Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division has announced that its new Cyber Warfare Engineering Laboratory will soon open its doors and launch several cybersecurity programs. Despite delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, CWEL is expected to welcome Navy scientists and engineers, Naval Sea Systems Command said. Mike Strain, CWEL program manager and cyber assurance portfolio […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has turned to machine learning techniques to streamline the assignment of patent applications to examiners, according to a top official at the office. USPTO Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe said the agency asked Google to train its top engineers on machine learning and TensorFlow application programming interfaces, FedScoop reported […]
The Department of Defense has developed a three-part integrated strategy to accelerate the development of hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities. One official said that Russia and China, unlike the United States, have been aggressively developing and fielding hypersonic technologies and capabilities, Defense .gov reported. “Historically, the United States has been a world leader in hypersonics research […]
Carahsoft Technology has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement to provide the Department of Defense with software, services and training. The DOD Enterprise Software Initiative BPA was awarded through the company’s General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contract. DOD EIS is an initiative sponsored by the Pentagon’s chief information officer to support the establishment and […]
NSF International Strategic Registrations, a management systems certification company, has been named a third-party assessment organization under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The authorization provides clearance to offer cybersecurity assessments to aerospace and defense, technology and software companies in the defense industrial base, NSF-ISR said Thursday. “Some level of CMMC will be required for […]
MCR, a defense and aviation technology company, said it has been helping the U.S. Space Force develop lightweight software prototypes and services in support of the service’s software factory. As part of the Kobayashi Maru project, the Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center is working to replace decades-old space command and control software with […]
The Department of Energy has awarded $46 million in funding to 17 carbon-free geothermal projects with the potential to supply power to homes in the United States. The funding was awarded through the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy Initiative at the University of Utah, the Department of Energy said Wednesday. “There is enormous […]
The Army has approved Pegasystems’ software for its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 contract vehicle through immixGroup, a value-added reseller for the government. Through the award, the government simplified the process for its procurement of Pega Government Platform and Pega Customer Service for digital transformation and modernization projects, Pegasystems said Wednesday. Doug […]
Huntington Ingalls Industries has promoted Chris Walton, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, to the role of vice president of information technology within its technical solutions division. His appointment goes into effect March 1. Walton currently serves as chief information officer and senior director of IT. He is credited with advancing the IT organization’s […]
Randall Clark serves as senior vice president and general manager at Noresco, an energy services and construction company that specializes in delivering energy and maintenance savings. Clark has 20 years of experience in the energy services industry and has been with Noresco for over 17 years. Noresco’s customers include federal government agencies, universities, state and […]
