Carahsoft Technology has added Palo Alto Networks to its Distributor Seller of Record program to streamline the procurement process for the latter's cybersecurity offerings available in Amazon Web Services' digital catalog. The network and cloud security product suite of Palo Alto Networks is now available to public sector customers through AWS Marketplace with the company's addition to the DSOR program. More

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

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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 […] 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, during […] More

BWX Technologies will evaluate the viability of fielding small-scale nuclear reactors as a potential energy resource in the state of Wyoming under a two-year contract with the Wyoming Energy Authority. BWXT’s advanced technologies subsidiary will perform contract work in two phases and the initial phase will involve collaboration with the state’s industries to identify the […] More

Boeing has received the Raytheon-made B-52 active electronically scanned array radar that will be utilized for system integration, verification and testing activities under a U.S. Air Force modernization program. RTX said Tuesday its Raytheon subsidiary used AESA technologies from AN/APG-79 radar as basis for the B-52 radar, which is envisioned to have better mapping and […] More