The U.S. Space Force has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology an $18 million other transaction authority agreement for digital infrastructure services. GDIT will develop prototype digital infrastructure that enables secure file sharing and collaboration for government and industry partners. The company will also integrate a cloud capability so the Space Force will have a solution […]
The U.S. Space Force is taking steps to make its launch facilities more resilient against enemy attacks and other threats. Col. Mark Shoemaker, vice commander of operations at Space Launch Delta 45, said during the Space Force’s Space Mobility Conference that the service is analyzing and creating operational concepts to ensure that launch ranges can […]
A U.S. Army aviator said the service has some unmanned technologies that require more humans to operate compared to manned systems. Maj. Gen. Michael McCurry, a veteran helicopter pilot who currently leads the Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama, said some of those who are working on unmanned systems could be doing […]
The U.S. Space Force will launch an experimental positioning satellite to orbit aboard United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. The USSF-106 mission will carry the L3Harris Technologies-made National Technology Satellite-3 payload to space. The NTS-3 will provide positioning, navigation and timing signals from geostationary Earth orbit and will demonstrate next-generation PNT technologies that could serve […]
Research from the Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate revealed that some facial recognition systems met performance thresholds for all demographic groups while others had varying results. According to the directorate’s 2022 biometric tech rally research, identity systems that handle groups of people have been improving. Still, some systems are having difficulties in […]
San Francisco-headquartered software company Splunk has announced that its Splunk Cloud Platform received an in-process designation from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The designation is a milestone in Splunk’s efforts to achieve FedRAMP high authorization, which includes over 400 security controls and standards. It also shows that the cloud offering meets security standards […]
The Department of Energy has announced $48 million in funding for a new program designed to improve the United States power grid. The “Unlocking Lasting Transformative Resiliency Advanced by Faster Actuation of power Semiconductor Technologies” program will support the development of power electronics for the power grid. Funded projects will focus on semiconductor-related advancements; electromagnetic […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has established a new directorate designed to support science and technology partnerships between the Department of the Air Force and other entities. The AFRL Strategic Partnership Directorate is tasked with achieving greater alignment, effectiveness and efficiency for S&T partnerships. The directorate includes personnel from the Small Business Directorate and […]
The Department of the Air Force’s Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapon Systems is planning to expand its Cyber Focus Teams. The DAF currently has CFT members at multiple locations, including Hanscom Air Force Base, Wright-Patterson AFB and Hill AFB. The teams are tasked with integrating cyber resiliency into weapon systems and mitigating vulnerabilities. To integrate […]
NASA said its two weather sensors that were installed aboard the International Space Station have already provided tropical cyclone forecast information. According to NASA, both the Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer and the Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems instruments produce weather images for tracking purposes. COWVR measures the wind speed and direction on […]
