Hanscom Air Force Base’s 66th Logistics Readiness Squadron has overseen the delivery of the first two Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payloads to Japan. The QZSS-HP was delivered to the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo. Members of the 66th LRS Air Transportation Function worked with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Teledyne FLIR Defense a potential 33-month, $13.3 million contract to provide unmanned aerial system enhancements. Teledyne FLIR Defense will integrate flight controls that will allow the R80D SkyRaider UAS to autonomously perform chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear reconnaissance missions, which are currently done by soldiers who carry detection sensors […]
The outgoing Army chief information officer said the next CIO should be someone who can bring in a fresh perspective and is capable of asking tough questions. In an interview with C4ISRNET and the Army Times, Raj Iyer, who spoke at the Potomac Officers Club’s 3rd Annual CIO Summit in April 2022, said the next […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded Maxar Technologies a potential five-year, $192 million contract for the delivery of commercial imagery services. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Maxar will offer SecureWatch, Rapid Access Program, Precision3D and Commercial SAR to multiple U.S. allies and partners. The offerings are designed to provide high-resolution satellite imagery, analytics, data collection, Earth […]
A report on the Internal Revenue Service‘s legacy systems found that the agency is lagging in its technology modernization efforts partly because of funding constraints. According to a report by the Government Accountability Office, the IRS seems poised to update its legacy systems, including the 60-year-old Customer Account Data Engine 2, thanks to $80 billion […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected a group of lightweight cryptographic algorithms to defend data generated by internet of things and small devices. The NIST’s Lightweight Cryptography team selected the Ascon group of algorithms, which uses a limited amount of electronic resources to execute data protection. According to Kerry McKay, a computer […]
McLean, Virginia-based company IronNet has started delivering cybersecurity services under a contract awarded by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command. Under the contract, NAVSEA will benefit from the IronNet Collective Defense Platform, which will enable the command and the contractors in its defense industrial base program to increase network threat visibility. The offering would also […]
The Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has completed critical space environment tests for NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment instrument. The laboratory exposed the AWE instrument to various forces and scenarios, such as electromagnetic interference and compatibility, vibrations, thermal vacuum and full-system calibrations. The tests were designed to simulate the ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere system, where the instrument will […]
The National Security Agency is positioning itself as an organization that welcomes individuals affected by private-sector layoffs. Molly Moore, deputy director of workforce support activities at the NSA and a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, said accepting individuals who have been laid off from their private-sector jobs would improve the government’s cyber workforce. According to […]
The U.S. Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base has awarded Curtiss-Wright a potential 10-year, $287 million contract to provide aerospace instrumentation system technologies. Under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Curtiss-Wright’s High Speed Data Acquisition System aerospace instrumentation technology will support the AFTC’s flight test programs and flight test instrumentation. Curtiss-Wright would also deliver […]
