The Department of Energy has invested an additional $1.3 million in Scanalytics’ surface sensor technology, designed to optimize utility usage and occupant comfort in buildings. DOE’s plus-up contract brings the total amount that Scanalytics received since the start of the project to just over $2.1 million. The additional funding will be used to further scale […]
Cloudera said that its integrated data platform offers capabilities aligned with the Biden administration’s mandate to strengthen the government’s cybersecurity. The company launched Cloudera Data Platform in September 2019, touting an enterprise data management solution that offers a range of analytics, edge-computing and artificial intelligence capabilities. CDP boasts a combination of real-time threat detection capabilities […]
The Army’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center is developing an open-architecture software package designed to enable modularity among positioning, timing and navigation sensors. PNT services are “invisible utilities” that support many applications within critical infrastructure, including agriculture and telecommunications, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Army’s new pntOS […]
MemComputing, a company specializing in high-performance computing, has been awarded a contract to help the U.S. Space Force address the threat of space debris to valuable assets. Existing robotics technologies are capable of deploying large space structures but are not designed to catch debris, which can threaten space systems critical to national security, MemComputing said […]
The Department of Defense has discussed its research and development priorities with Australia, Japan, Latvia, Germany and the United Kingdom, the Pentagon’s technology chief said. Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, said the list of technology priorities includes artificial intelligence, autonomy, […]
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Tony Ierardi serves as the chief of staff at Rebellion Defense, a software development company based in Washington, D.C. Rebellion said it uses artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to build software for the U.S. national defense community and its international allies. Ierardi joined Rebellion in August 2019 to play […]
The Department of Defense is seeing at least a 15 percent increase every quarter in the number of tasks that use robotic process automation. RPA is the technique of using software robots to perform repetitive tasks such as filing forms and conducting routine analyses, according to RPA software company UiPath. The General Services Administration’s RPA […]
Vector Innovative Solutions, a joint venture between Vector Solutions and Advanced Technologies and Laboratories, has been awarded a contract to provide drone commercial air services at a decommissioned U.S. nuclear production complex. The Hanford Site was home to the world’s first full-scale plutonium reactor and was used to produce materials for the first nuclear bomb. […]
The Department of State is offering a reward worth up to $10 million for information that can help lead to the arrest of key leaders of the cybercrime group that hacked Colonial Pipeline in May. Known as DarkSide, the Russia-linked hacker group used a ransomware variant to temporarily shut down the oil pipeline company’s operations, […]
NASA has announced a $177 million mission aimed at studying tropical storms and thunderstorms and their impacts on weather and climate models. The mission, called Investigation of Convective Updrafts, will involve three SmallSats flying in close coordination. INCUS is scheduled to launch in 2027 as part of Earth Venture, a program aimed at helping the […]
