Executive Mosaic is honored to present Juliane Gallina, chief information officer (CIO) with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for driving innovation priorities, expanding private-public partnerships and her efforts to launch new resources for the government contracting (GovCon) community. This marks Gallina’s second consecutive Wash100 Award.
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The National Science Foundation and Amazon partnered to fund the latest batch of research projects as part of a program that seeks to promote the development of trustworthy artificial intelligence systems and help mitigate bias in AI platforms, Nextgov reported Thursday.
Read More »Mitre, Purdue University Form R&D Partnership on Cyber Innovation; James Cook Quoted
Mitre and Purdue University have partnered to conduct joint research and development efforts in a range of areas including cybersecurity, quantum computing, microelectronics, hypersonics and autonomy.
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General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has secured a $9 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to study, develop and demonstrate an air-launched unmanned aerial vehicle for fielding multiple weapons.
Read More »Boeing, University of Queensland Testing Antimicrobial Spacecraft Coating Aboard ISS
Boeing and the University of Queensland in Australia have concluded testing activities for a surface coating on the International Space Station that works to mitigate infections caused by elements like the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Read More »IQT Introduces Tech Commercialization Program
In-Q-Tel has unveiled a new initiative that seeks to build connections between entrepreneurs and the government to support technology development and commercialization efforts.
Read More »HPE to Build Supercomputer for Nat’l Center for Atmospheric Research’s Weather, Geoscience Studies
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has received a $35 million contract to construct a supercomputer designed to support the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s geoscience and meteorology studies including weather prediction activities.
Read More »Shift5, NAWCAD Sign Cyber Resiliency R&D Agreement; Josh Lospinoso Quoted
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division has partnered with operational technology security company Shift5 to conduct cyber resiliency research and development activities through a cooperative R&D agreement.
Read More »KBR to Support XArc’s Work on Transcom Space Logistics R&D Effort
KBR has teamed up with interplanetary architecture design company XArc to support the latter’s partnership with SpaceX and the U.S. Transportation Command to assess the potential of space-based cargo delivery.
Read More »Booz Allen Receives $50M Army Contract for ISR R&D Modernization
Booz Allen Hamilton has received a $49.9M contract to help the U.S. Army modernize research and development of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies. The Army held an online solicitation for the contract and received one proposal, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
Read More »DHS Releases Presolicitation for FY 2021 SBIR Projects
The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled 12 new subject areas for the Small Business Innovation Research program in fiscal year 2021, covering concepts such as 5G network security, supply chain management and biothreat detection.
Read More »Alion Gets $73M DoD Task Order to Modernize Joint Force Training Architecture; Katie Selbe Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 4, 2020 — Alion Science and Technology will help the Joint Chiefs of Staff' J7 directorate build and integrate a joint forces training architecture under a five-year, $73M task order, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 14.
Read More »Amentum Wins Task Order to Support DHS S&T’s MCS Office; Jill Bruning Quoted
Amentum has been awarded a $22M task order to support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology’s (S&T) Mission Capability Support (MCS) office. Amentum will identify, develop and demonstrate multi-domain technologies and solutions that meet the agency’s research and development (R&D) operational priorities.
Read More »General Atomics Lands $71M Army Modification for UAS Engineering, Technical Support
General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has secured a $70.7M contract modification from the U.S. Army to perform engineering and technical work on unmanned aircraft systems.
Read More »University of Washington’s Applied Physics Lab Books Potential $219M DoD R&D Support IDIQ
The U.S. Navy has awarded University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory a potential 10-year, $218.8M contract for research, development, test and evaluation support to Department of Defense programs.
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