI offering are a network firewall built using Palo Alto Networks’ […]
NASA will deploy the Lunar Node-1 experiment when it launches the second Commercial Lunar Payload Service in mid-February. LN-1 is a cube satellite-sized radio beacon that supports precise geolocation and navigation observation for landers, space infrastructure and astronauts. It can also be used to aid orbital maneuvers and support spacecraft landing on the moon. LN-1 […]
Peraton has secured an eight-year, $2.8 billion task order to provide IT platform and network services to the US Special Operations Command. Under the Special Operations Forces IT Enterprise Contract 3 Enterprise Operations & Maintenance task order, Peraton will deliver network operations and maintenance services; maintain systems and network infrastructure; perform end user and common […]
The National Science Foundation has allocated $35 million in research funding to seven teams advancing agricultural technologies and improving food and nutrition security. Among the selected projects is CropSmart, an artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled digital twin project led by George Mason University designed to provide on-demand, decision-ready solutions for users’ cropping goals using end-user […]
The Department of Homeland Security has announced a new hiring initiative to recruit 50 artificial intelligence experts in 2024. The “AI Corps,” announced by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a past Wash100 awardee, and DHS Chief AI Officer Eric Hysen, will comprise experts in AI and machine learning technologies, models and applications who will focus on […]
Science Applications International Corp. has awarded Cubic Defense a contract to support SAIC’s Hardware-In-The-Loop engineering services for the U.S. Army. Cubic will design, develop and deliver full-duplex data terminals using secure and survivable Bandwidth-Efficient Common Data Link technology. The company will also continue advancing the BE-CDL capability as part of the contract. Russ Marsh, vice […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs’s deputy chief information security officer said cyber resilience should be one of the priorities federal agencies consider when modernizing systems. Speaking at a Center for Strategic and International Studies-hosted event, Amber Pearson shared that several agencies still use outdated systems and need to look at which areas should be prioritized […]
Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines will launch its Nova-C lunar lander in February, carrying NASA’s Navigation Doppler Lidar along with other payloads. Developed by the Langley Research Center, the NDL is designed to support spacecraft landing on extraterrestrial surfaces using light detection and ranging technology instead of traditional radar-based landing systems, potentially improving accuracy. As […]
Microsoft has announced that it is making its Azure OpenAI generative artificial intelligence service available to federal agencies through the Microsoft Azure Government platform. According to Candice Ling, senior vice president of Microsoft’s federal government business, Azure OpenAI allows agencies to use generative AI safely at the unclassified level. Ling added that the technology is […]
A Carahsoft sales director said the education sector must have a strong cybersecurity base to get the most out of digital services. Tim Boltz, education market program executive at Carahsoft and a 4×24 member, shared that having a strong cybersecurity base allows universities to take advantage of external data, improve internal performance and make the […]
