NASA has partnered with Northrop Grumman to deploy the latter’s inertial navigation system designed to help extend the operational life of the agency’s Mars exploration rover Perseverance.
Read More »Army Research Institute, SwRI Partner on COVID-19 Treatment R&D Initiative
The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research partnered with Southwest Research Institute in Texas to utilize artificial intelligence, machine learning and high-performance computing to detect compounds that could target the novel coronavirus, Nextgov reported Thursday.
Read More »NASA Taps Raytheon Technologies to Prototype Telescope Tech for Land Imaging Satellites
NASA has partnered with Raytheon Technologies to develop a land-imaging system designed to expand the visual capacity of traditional space-based telescopes for applications such as environmental monitoring and natural-resource allocation.
Read More »DHS Seeks Commercial Analytics Support to Counter Election-Related Disinformation Campaigns
The Department of Homeland Security plans to award a potential three-year contract for data analysis services to help combat disinformation campaigns ahead of the 2020 elections, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday.
Read More »Appian Unveils AI-Based Program Mgmt Tool
Appian has launched a resource management tool designed to help agencies simplify their program oversight and acquisition-related procedures.
Read More »Jacobs to Integrate Northrop-Built Boosters for NASA’s SLS Rocket; Steve Arnette Quoted
Northrop Grumman has delivered the motor segments for the Space Launch System’s boosters to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida where Jacobs and NASA will perform integration work for the SLS core stage rocket.
Read More »Second Front Systems Secures New Funding to Drive SaaS Platform Dev’t
Second Front Systems, an Arlington, Va.-based software development company, has raised $6M in seed capital as part of a funding round led by venture capital firm and Palantir investor Artis Ventures.
Read More »DIU Issues Solicitation for AI-Based sUAS Tech Prototyping Effort
The Department of Defense’s innovation arm is looking for artificial intelligence technologies and concepts that can support autonomous maneuver and navigation functionalities for small unmanned aerial systems.
Read More »Navy Taps Signal Systems Corp to Supply Sensors, Sonar Tech for R&D Program
Sensor technology maker Signal Systems Corp. has received a potential five-year, $13.5M contract to provide undersea and anti-submarine warfare technologies to support the U.S. Navy’s sonar signal processing research and development efforts.
Read More »Air Force Launches L3Harris-Built Reconfigurable Imaging Smallsat; Ed Zoiss Quoted
The U.S. Air Force and L3Harris Technologies have launched a small satellite that will serve as part of a constellation intended to support end-to-end communications and on-orbit imaging operations.
Read More »Military Tech Developer Anduril Raises $200M
Defense technology startup Anduril has raised $200M in a recent funding round, which increased the company's value to $1.9B, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
Read More »NGA Seeks Input on AI, Analytics-Focused OTA Program
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is conducting market research as part of its efforts to launch a prototype other transaction authority program focused on modernizing GEOINT data processes.
Read More »Census Bureau Uses AWS Cloud Tech to Store, Process Data; Dave Levy Quoted
The U.S. Census Bureau migrated its website for the decennial count to an Amazon Web Sevices GovCloud (US) environment in a move to modernize data collection procedures.
Read More »L3Harris’ Nino DiCosmo on New Radio Offerings, Emergency Comms Partnerships
L3Harris Technologies has provided its LTE and land mobile radio offerings to support connectivity applications for healthcare agencies and first-responders amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Urgent Communications reported Wednesday.
Read More »Third Lockheed-Built GPS III Satellite Begins Cruise to Orbit
The third Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite has started using its liquid propulsion systems to reach its operational orbit and is responding to commands from U.S. Space Force and Lockheed operators.
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