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The 10th and final GPS III satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Space Force received the “available for launch” designation from Space Systems Command on Dec. 8. The milestone marks the completion of GPS III satellite production and constellation modernization efforts, SSC said Tuesday. “The GPS III program contributions underpin U.S. national security […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded contracts to 10 small businesses under the first phase of the Small Business Innovation Research program to enable them to further develop their proposed platforms in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning and clean technology. Each business will receive up to $250,000 to work on AI and ML […] More
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Doug Wagoner, president and CEO of LMI, as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner for shepherding the government consulting firm through its expansion into the space market and innovation support to customers. This recognition is Wagoner’s fourth Wash100 win. “Doug Wagoner has shepherded the fundamental transformation of LMI into one […] More
The Office of Management and Budget designated the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of the Treasury as quality service management offices for cybersecurity services, grant management and core financial management, respectively, as part of efforts to advance shared services modernization. Paperless Innovations said Thursday these QSMOs […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected research teams from Ginkgo Bioworks, Leidos and Northwestern University for the Reimagining Protein Manufacturing program that seeks to build tools to help accelerate on-demand production of protein-based drugs. “The current process for producing protein-based therapeutics requires more than a year to establish, while still requiring purification and […] More
Magellan Federal has received a six-month bridge contract from the Defense Health Agency to provide support services for the Department of Defense’s Recovery Coordination Program. The Recovery Coordination Program offers professional services to support the implementation of DOD’s Recovery Care Coordinator initiative, Recovery Coordination Program-Support Solution, Military Adaptive Sports Program, Education and Employment Initiative, National […] More
SandboxAQ, a quantum computing technology startup that spun off from Alphabet in 2022, has raised $500 million in a round of funding from several investors to advance quantum and cybersecurity work, Reuters reported Tuesday. Investors include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who serves as chairman of SandboxAQ, T. Rowe Price funds, Breyer Capital and Time […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency completed the first flight tests of artificial intelligence algorithms on a Lockheed Martin-built modified F-16 fighter jet, dubbed X-62A Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft, in December. The AI algorithms developed through DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution program were uploaded into VISTA at the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards […] More
Amazon Web Services has unveiled a modular data center designed to help Department of Defense customers field storage and compute capabilities to manage large workloads in disconnected, disrupted, intermittent or limited environments. AWS Modular Data Center is supported in AWS GovCloud US-West and US-East regions and seeks to support government customers that are eligible for […] More
A Bechtel subsidiary has received authorization from the Department of Energy to begin managing and operating the country’s only underground disposal facility for defense-related transuranic nuclear waste. Tularosa Basin Range Services, doing business as Salado Isolation Mining Contractors, won a potential 10-year, $3 billion contract in July 2022 to operate DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant […] More
Space technology company Loft Orbital has created a new subsidiary focused on delivering space infrastructure as a service to customers in the U.S. national security market. John Eterno, most recently vice president of programs at Loft Orbital, has assumed the role of general manager of Loft Federal, the parent company said in a LinkedIn post […] More
Haywood Talcove, CEO of the government business at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, said money lost to fraud represents taxpayer dollars that are being directed to domestic and foreign cybercriminal groups and the U.S. government should act now by adopting best practices and technologies the private sector implements to counter fraud in the public sector. “It is […] More
