A number of artificial intelligence-focused projects are seeking funding support from the Technology Modernization Fund, according to Harrison Smith, a member of the fund’s board of directors. In an interview with Federal News Network, Smith discussed how a streamlined process implemented at the TMF has provided significant support for reviewing the proposals. He said that […]
The U.S. Marine Corps will make it harder for adversaries to detect its MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial systems by integrating a piece of equipment that could counter enemy sensors. In a Brookings Institution event on Tuesday, Gen. Eric Smith, the service’s commandant, said the Marine Corps plans to install high-tech pods capable of mimicking objects […]
Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies are the latest vendors to join the 10 other space companies competing for tasks under a U.S. Space Force small satellite mission program. The announcement comes after Blue Origin received a contract to provide its New Glenn rocket as part of the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane […]
NASA has completed testing the viability of integrating an autonomous systems payload on an orbiting spacecraft. On Wednesday, the U.S. space agency announced that its Stennis Space Center and Sidus Space made a significant milestone in its Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications payload project. The two organizations disclosed successfully establishing a telemetry link to […]
Boeing announced the delivery of an upgraded CH-47F Chinook aircraft to the U.S. Army, the first out of 465 aircraft to undergo modernization as part of the Block II program. Heather McBryan, vice president and program manager of cargo programs at Boeing, said the Block II program will allow the service to “lift more, fly […]
The National Science Foundation and OpticalX are developing a computational optics solution for tracking centimeter-sized debris in space. On Monday, OpticalX announced that it had received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract from NSF to work on computation optics that would be used in detecting and tracking small space debris in low Earth […]
The Department of Homeland Security has announced the recipients of a funding program to help tribal nations better manage cybersecurity issues. In partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program named the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the Blackfeet Nation and the San Carlos Apache […]
The United States has achieved a milestone in its hypersonic missile development effort. On Friday, the Department of Defense announced that the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy completed an end-to-end flight test of the Conventional Prompt Strike and Long Range Hypersonic Weapon All Up Round hypersonic missiles, gaining new information on their end-to-end performance. Lt. […]
The Department of Energy has announced the seventh tranche of grant recipients to support efforts to enhance energy efficiency and help achieve the federal government’s climate conservation goals. Under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, the DOE allocated $18.5 million provided by the bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The grant aligns with the Biden-Harris administration’s […]
The Department of Defense and the U.S. Transportation Command are collaborating to take the lead in protecting the global logistic network’s cybersecurity. In the last week of June, the Joint Force Headquarters-DOD Information Network and USTRANSCOM held a global logistics summit to discuss how both organizations could support each other in improving the cybersecurity posture […]
