Congress added almost $1.3 billion to what the Biden administration requested for funding the United States military’s various space programs. The additional funding pays for the Space Force’s technology development projects, an extra Global Positioning System satellite, more small launch services and new missile-detecting satellites for the Space Development Agency, SpaceNews reported Sunday. Among the […]
North Carolina-headquartered Blue Force Technologies was awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate to develop an unmanned air vehicle known as Bandit for adversary air training missions. With an initial value of $9 million, the 12-month Small Business Innovation Research contract seeks to mature the training drone to a critical design […]
Virginia-headquartered Cognosante announced that its customer experience business unit, CognoConnected, was awarded the No Surprises Help Desk contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The three-year contract consists of a base year and two option years with an approximate value of $26 million, Cognosante said Thursday. Under the deal, the company will support […]
Florida-headquartered WellHive announced the formation of a partnership with Massachusetts-based Kyruus to provide a solution that will make it easier for veterans to find and schedule health care appointments with the Veterans Health Administration. The partnership will draw on years of combined experience with health care-focused information technology initiatives in both the public and private […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that it was recently joined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other partners in simulating asteroid impact response as part of a Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise. Now on its fourth iteration, the event was hosted by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, NASA […]
Department of Defense comptroller Mike McCord on Wednesday said he is expecting a notable growth in allocations for space programs as the United States military becomes increasingly reliant on satellites to conduct operations. While in the past, military space assets like satellites and ground systems were viewed as “support equipment,” emerging threats have put them […]
St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, announced that it has been designated as a National Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. After a multi-year selection process, the two agencies applied the designation to validate institutions with a comprehensive and robust cybersecurity program, St. […]
Oklo Inc., a designer of modern nuclear reactors, has been awarded a $5 million cost-share project in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory and Deep Isolation. The funding was awarded through the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, which has launched its Optimizing Nuclear Waste and Advanced Reactor Disposal Systems program, Oklo […]
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy announced $36 million in funding would be provided for 11 projects seeking new ways to use nuclear power as a reliable source of clean energy while limiting the amount of waste produced from advanced nuclear reactors. Approximately 50 percent of America’s carbon-free electricity is produced by nuclear […]
David Brannon is the vice president of business development and strategy and homeland security solutions at Leidos, working out of Vienna, Virginia. He has spent the past 20 years leading and supporting winning domestic and international contract captures while developing growth strategies at all organizational levels, according to his LinkedIn profile. Brannon is credited for […]
