The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA will jointly seek out input on how forecasts can reduce the adverse effects of geomagnetic storms faced by navigation systems. The MagNet: Model the Geomagnetic Field challenge calls for new forecast models that would help the government predict magnetic field changes and produce more accurate magnetic navigation, crowdsourcing initiative partner HeroX said Tuesday.
Read More »CPI Aero to Assist in Wilder Systems Manufacturing Robot Demo
CPI Aerostructures will support a Wilder Systems-led project to demonstrate to the U.S. Army a manufacturing robot's ability to perform repetitive and complex mixed-stack drilling activities.
Read More »AFRL-Aerojet Rocketdyne Team Wraps Up Scramjet Engine Hot-Fire Tests
Aerojet Rocketdyne and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory conducted hot-fire tests for an 18-foot air-breathing hypersonic engine built in support of the Medium Scale Critical Components initiative.
Read More »Air Force Test-Flies Kratos-Made Attritable Unmanned Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions demonstrated the flight of an attritable XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aircraft system designed to require fewer maintenance costs compared to other models. The fifth demonstration of the Kratos-made aircraft took place at Arizona-based Yuma Proving Ground on Dec. 9 with Air Force Research Laboratory under the attritableONE program, Robins Air Force Base said Tuesday.
Read More »Northrop Invests in AI-Based Radio Transceiver Developer Deepwave Digital
Northrop Grumman has made an investment in Deepwave Digital and partnered with the company to advance research-and-development work on artificial intelligence to enhance communications processing capability.
Read More »Lockheed Martin Demos U-2 Dragon Lady Aircraft With Kubernetes Cloud; Jeff Babione Quoted
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the use of Kubernetes-based processing aboard a U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft as a precursor to achieving real-time software deliveries during flights. The Kubernetes containerization technology test, conducted in November, supports an effort to create a secure software development environment that allows aircraft to accommodate software updates when airborne, Lockheed said Monday.
Read More »Sierra Nevada Corp. to Help Air National Guard Adopt Link 16 Comms for EC-130J Aircraft
The Air National Guard has tapped Sierra Nevada Corp. to equip the security force's EC-130J Commando Solo aircraft with new Link 16 communications. The tactical datalink update would allow the military reserve's aircraft to communicate on the Link-16 network that provides situational awareness across the U.S. Air Force fleet and other users, SNC said Monday.
Read More »BAE Working on Microsatellite-Mounted Sensors for Weather Monitoring
BAE Systems is looking to introduce miniature spectrometers for microsatellites to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gather high-resolution weather and climate data, SpaceNews reported Monday.
Read More »Forcepoint’s Petko Stoyanov: Agencies Should Enable Behavioral Analytics as Part of Zero Trust Journey
Petko Stoyanov, chief technology officer for global governments at Forcepoint, wrote in an opinion piece published Monday on C4ISRNET that federal agencies looking to implement a zero trust architecture should enable behavioral analytics by consolidating identity platforms.
Read More »Blue Canyon Concludes Satellite Bus Critical Design Review Under DARPA “˜Blackjack' Program
Small satellite maker Blue Canyon Technologies has wrapped up a critical design review of its X-SAT Saturn-class satellite bus for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Blackjack program.
Read More »Carahsoft to Bring Opus Interactive Hybrid Cloud Services to Government Market; John Lee Quoted
Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer Opus Interactive's suite of hybrid and multicloud platforms and services to public sector customers through the former's Cloud Purchasing Program. "Opus Interactive's focus on compliance with FedRAMP and the latest regulatory mandates makes them a great addition to our cloud solutions portfolio under CPP,“ said John Lee, vice president of cloud services at Carahsoft.
Read More »IARPA to Launch Virtual Industry Event for New Data Analytics Program
The Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity plans to host an event to inform industry about a new program that seeks energy-efficient computer systems for large-scale data analytics. IARPA said it wants to provide interested parties with details about the Advanced Graphic Intelligence Logical Computing Environment or AGILE program through a virtual proposer's event on Dec. 22.
Read More »AeroVironment Offers New Antenna Kit to Expand C2 Range of UAS
AeroVironment has unveiled a new lightweight antenna add-on kit designed to expand the command-and-control range of unmanned aircraft systems to provide operators with increased operational capabilities. The company said Thursday its new Extended Range Antenna comes in a small scale in terms of size, weight and power and produces a narrowed beam width that extends C2 coverage by a maximum of 24.9 miles.
Read More »NASA Taps Three Companies to Launch Small Satellites to Space
NASA has selected Astra Space, Relativity Space and Firefly Black to launch different types of small satellites under contracts with a combined value of $16.7M. The companies will send to space nanosatellites, CubeSats and other types of small satellites under the Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 effort, the space agency said Saturday.
Read More »Booz Allen’s Julie McPherson on Five Rules for Federal Tech Leaders to Maintain Digital Transformation Momentum
Julie McPherson, an executive vice president and head of digital solutions business at Booz Allen Hamilton, wrote in a guest piece published Friday on Nextgov that there are five rules technology leaders at federal agencies should consider to maintain the momentum in digital transformation to meet mission needs and one is planning for and harnessing failure to continuously improve a platform.
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