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NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce Places New Orders for Commercial SSA Services With 5 Vendors

Five companies will continue providing commercial space situational awareness data and services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Space Commerce through the end of June through new orders awarded by OSC to support the Consolidated Pathfinder project. NOAA said Thursday the one-month extension to the project will enable OSC to collect more data, perform additional analysis for metric validation and explore technical opportunities in support of the Traffic Coordination System for Space.

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May 17, 2024, 11:38 am
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NASA Eyes August Release of RFP for Test Facility Operations, Maintenance & Engineering III Contract

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland plans to release a request for proposals in August for the third iteration of a contract to procure manufacturing and development, engineering and maintenance services to support aeronautics and space-related testing at GRC’s laboratories and test facilities. The space agency intends to compete the Test Facility Operations, Maintenance and […] More

May 16, 2024, 6:36 pm
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HII, AWS to Develop Mission-Critical Capabilities for Defense Customers; Todd Borkey Quoted

HII and Amazon Web Services will expedite the development and delivery of next-generation sea power technologies, digital shipyard transformation projects, commercial space initiatives, warfighter training readiness and other mission-critical capabilities to defense and intelligence agency customers under a three-year strategic collaboration agreement. HII said Wednesday Todd Borkey, the company’s executive vice president and chief technology […] More

May 16, 2024, 6:34 pm
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Deltek Study Reveals AI, Machine Learning as Top Tech Investment Areas in GovCon Market; Kevin Plexico Quoted

An annual Deltek study has found that government contractors consider artificial intelligence and machine learning their top priorities for technology investment as they intend to improve efficiency, save time and reduce operational costs. Deltek said Tuesday it surveyed nearly 650 GovCon leaders for the 2024 Clarity Government Contracting Industry Study and found that 34 percent […] More

May 15, 2024, 11:34 am
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Kevin O’Buckley Named Intel Foundry Services SVP, GM

Kevin O’Buckley, a more than 25-year semiconductor industry veteran, has joined Intel’s executive leadership team to succeed the retiring Stuart Pann as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s Foundry Services business segment. The company said Monday that Pann, a 35-year Intel veteran, will leave by the end of May but will stay […] More

May 14, 2024, 11:50 am
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Tetra Tech’s Government Services Group Expands With Addition of Convergence; Dan Batrack Quoted

Tetra Tech has acquired Convergence Controls & Engineering for an undisclosed sum as part of its move to broaden its digital water and energy practices. Tetra Tech said Thursday it will integrate Convergence with its government services group. Convergence is a Littleton, Colorado-based process automation and systems integration company focused on providing advanced data analytics, […] More

May 10, 2024, 11:43 am
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GDIT Study Finds Scalability a Top Hurdle to Moving AI Projects to Production; Ben Gianni Quoted

A General Dynamics Information Technology study has found that 58 percent of federal government leaders consider scalability issues as the primary challenge to moving artificial intelligence projects from the pilot phase to production. GDIT said Thursday its digital consulting practice polled 325 defense, intelligence and civilian agency officials and experts for the AI in Full […] More

May 10, 2024, 11:38 am
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Microsoft Unveils Generative AI Tool for Intelligence Community; William Chappell Quoted

Microsoft has launched a generative artificial intelligence model designed to help U.S. intelligence agencies process and analyze large volumes of classified information without relying on the internet, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. William Chappell, chief technology officer for strategic missions and technology at Microsoft, said his team took 18 months to develop the GPT4-based large language model, […] More

May 9, 2024, 11:26 am
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Rocket Lab Kicks Off Archimedes Engine Test Campaign

Rocket Lab USA has started the test campaign for a new 3D-printed reusable engine for its Neutron medium-lift rocket at its test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The company said Monday the test campaign was initiated following the completion of the first full assembly of the Archimedes rocket engine. The Archimedes engine, […] More

May 9, 2024, 11:25 am
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ASRC Federal, DLA Forge Partnership to Strengthen Military Supply Chain Support; Chris Frye Quoted

ASRC Federal and the Defense Logistics Agency have signed a partnership agreement to push the implementation of joint strategies and process improvements to strengthen supply chain support to U.S. warfighters. The company said Tuesday the partnership with DLA aims to improve administrative timeliness, customer deliverables and responsiveness to the armed forces through the development of […] More

May 8, 2024, 11:40 am
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Mitre Announces Federal AI Sandbox Capability; NVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins Quoted

Mitre is establishing a new capability to provide researchers and developers the computing power needed to train and test generative artificial intelligence, large language models and other AI tools for use in the federal government. The nonprofit organization said Tuesday it will use NVIDIA‘s DGX SuperPOD system to support its Federal AI Sandbox, which is […] More

May 8, 2024, 11:37 am
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Maxar Intelligence, Lockheed Sign Agreement to Improve F-35 Simulator Experience; Susanne Hake Quoted

Maxar Intelligence and Lockheed Martin will streamline the purchase and delivery of geospatial products for the F-35 fighter jet’s flight simulation and training platform under a new agreement. Maxar said Monday the long-term agreement with Lockheed seeks to standardize licensing, pricing and requirements for its products, including Dynamic imagery basemaps and Precision3D Data Suite, as […] More

May 7, 2024, 11:57 am