Ursa Major completed the hotfire of the Draper liquid engine in March, a significant milestone in the engine’s development. The Draper is a 4,000-pound-thrust closed catalyst cycle engine that takes advantage of a non-cryogenic fuel to optimize storability, making it suitable for a wide range of in-space propulsion applications. The engine’s accelerated development pace shows […]
The operations of a Chinese-run global cybercrime network halted on Tuesday after the U.S. government identified the people behind a botnet responsible for massive theft called 911 S5. On Tuesday, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the properties and interests in property of designated individuals and entities associated with Yunhe […]
Palantir Technologies has secured a $480 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army for its Maven Smart System prototype, an artificial intelligence-enabled solution capable of scanning and identifying enemy systems in any area of responsibility. According to a press release from the Department of Defense on Wednesday, the new AI-powered solution will help filter specific […]
The Defense Innovation Unit announced that The Spaceport Company has received the first of multiple contract awards under the Novel Responsive Space Delivery project. Under the deal, the vendor will deliver a mobile sea-based launch platform, a vital capability that increases equatorial launch access while avoiding high-traffic airspace by enabling responsive launch coordination. The NRSD […]
Organizations will soon have a tool to measure the societal risks and impacts of artificial intelligence technologies. With the Assessing Risks and Impacts of AI program, the National Institute of Standards and Technology offers organizations and individuals a technology to test, evaluate, validate and verify AI capabilities and how they will affect society. ARIA builds […]
The FBI Finance and Facilities Division, Procurement Section, has selected 95 vendors to participate in the Information Technology Supplies and Support Services 2nd Generation blanket purchase agreement. ITSSS-2 provides the FBI with a reliable vendor pool to source critical information technology services that will help it carry out its mission in the next eight years. […]
The Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems is accelerating its Integrated Personnel and Pay System — Army software modernization efforts using the industry’s Agile best practices to equip soldiers with new capabilities in smaller increments. In a breakout session during the recent AFCEA Belvior Industry Days, IPPS-A leaders discussed various strategies the PEO is using […]
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has delivered the High-energy Ion Telescope instrument to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. The fourth of the 10 Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe spacecraft, HIT is designed to measure high-energy solar energetic particles coming from the sun in the highest-energy processes in the solar system. […]
General Dynamics Information Technology will continue to support the U.S. Space Force as it works on Project Enigma, a digital environment enabling the Space Systems Command to collaborate with other stakeholders in a cloud-based shared network. The contractor recently secured an extension contract, allowing it to continue the development of the prototype digital infrastructure, adding […]
The Joint Force Headquarters – DOD Information Network could soon be under the U.S. Cyber Command once the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill is signed into law. On Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee adopted an amendment in the spending bill by Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., that will designate the JFHQ-DODIN as a subordinate unified […]
