Northrop Grumman and NASA are continuing work on a mobile launch platform at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the OmegA rocket's launch in spring 2021, NASA Spaceflight repor... Read more
Rob Silverberg, chief technology officer of digital communities at Dell Technologies, has said that local governments must balance information technology, security and workforce transformati... Read more
Jan Neutze, senior director for digital diplomacy at Microsoft, has said that the company is launching efforts as part of its Defending Democracy program to address election security amid th... Read more
Textron’s Bell subsidiary has begun conceptual studies to inform the development of a version of its V-22 Osprey aircraft intended for VIP customers such as heads of state, FlightGlobal Maga... Read more
Defense and intelligence services firm Mission Essential has received a five-year task order to support the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa’s intelligence, surveillance and r... Read more
The U.S. Navy intends to award contracts for its LPD-31 amphibious warfare ship over the next few days to prevent disruptions in the defense industrial base amid the coronavirus pandemic, Na... Read more
Space engineering startup Orbit Fab has received a $250K grant from the National Science Foundation to demonstrate a docking system for refueling satellites in space, SpaceNews reported Tues... Read more
The National CyberWatch Center for Cybersecurity Education has added Huntington Ingalls Industries to its membership in an effort to drive STEM and cybersecurity education efforts across the... Read more
The Texas Department of Information Resources has awarded Carahsoft Technology a contract to supply information technology products and services to the state’s public sector entities to supp... Read more
Sundar Pichai: Google Pledges $800M for Public Sector, Small-Business Support Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet, has said that the former earmarked over $800M to support health organizations, government entities and small- and medium-sized b... Read more
The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security has launched an effort to help address congressional demands for homeland security resiliency in response to threats such as... Read more
The U.S. Space Force has issued an operational acceptance certification for the second Lockheed Martin-developed GPS III satellite containing updates to its contingency controls. Read more
The U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm has announced nine new industry competitions focused on improving base security and establishing an integrated space architecture. Read more
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V vehicle has sent the sixth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to orbit as part of the U.S. Space Force’s efforts to support mi... Read more
Hughes’ Rick Lober Talks Potential Ways to Improve Interoperability in DoD Satcom Systems
Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems’ defense and intelligence systems segment, has said that software-defined radios can help address the Department of D... Read more