Summer Myatt

Ball Aerospace and NASA's team at Goddard Space Flight Center have assembled the primary camera system for the space agency's next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope. The Wide Field Instrument is constructed to be capable of providing a field of view over 100 times larger than Roman’s Hubble Space telescope predecessor while retaining the same resolution. More

The Department of Defense has exercised a one-year contract option for reactor technology company X-energy as the U.S. military is eyeing potential energy applications of nuclear power to bases and operations. DOD said Wednesday the Rockville, Maryland-based company will work on a complementary design of a transportable microreactor under Project Pele. More

A Boeing and Red 6 team has finished the initial flight testing of augmented reality technologies designed to enhance the combat capabilities of the U.S. Air Force. Incorporating Red 6’s Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System and Augmented Reality Command and Analytic Data Environment on the TA-4J tactical aircraft took less than a year to complete. More

Rebellion Defense has secured a U.S. Army award to continue boosting the capabilities of the company's penetration testing software under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase III effort. Rebellion Nova will be enhanced further to provide the Army Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical with automated cyber red team testing. More

Leonardo and Valiant Integrated Services have partnered to compete for a 15-year contract to provide training support services for the U.K. army. Approximately 60,000 soldiers will receive live, virtual and constructive training support each year under the Army Collective Training Service contract. More

Northrop Grumman is advancing its vision of a connected battlespace, called BattleOne, by pursuing the development of next-generation, command-and-control platforms like the Integrated Battle Command System. IBCS works to support air and missile defense operations by connecting multinational and multiservice sensors and effectors into a single, integrated C2 system to enable commanders and soldiers to quickly view data and make informed decisions using that data collected from across the battlefield. More

Accenture Federal Services has booked a five-year, $25 million contract from the Air Force Sustainment Center to modernize operations at three Air Logistics Complexes. Under the award, AFS will build an Industrial Internet of Things platform for use at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, Robins Air Force Base in Georgia and Hill Air Force Base in Utah. More

Building a trusted relationship with artificial intelligence technologies is non-negotiable for the Department of Defense as it gets serious about the hot button tool.AI will be the focus of a panel discussion at Potomac Officers Club’s highly anticipated Intel Summit next week. Come for this panel and stay for keynote addresses by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Stacey Dixon and the Central Intelligence Agency’s Jennifer Ewbank. Register for the Sept. 21st event today! More

DMI has received a $26 million contract to help the U.S. Army's program executive office for enterprise information services update human resources systems for the service branch. Under the contract, DMI will support sustainment system integration of AHRS and the Army Training Information System for the transfer of key personnel, equipment and training range data. More

The U.S. government faces some of the same issues that the private sector is struggling with when it comes to data management approaches, Justin Marsico, chief data officer and deputy assistant commissioner of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, said in an interview with Denodo Federal Vice President and General Manager Bill Sullivan. Marsico recommended that other CDOs engage with information chiefs and officials in the public sector to compare notes about the challenges they face and how such challenges are being managed. More

Culmen International and Switzerland's Center for Adaptive Security Research and Applications will help secure airports across Ukraine under a partnership with Boryspil International Airport. Dan Berkon, CEO of Culmen, said the company will build on its aviation security expertise and experience to help the airport upskill its staff "who will contribute to safe and secure airport operations once airports can be reopened." More

The U.S. Air Force has received the first EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft from BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies as part of efforts to enhance EW capabilities of air, surface and special operations forces. The service branch will start combined developmental and operational testing of the next-generation aircraft designed to launch jamming attacks against adversarial communications, radars and navigation systems. More