Orion Space Solutions has received a contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop three satellites for the Tetra-5 project. The purpose of Tetra-5 is to help the Space Force determine how to use commercial technologies to service geostationary satellites while in orbit. The award has a value of $44.5 million. It also has a […]
LMI has received a task order from the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense to support its logistics and medical business area. The task order continues the services that LMI has provided JPEO-CBRND since 2019. JPEO-CBRND is a component of the Chemical and Biological Defense Program under the Department of […]
A team within Air Force Futures has developed a model meant to represent the future of command and control. Produced by the Joint All-Domain Command and Control cross-functional team, the model seeks to provide stakeholders working on the Advanced Battle Management System a common concept of what battle management ought to look like, FedScoop reported. […]
The National Science Foundation has awarded Oklahoma State University $4 million to develop a new supercomputer that is expected to be the largest in the state. OSU will contribute $1.7 million to the effort, which aims to produce a machine that will exceed the technological capabilities of the institution’s current supercomputer. The NSF funding was […]
The commissioning of the Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 satellite bus has been completed, according to Terran Orbital Corporation, the company that built the spacecraft. Marc Bell, CEO of Terran Orbital, said that his company was proud of having achieved the milestone just days after the satellite achieved orbit. The PTD-3 spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral […]
The U.S. Space Force will meet with industry to learn about what space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance offerings are available on the market, according to top service officials. Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman, the deputy chief of space operations for cyber and nuclear, said that such interactions with industry and the broader intelligence community are important […]
The Department of Defense has completed a Congressionally-mandated review of its space programs. The objective of the review is to determine whether the classification level of a program needs to be changed or if the program can be declassified altogether. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy and Space John Plumb told lawmakers during a Senate […]
The Department of Defense is always looking for ways to ensure that its technology systems for various organizations are optimal. It is also growing its partnerships with the private industry to achieve significant gains in various areas, including IT improvements, facilities management and engineering. Various companies have business units that are dedicated to supporting the […]
The new electronic health record system of the Department of Veterans Affairs has gone live at the Central Ohio Health Care System in Columbus. Missouri-based information technology company Cerner is providing the EHR system, which is meant to replace software that is over three decades old. VA Central Ohio Health Care is the third site […]
The completion of an effort by the Office of Personnel Management to migrate to a new financial system has been delayed by a year, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO says that the effort, dubbed the Trust Funds Modernization Program, was originally expected to be finished by October 2022, […]
