The Defense Information Systems Agency has launched a technology accelerator laboratory called DISAWERX for Department of Defense personnel. Located within KBR’s Joint All Domain Warfighting Lab in Maryland, DISAWERX is a collaborative environment intended to help developers conceive innovative information technology, DISA said. DISAWERX program manager Jeanelle Holder said the laboratory is open to all […]
The U.S. Geological Survey Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory has awarded KBR a $20 million contract to provide operations support across multiple locations. Under the terms of the re-compete contract, KBR will deliver sustained support to more than 330 operational or proposed stations in 69 countries, including 230 in the continental United States. KBR said the firm-fixed-priced […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded 2 Twelve Solutions a $93.5 million other transaction authority agreement to deliver its suite of IT modernization tools. 2 Twelve Solutions said that its tool suite includes an advanced application interface, a multi-cloud platform and a secure data solution called Orchestrated Repository for the Enterprise. The cloud platform and ORE […]
The Department of Energy has invested $45 million in the development and testing of cybersecurity technologies for the electric power grid. Energy is one of the 16 sectors that the Department of Homeland Security considers as critical infrastructure. The funding will go to up to 15 research, development and demonstration projects aimed at reducing the […]
Inmarsat Government has landed a potential $578 million contract to provide global end-to-end satellite communications services to the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity MSC Next Generation Wideband follow-on contract was awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency and has a 10-year period of performance. Work includes maintenance of communications infrastructure such as satellite […]
Robert Curbeam, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, serves as senior vice president of space capture at Maxar Technologies, a space systems maker headquartered in Westminster, Colorado. Maxar offers products and services related to robotics, satellite access, precision mapping, geospatial intelligence and others, according to its website. Prior to joining the company in 2021, […]
Space has been seeing a renewed focus from both the federal civilian and military sectors. The United States established the Space Force in late 2019, recognizing space not just as a place from which to support combat operations but as a warfighting domain in itself. Meanwhile, NASA’s Artemis program is on track to land the […]
The U.S. Army has established its cloud technology foundation and plans to accelerate its migration in 2023, senior officials said at a recent conference. Lt. Gen. John Morrison, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for command control, communications and computers, or G-6, said his team is helping the Army’s operational formation understand which applications should […]
Artificial Intelligence is one of the most impactful technologies today. Federal agencies and businesses are investing in AI for applications such as natural language processing, computer vision and facial recognition. For instance, the Department of the Air Force has turned to AI to improve its ability to make weather predictions, which can have a profound […]
Ryan Legge serves as the president of analytics at BigBear .ai, a provider of artificial intelligence-powered IT solutions. The company works with customers in the defense, intelligence, manufacturing, health care and commercial space sectors, among others. In his role, Legge is in charge of managing profit and loss for the co BigBear .ai’s analytics sector, […]
