Jane Edwards

SandboxAQ, a quantum computing technology startup that spun off from Alphabet in 2022, has raised $500 million in a round of funding from several investors to advance quantum and cybersecurity work, Reuters reported Tuesday. Investors include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who serves as chairman of SandboxAQ, T. Rowe Price funds, Breyer Capital and Time […] More

Amazon Web Services has unveiled a modular data center designed to help Department of Defense customers field storage and compute capabilities to manage large workloads in disconnected, disrupted, intermittent or limited environments.  AWS Modular Data Center is supported in AWS GovCloud US-West and US-East regions and seeks to support government customers that are eligible for […] More

Space technology company Loft Orbital has created a new subsidiary focused on delivering space infrastructure as a service to customers in the U.S. national security market. John Eterno, most recently vice president of programs at Loft Orbital, has assumed the role of general manager of Loft Federal, the parent company said in a LinkedIn post […] More

Haywood Talcove, CEO of the government business at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, said money lost to fraud represents taxpayer dollars that are being directed to domestic and foreign cybercriminal groups and the U.S. government should act now by adopting best practices and technologies the private sector implements to counter fraud in the public sector. “It is […] More

NASA is seeking comments on a draft request for proposals for a program to procure space on commercial flights for space technology payloads and acquire services to fly NASA researchers aboard suborbital platforms. Responses to the draft RFP for the Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services 4 program are due March 11, NASA said […] More

Paperless Innovations has stated that commercial off-the-shelf software-as-a-service platforms could help the Office of Management and Budget address gaps identified by the Government Accountability Office when it comes to reporting on information technology cross-agency performance goals. Paperless said Thursday COTS SaaS platforms certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program could provide OMB and […] More

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said the company has initiated steps to limit Ukraine’s use of its satellite internet network for military purposes, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Shotwell, a four-time Wash100 awardee, said the Ukrainian military has been allowed to use its Starlink network for regular communications and that the internet connectivity the network […] More

Applied Insight will recruit, train and certify cloud professionals to support Amazon Web Services’ clients in the public sector under a strategic collaboration with AWS meant to address the rising demand for cleared cloud technologists. Applied Insight said Tuesday its cloud-focused training center, aiAcademy, will oversee the initiative along with its talent acquisition team and […] More

Iridium Communications has designated the National Geographic Society Exploration Technology Lab as a value-added developer of Iridium Connected devices as part of a philanthropic program with the National Geographic Society meant to advance research and exploration. Iridium said Tuesday it will work with the Exploration Technology Lab to develop technologies that could deliver satellite communications […] More