The U.S. Air Force announced that the HH-60W Jolly Green II, a new combat rescue helicopter, has passed the final test in its developmental phase. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin aviation company, helped conduct the final test at Eglin Air Force Base to demonstrate the performance of the aircraft’s weapons systems and optimize their configurations, the […]
Applied Insight, a government technology provider, has announced an update for its cloud-based platform designed to help defense contractors comply with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements. The Altitude platform’s new features will allow it to serve as a plug-and-play compliance solution for federal contractors working with the Department of Defense, Applied Insight said. “We can […]
David McKeown, the Department of Defense’s chief information security officer, said he wants to establish an office responsible for accelerating the agency’s adoption of zero trust. A zero trust security model operates as if a threat has already breached the perimeter and limits access to information for even users on the inside. McKeown told the […]
NASA has released a statement lauding President Joe Biden’s plan to nominate former astronaut Pam Melroy for deputy NASA administrator. The White House said Melroy has government and industry experience across the civil, commercial and national security space sectors. She has logged more than 38 days in space and is one of only two women […]
Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a five-year task order to provide prototyping and experimentation services to the Department of Defense. The $39 million task order was awarded under the DOD Information Analysis Center’s multiple-award contract vehicle, which was created to enhance the Defense Technical Information Center repository, Alion said. Established in the 1940s, […]
Booz Allen Hamilton has partnered with Taqtile, a spatial computing technology company, to demonstrate a 5G-enabled augmented reality platform at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Taqtile said it will use its Manifest AR platform to test the security and resilience of 5G networks and the advanced capabilities of AR and virtual reality. Dirck Schou, CEO of Taqtile, […]
GRSi, an information technology service management company, has been awarded a five-year contract to provide operations services to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The $96 million contract will expand NHLBI’s infrastructure, multi-cloud posture, DevSecOps and continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines, enterprise operations and service management and configuration management, GRSi said Thursday. CI/CD refers to […]
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm has released a statement lauding President Joe Biden’s plan to nominate Jill Hruby for leadership roles in the Department of Energy. Biden recently announced his intent to nominate Hruby for undersecretary of energy for nuclear security and administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, DOE said Wednesday. “Jill is one […]
Malta Inc., a thermal energy solutions company, has been awarded a grant to demonstrate its energy storage system’s utility for natural gas power generation and electric grid resilience. Work will be done in collaboration with Vistra and Southwest Research Institute and under the terms of a project funded by the Department of Energy, Malta said […]
The U.S. Transportation Command plans to launch a pilot version of the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. USTRANSCOM spokesperson Laura Fogerty said the effort will serve as preparation for broader adoption of CMMC in the future, FCW reported Thursday. The command is still developing the requirements for the pilot, while the market […]
