The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Friday said that the giant rocket that will carry astronauts to the moon, the Space Launch System, is being readied for another practice countdown. This will be the fourth attempt at a “wet dress rehearsal” after three previous attempts were terminated prematurely due to problems with the rocket, […]
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan has asked Congress for over $4 billion to upgrade nationwide water infrastructure. The official told lawmakers that his agency is also making the request amid the growing threat of cyberattacks targeting municipal water and wastewater systems, FCW reported Friday. Testifying before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s energy […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is asking the public for its input on which exploration objectives it should devote its resources to in the next 20 years. Specifically, the space agency wants stakeholders to share their views on 50 high-level exploration objectives it recently listed, SpaceNews reported Thursday. On Tuesday, NASA published on its […]
Salt Lake City-headquartered Sarcos Defense announced that it has been awarded a contract by Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a collaborative sensing platform for the detection, tracking and classification of suspicious objects in areas controlled by adversaries. It will focus its research on the development of collaborative sensing algorithms designed to enable autonomous and […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced that federal agencies have a May 23 deadline to resolve vulnerability issues in five products from cloud computing company VMware that could allow attackers to have deep access without the need to authenticate. The agency said in an emergency directive that the discovered vulnerabilities put federal networks and […]
The Department of Energy announced that it is earmarking $24.9 million to finance six research and development projects in support of the use of clean hydrogen for electricity generation. Attaining its goal calls for partnerships with private companies to research advanced technology solutions that could make hydrogen a more available and effective fuel for electricity […]
Paul Brubaker, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ senior adviser for strategic initiatives, revealed that agency employees are inventorying all the department’s data assets to ensure that they are of the quality needed for the shift to artificial intelligence. This is part of a broader effort to integrate AI operations into its DevSecOps environment to speed […]
Dan Ford is a vice president at Capgemini Government Solutions in McLean, VA. He is passionate about the role of technology in maintaining the United States’ position as a global leader. To this end, he volunteers his time with the MIT Club of Washington D.C., where he serves as the science chair for the K-12 […]
Cliff Gornto is the senior vice president of business development at KBR’s U.S. government solutions business, working out of Miramar Beach, Florida. He is a business development executive with over 25 years of sales leadership, program management and operations experience leading diverse teams, according to his LinkedIn profile. Gornto’s professional specialties include program management, business […]
Gen. Jay Raymond, the chief of space operations, on Tuesday told senators that the U.S. Space Force’s billion-dollar investments in new space systems would start paying dividends in 2027 when more satellites have been put in orbit. Defending the service’s 2023 budget proposal, the general said that current efforts seek to give United States satellite […]
