Technology

LMI will work with Georgia Institute of Technology, Crown Consulting and GRA to help NASA's aeronautics research mission directorate understand the market factors to consider when incorporating unmanned cargo vehicle operations into the national airspace system.

The departments of Defense and Health and Human Services have awarded On Demand Pharmaceuticals a $20M contract to develop a ‘pharmacy on demand’ system for manufacturing drug product components. The company will use the funds to mature its technology as the government looks to increase domestic production of active pharmaceutical ingredients.

Buchanan & Edwards has helped the State Department create and implement an online resource portal designed for citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. who have received coronavirus pandemic-related evacuation loans from the federal government.

The Department of Energy has selected Schneider Electric to contribute equipment for a program that seeks to assess the cybersecurity of industrial control systems. DOE said Wednesday its Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response will use hardware and software from the company under the Cyber Testing for Resilient Industrial Control System program, with full-scale assessments slated to commence in the second quarter of the government's 2021 fiscal year.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has demonstrated a small unmanned aircraft system during a captive carry test with an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft. The Sparrowhawk flight demonstrations took place from Sept. 16 to 17 and used a laptop-hosted control station to manage the sUAS launch-and-recovery demonstrator, the company said Friday.

A new survey conducted by the Data Foundation and sponsored by Grant Thornton and Qlik has found that nearly 75 percent of federal chief data officers reported progress in meeting the key requirements of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, such as developing data inventories and advancing data governance initiatives.

The Department of Defense wants industry to give its Joint Artificial Intelligence Center ideas for a project aimed at creating a model to automate and accelerate AI technology acquisition processes. Interested parties have until Oct. 9 to provide input.

SES' government solutions business and Isotropic Systems will collaborate on a two-phase initiative to evaluate the potential of a multibeam satellite terminal for military connectivity under a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Army Research Engineering Team.

Reps. Will Hurd, two-time Wash100 Award recipient, and Robin Kelly aim to see a National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy resolution, which was passed this year, possibly during Congress’ upcoming “lame duck” session, FedScoop reported Friday. With the acceptance of the National AI Strategy resolution, the legislation would provide a framework for debating AI specifics, as the U.S. battles China to become the world leader in emerging technology.

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer GitLab's suite of DevSecOps tools to government organizations through Amazon Web Services' cloud marketplace and helped launch a product and training package as part of the partnership

Microsoft supports the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s recommendations and calls on Congress to act on those suggestions, such as designating a national cyber director to oversee the implementation of the national cyber strategy and coordinate efforts across the federal government to address cyber threats. 

SpyCloud has partnered with CyberDefenses to protect against threats in current and future elections, SpyCloud reported on Wednesday. CyberDefenses has provided one in five election jurisdictions across the nation with security services, including Election Security Assessments that evaluate the end-to-end election process, benchmark cyber risk and recommendations to fix gaps that could introduce risk for cyberattacks and election interference. 

Charles River Analytics has secured funds from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create a tool that would help military decision-makers gain insight from mission data and determine possible courses of action.

Forcepoint has introduced a hardware platform designed to safeguard the unidirectional flow of data between two networks.

Marty Edwards, vice president of operational technology security at Tenable, said recent initiatives by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency and measures being introduced in Congress could help critical infrastructure owners and operators improve OT security and cross-sector visibility to address cyber threats.