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Northrop Grumman completed a series of operational test flights of the Integrated Battle Command System, which the company built for the U.S. Army, as part of the initial operational test and evaluation phase. The IOT&E test flights kicked off in January and ran for 10 months at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Northrop […] More
General Atomics completed a baseline design of a nuclear thermal propulsion reactor and engine and tested the components of the reactor as part of the initial phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program. The company said Monday it assessed the high-temperature fuel elements of the NTP reactor […] More
LMI has launched a platform designed to help program managers and analysts gain insights into risks and opportunities in their supply chains and accelerate the decision-making process to mitigate risks posed by foreign ownership, transportation and other supply chain problems. LogSmart Supply uses machine learning and simulation engines to enable managers to run custom risk […] More
Rob Lalumondier, vice president of federal at Sophos, shared his thoughts on President Joe Biden’s cybersecurity executive order and how the policy advances the adoption of technologies including multifactor authentication and zero trust infrastructure at agencies. “In addition, we’re also seeing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that has been widely discussed and the much needed billion […] More
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and the U.S. Air Force performed a test flight of the XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned combat aerial vehicle at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona as part of the Block 2 Valkyrie Maturation Program. Kratos and the Air Force Research Laboratory demonstrated the aircraft’s encrypted communications with redundant radios for operational and […] More
Rocket Lab will develop and produce an L-band radio for the InCommand telemetry, command and control service of Inmarsat’s U.S. government arm in support of a NASA project that seeks to advance the development of commercial near-Earth satellite communications services. Rocket Lab said Thursday it will link its Frontier-L radio to Inmarsat’s ELERA L-band network […] More
Jeremy Banik, deputy director of the commercial systems program office at the National Reconnaissance Office, said NRO is close to completing a solicitation to procure commercial hyperspectral satellite data and expects to issue the request for proposals before the end of 2022, Via Satellite reported Thursday. “I’m looking forward to exploring [hyperspectral], this emerging phenomenology […] More
Lumen Technologies joined other companies and organizations in signing the White House Infrastructure Talent Challenge and made pledges to build up the workforce through investments in workforce development and training programs. Lumen said Wednesday it will invest more than $80 million each year to hire nearly 1,000 employees to support the expansion of its fiber […] More
A procurement automation platform from Paperless Innovations has achieved “In Process” designation at the moderate impact level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The FedRAMP In Process status will enable Paperless to offer to federal, state and local government agencies its cloud-based Actus platform meant to help organizations automate management of procurement card […] More
The federal government released a 2021 action plan outlining specific measures that agencies should take to advance the Federal Data Strategy and a survey by Data Foundation and Guidehouse showed that 63 percent of federal chief data officers said they began or completed implementing five of the six priority agency actions listed in the plan. […] More
A National Security Space Launch mission, called U.S. Space Force-44, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off Tuesday from a launch complex at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deploy multiple satellites into geosynchronous Earth orbit. The Space Force said Tuesday the Space Launch Delta 45 unit supported the USSF-44 mission, which included the Long […] More
The Defense Information Systems Agency has cleared and issued the Security Technical Implementation Guide for Rancher Government Solutions’ RKE2 offering. RKE2, also known as RKE Government, is RGS’ next-generation Kubernetes distribution platform designed to adhere to security requirements of federal government agencies by regularly scanning components for common vulnerabilities and exposures, among other functions. DISA […] More
