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HII has booked an order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for two medium-class Remus 620 unmanned underwater vehicles. Remus 620, which debuted in November last year, is designed to travel 275 nautical miles and has a battery that can last 110 hours, HII said Thursday. The company’s Mission Technologies division will collaborate with […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm made a strategic investment in South 8 Technologies, which developed a novel lithium-ion battery that uses liquefied gas electrolyte. South 8 said Wednesday that it received support from Lockheed Martin Ventures, as well as LG Technology Ventures, Foothill Ventures and Anzu Partners. The company’s LiGas technology was designed to increase […] More
Mitre inaugurated a drone range in Orange, Virginia, to serve its researchers as well as U.S. government partners looking to test their experimental unmanned aircraft systems, robotics, and autonomous technologies. The nonprofit group said Tuesday it opened the site to advance commercial and federal UAS and counter-UAS innovations. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the […] More
The U.S. Army awarded Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, a $24 million contract to supply electric generators for the Abrams M1A2 Main Battle Tank. RTX said Friday that the project will involve manufacturing and delivering the generators and containers to the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama. Collins’ generator works to provide 50 percent more power […] More
Intelsat completed its transition to C-band frequency spectrum as part of the Federal Communications Commission’s 2020 report and order to make 300 Megahertz of the band available for flexible use in 5G networks and other satellite services. The C-band spectrum clearing entitles Intelsat to $3.67 billion in FCC incentives, which are set aside for satellite […] More
James Clevenger, director of government sales at Hughes Network Systems, said geostationary and low-Earth orbit satellites can help the Federal Emergency Management Agency maintain communications in the event of a natural disaster. In a commentary published Friday on Federal News Network, Clevenger wrote that FEMA should take advantage of cost-effective emerging technologies to resolve communication […] More
HashiCorp‘s insfrastructure-as-a-code and secrets management software products will be available for public sector procurement through Carahsoft Technology‘s reseller partners and government contracts. Carahsoft announced Thursday that it added HashiCorp’s Terraform and Vault tools to its General Services Administration schedule for government contracts. Terraform is designed for enterprises that need to automate the cloud, data center […] More
Charles Corcoran, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, has been appointed as a strategic adviser at Scientific Systems, a company that specializes in autonomous technology. He will provide guidance on business decisions relevant to multidomain application of collaborative mission autonomy, the Woburn, Massachusetts-based business said Thursday. Corcoran was in military service for over three […] More
The Department of Defense needs to invest in data technology professionals as much as it does in cybersecurity in order to stay ahead in terms of innovation, said Rob Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions and former Wash100 awardee. In an opinion piece published Friday on National Defense Magazine, Carey analyzed DOD’s cyber workforce strategy […] More
Robust Intelligence, creator of the AI Risk Database, worked with Mitre to develop and launch an open-source version of the free online tool on GitHub. Mitre said Wednesday the update aims to make it easier for organizations to assess the supply chain risks of artificial intelligence models that are available to the public. The partnership […] More
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency awarded Valiant an $18 million task order to perform a range of cyber-related support services over a two-year period. The award is part of the Mission Assurance program of DTRA’s Nuclear Enterprise Support Directorate, the Herndon, Virginia-based contractor said Wednesday. Valiant’s responsibilities will include threat-emulative cyber assessments, planning and coordination […] More
NASA issued a 12-month extension on Spire Global’s contract to support the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program. The $6.5 million award for contract renewal involves collection and sharing of global navigation satellite system data to enhance weather forecasting, the company said Wednesday. Since 2018, Spire has been delivering comprehensive Earth observation data, ancillary information and […] More
