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    Navy Assesses Industry Interest in Potential On-Ramp for $982M Unmanned Surface Vessel Support IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has started soliciting input from industry stakeholders to assess whether to hold an on-ramp process for a potential 10-year, $982.1 million multiple-award contract to provide support services for the military branch’s unmanned surface vehicle family of systems. Naval Sea Systems Command issued a request for information to gauge industry interest in a […] More

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    Northrop-Built IBCS Engages Patriot Missile With Lockheed’s RIG-360 Prototype; Christine Harbison Quoted

    Northrop Grumman demonstrated the capability of the Integrated Battle Command System to work with a networked sensor and effector during two live target tests at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. IBCS engaged a cruise missile target tracked by a Sentinel radar using the Lockheed Martin-built Remote Interceptor Guidance prototype, RIG-360, during the first […] More

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    Millennium Space Systems Concludes Critical Design Review of Missile Track Custody Payload

    Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary has finished conducting a critical design review of Space Systems Command’s Missile Track Custody mission payload. Jason Kim, CEO of Millennium Space Systems, said in a statement published Wednesday the company has developed a system and digital model designed to help the customer track hypersonic glide vehicles and other modern […] More

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    Ventech Solutions, AWS Help CMS Implement DevSecOps Cloud-Based Environment

    Ventech Solutions and the public sector arm of Amazon Web Services have worked with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help the center for clinical standards and quality under CMS modernize their on-premise computing infrastructure and implement a DevSecOps cloud-based environment. CCSQ oversees medical science, clinical and quality issues, manages policies, surveys and […] More

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    Paperless Innovations Joins AWS Partner Network; Mike Tocci Quoted

    Paperless Innovations has achieved “Technology Partner” designation within Amazon Web Services‘ Partner Network program. The AWS Technology Partner status will enable Paperless to help clients advance their move to the cloud to facilitate management of procurement workflows, Paperless said Thursday. “I’m excited to broaden our partnership with AWS as we bring procurement programs to the […] More

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    SBA Selects Navancio for SaaS Development, Automation Support BPA

    Navancio has received a potential five-year, $23 million blanket purchase agreement from the Small Business Administration to help SBA advance automation, broaden capabilities within its Salesforce environment and facilitate workflows in support of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program. The company said Monday it will design and build a software-as-a-service platform to improve audit reporting […] More

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    DARPA Seeks Proposals for Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has started soliciting proposals for a program that seeks to develop artificial intelligence agents and modeling and simulation approaches for multiship, beyond visual range defensive and offensive air combat missions. The AI Reinforcements program intends to advance tactical autonomy capabilities that could work with sensors, electronic warfare and other […] More

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    Maxar’s Jon Love on Using Cloud, AI Tools to Process Satellite Imagery to Support Government Missions

    Jon Love, vice president of strategic growth at Maxar Technologies, said cloud computing has provided the capability to access and process large volumes of satellite imagery amid the explosion of data driven by the proliferation of sensors. When asked how Maxar helps agencies accelerate the decision-making process, he said during a FedScoop panel discussion aired […] More

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    SandboxAQ Secures Air Force Post-Quantum Cryptography Research Contract; Jen Sovada Quoted

    SandboxAQ will carry out a feasibility study to determine how its quantum-resistant security applications could help the U.S. Air Force assess its cryptographic cybersecurity posture under the initial phase of the Small Business Innovation Research contract. The company said Friday it will execute a post-quantum cryptographic inventory analysis and help the service branch implement a […] More

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    ADNET Awarded NASA Space & Earth Science Data Analysis IV Contract Extension

    ADNET Systems will continue to support planetary studies, solar and space plasma physics, oceanography, solid earth geographics, geodynamics, atmospheric science and climatology and other science disciplines under a six-month contract extension awarded by NASA through the fourth iteration of the Space and Earth Science Data Analysis program. The potential $36 million extension brings the total […] More

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    Lockheed, NVIDIA to Build Earth Observation Digital Twin Prototype for NOAA

    Lockheed Martin and NVIDIA will develop a prototype digital twin for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to enable the agency to visualize large volumes of geophysical data from multiple sensors to help speed up climate research and environmental monitoring efforts. NVIDIA said Thursday it will offer its Omniverse Nucleus database and collaboration engine and […] More

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    Lockheed, Microsoft to Work on Classified Cloud, AI Capabilities for National Security Missions

    Lockheed Martin and Microsoft have agreed to advance the development of capabilities across four technology areas in support of the Department of Defense’s national security missions. The partnership will pursue new capabilities in classified cloud; artificial intelligence/machine learning, modeling and simulation capabilities; 5G.MIL programs; and digital transformation, Lockheed said Wednesday. For the cloud aspect, Lockheed […] More