More than 300 companies, including contracting giants and small businesses, have secured spots on the General Services Administration’s ASTRO indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The 10-year, billion-dollar IDIQ covers work for the operation and maintenance of robotics and unmanned systems, as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms. GSA is expected to award up to 450 contracts under […]
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant to a new artificial intelligence optimization institute led by the University of California San Diego. UC San Diego said The Institute for Learning-enabled Optimization at Scale will develop optimization tools for AI and machine learning that can support strategically important disciplines, including semiconductor design, robotics […]
The Department of Energy has announced $42.3 million in investments in industry efforts to decarbonize the U.S. manufacturing sector. DOE said the funding opportunity will improve the country’s economic competitiveness while cleaning the industrial sector, which reportedly generated 23 percent of the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. “With these investments, the Department of […]
TRX Systems and Epiq Solutions received Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contracts from the Department of Homeland Security for the creation of affordable and user-friendly in-building coverage analysis systems. ICAS capabilities developed by the companies are expected to help first responder radio and smartphone technology gain easy access to wireless service in a host […]
The Department of Energy announced it has invested $60 million in efforts to enhance energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions in manufacturing. DOE said the funding will go to a group of university-based Industrial Assessment Centers, which are government-funded institutions tasked with promoting ideas related to energy conservation. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said students from […]
Tyto Athene announced that its Mutual Telecom Services subsidiary has been awarded a contract to provide large-scale managed services to the Department of Energy community in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Mutual Telecom Services will support the Oak Ridge Federal-Integrated Communications Network under the terms of a five-year, $43.5 million contract, Tyto Athene said Tuesday. Jason Alexander, […]
Qualys has secured a contract to deploy its federally approved cloud platform in support of the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense Group F program. The cloud platform, authorized under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, will provide over 70 non-cabinet level federal agencies with […]
The Diplomatic Security Contracts Division of the Department of State does not have enough integrated financial management and procurement information technology systems to support efficient contracting, according to a report from the agency’s Office of Inspector General. The unclassified report, released on July 22, states that staff members manually enter data on critical security services […]
The Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has launched a new economic development initiative to address challenges companies face when scouting talent to fill cybersecurity vacancies and other positions requiring digital skills. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the move responds to frequent complaints by companies about the lack of sufficiently skilled workers. Raimondo announced the […]
The Department of Energy will invest $73 million across 29 projects aimed at advancing quantum science and technology. Quantum information science could unlock new computing and information communication paradigms that researchers can use to address problems in climate change and national security, DOE said. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said that quantum information science is the […]
