The Department of Energy has announced a 100-day initiative to advance technologies and systems that can enhance the cybersecurity of electricity operations. Over 100 days, the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response will work with electric utilities to advance solutions for cyber visibility, detection and response capabilities, DOE said Tuesday. “The United States […]
The U.S. Army has exercised an option in a contract with AeroVironment to order additional Switchblade 300 tactical missile systems. Switchblade 300 is a back-packable and rapidly deployable loitering missile designed for precision strikes. The system can be remotely piloted or flown autonomously, AeroVironment said Tuesday. The system includes a multipack launcher designed to provide […]
The Department of Defense has designated Carahsoft’s blanket purchase agreement for Splunk solutions as a Core Enterprise Technology Agreement. As a CETA, Carahsoft’s purchasing vehicle is now mandatory for all DOD customers who want to acquire Splunk products and services. Carahsoft is the second vendor to have ever received the CETA designation. The first was […]
American Pacific, an aviation chemicals manufacturer, has announced a minority interest in space propulsion company Frontier Aerospace. Frontier Aerospace is a provider of end-to-end space propulsion research headquartered in Simi Valley, California. The company was founded in 1997 by its president, Jim McKinnon, a former propulsion engineer at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, AE Industrial Partners […]
The U.S. Army announced that it has approved a document needed to start rapidly experimenting and prototyping capabilities for tactical space-based sensors. With the signing of the Tactical Space Layer abbreviated capability development document, the Army will begin exploring the potential of satellites in low-Earth orbit to give soldiers dedicated surveillance, navigation and imaging capabilities, […]
The U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force conducted a demonstration of a strategy against small aerial drones during a test at Yuma Proving Ground. According to one official, the test was focused on counter-small unmanned systems’ ability to minimize collateral damage to the surrounding environment, FCW reported. Leland Browning, deputy director of the Joint […]
Advancements in sensor technology are driven by innovation in its manufacturing processes and its many moving parts, including high-speed electronic circuits and signal processing technologies. But just as sensors research benefits from other fields, it also gives back by enabling many segments of the government contracting sector. BehrTech, a wireless connectivity technology company, expects large sensor networks to […]
Randy Martinez serves as the president and CEO of MTS Systems, a developer of sensors and other advanced measurement systems. The company said its test and measurement solutions enable efficiency in transportation and energy generation and improved safety in infrastructure, medical treatments and consumer products. Martinez served as interim president and CEO from May 2020 […]
General Dynamics Information Technology said that milCloud 2.0, the company’s warfighter-focused cloud instance, is on track to receive authorization that would allow it to host classified workloads. Jim Matney, vice president and general manager at GDIT, said milCloud 2.0 will likely host additional migrations once it secures Impact Level 6 authorization, Nextgov reported. The Defense […]
MetTel will implement an integrated SD-WAN-based architecture for the National Archives and Records Administration, an agency responsible for preserving publicly available and historically valuable government records. NARA’s jurisdiction includes 44 sites consisting of federal records centers, regional archives, presidential libraries and museums and the Federal Register. Work will be done under the terms of a […]
