The Missile Defense Agency announced that it has begun the initial fielding of a radar designed to protect the United States from ballistic missile attacks. Developed by Lockheed Martin, the Long Range Discrimination Radar was built to distinguish intercontinental ballistic and hypersonic missiles from decoys and other objects moving through space, Breaking Defense reported Monday. […]
The Senate has voted 68 to 31 to confirm Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to a five-year term as a commissioner at the agency. Rosenworcel previously served as an FCC commissioner during the Obama administration from 2012 to 2015. Before she joined the agency, Rosenworcel served as senior communications counsel for the Senate Committee […]
Veritone announced that the Environmental Protection Agency has adopted the company’s aiWARE enterprise artificial intelligence platform. EPA will use aiWARE to automate the process of redacting personally identifiable and other sensitive information from the documents that it releases to the public, Veritone said. According to the company, EPA’s staff is no longer able to perform […]
Persado, an artificial intelligence platform developer, has entered into a product distribution agreement with Carahsoft. As part of their partnership, Carahsoft will make Persado’s AI-powered content creation offerings available on its NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-Software 2 and OMNIA Partners contracts. The offerings will also be available through reseller partners, […]
The Department of Energy announced that it has invested $35 million in the development of technologies for reducing methane gas emissions in the oil, gas and coal industries. DOE said the funding will go to 12 projects selected under its Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of the Year program. The awardees will focus on […]
The U.S. Cyber Command wants to upgrade the training component of its Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture, a suite of weapons designed for cyberspace operations. The Persistent Cyber Training Environment is one of JCWA’s six components, the others being joint cyber command and control, sensors, a unified platform, tools and access, National Defense Magazine reported. Coast […]
U.S. military officials said that Russia’s Nov. 15 demonstration of its ability to destroy satellites is “not a surprise.” Gen. David Thompson, the U.S. Space Force’s vice chief of space operations, nevertheless acknowledged during a forum at the Ronald Reagan presidential library that Russia’s advancements in capabilities is “concerning,” SpaceNews reported. During the test, Russia […]
Noblis, a provider of science services to the government, has won a prime spot on the potential $200 million U.S. Department of Transportation contract vehicle for technical services. The five-year Technical Support Services Contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity deal managed by DOT’s Federal Highway Administration, Noblis said Wednesday. The company said it will provide technical services […]
Acuant announced that its digital identity solutions have achieved a milestone in the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to evaluating the security of cloud-based products and services. The company’s Ozone, AssureID and facial recognition offerings have achieved FedRAMP provisional authority to operate from the […]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced that it has been selected to build a new supercomputer for the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL is a national laboratory focused on solving challenges in energy efficiency and developing renewable energy technologies. High-performance computers are a class of systems designed to allow researchers to tackle large-scale data […]
