Government Technology

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has transitioned to five research teams from three service branches technologies such as adhesives and polymers with potential military applications that were developed using biologically produced molecules as part of the 1000 Molecules component of DARPA’s Living Foundries program. A team from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division […] More

A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has revealed that the number of U.S. businesses providing autonomous surface and underwater vehicles for marine observations and measurements rose 60 percent over a five-year period. The U.S. Ocean Enterprise Report showed there were a total of 814 companies offering critical ocean data and information […] More

Carahsoft Technology has begun offering Microsoft‘s cloud-based technology offerings and services to the government sector through a governmentwide information technology procurement vehicle managed by the General Services Administration. Agencies can purchase Azure and Modern Workplace products on Carahsoft’s GSA IT Schedule 70 contract, the company said Tuesday. The offerings include software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service platforms […] More

The Capital Group, a subsidiary of insurance distributor BRP Group, has created a unit with the goal of helping government contracting companies implement health care plans and programs for employees. GovCon Health group seeks to work with vendors serving the federal market to help them simplify the delivery of medical insurance benefits to their workforce, […] More

Parsons has conducted roof inspections at the Department of Labor’s Job Corps facilities using drones. The company said Monday it is deploying drones equipped with visual and thermal sensors to help DOL assess roof conditions and perform facility maintenance and repairs. Jon Moretta, president of engineered systems at Parsons, said the company’s drone capabilities could […] More

Rocket propulsion company Ursa Major Technologies has raised $85 million in a round of Series C funding led by accounts and funds managed by BlackRock and will use the capital to ramp up the development and production of liquid rocket engines for hypersonic and launch applications. Ursa Major said Tuesday it intends to manufacture one […] More

Amazon Web Services has launched a new cloud region designed to host data and workloads with the “Top Secret” classification status. The AWS Top Secret-West region is the second commercial air-gapped cloud authorized for classified workloads and features new multiple availability zones that are geographically detached from the AWS Top Secret-East region that was unveiled […] More

A team of Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies has received approval from the Missile Defense Agency for a software factory the companies jointly created as part of MDA’s Next-Generation Interceptor development competition. MDA approved the factory along with related digital infrastructure after the industry team completed a testing process, Northrop said Monday. The two companies’ […] More

Air Combat Command will host two separate Industry Information Exchange briefings on Jan. 12 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada to discuss Long Range Kill Chain concepts. ACC expects the IIE events to help promote discussions on emerging technologies related to the command’s core functions among academia, industry and government organizations, according to a […] More