Jane Edwards

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Jan. 19 at its conference center in Arlington, Virginia, to provide potential offerors information on the objectives of a program that seeks to build and demonstrate propulsion systems that could enable sustained operations in very low Earth orbit. The Otter program intends to […] More

The U.S. Air Force has authorized HTX Labs’ immersive learning offering to operate data on the service’s networks at Impact Level 2. The authority to operate issued by the service’s Air Education and Training Command will allow HTX Labs’ EMPACT virtual reality training platform to operate on the Air Force Network and Non-classified Internet Protocol […] More

State and local government agencies are adopting hybrid cloud systems to access and manage their data and the move to that environment has resulted in the development of new platforms that could provide agencies the scalability and visibility they need to manage data across public and private clouds, StateTech Magazine reported Wednesday. One of those […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology and AIM Photonics will work on a new tool that could help developers design new integrated photonic circuits used in high-performance computing systems and fiber-optic networks under a cooperative research and development agreement. Under the partnership, NIST will develop calibration structures that could be used in testing and […] More

The U.S. arm of U.K.-based Reaction Engines completed testing of its thermal management platform designed to power engines for high-Mach flight at its Colorado site as part of the Foreign Comparative Testing campaign that was first announced in July. The company said Monday it demonstrated its engine precooler heat exchanger in partnership with the Department […] More

Northrop Grumman demonstrated the capability of the Re Scalable Aperture for Precision Targeting Radar and Mini-Communications, Navigation, Identification system to transmit communications and sensor data while onboard a flying UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The company said Monday its RAPTR sensor and Mini-CNI system performed air-to-ground communications while carrying out air-to-air target searching and tracking functions […] More

Verizon has deployed connectivity platforms and services to enable North American Aerospace Defense Command to help children track Santa Claus on Dec. 24, through a toll-free hotline. Verizon said Monday its 5G Ultra Wideband service has reached more than 175 million people as part of the company’s 5G expansion efforts in the U.S., enabling NORAD […] More

Jonathan Alboum, federal chief technology officer at ServiceNow, said work environment, pay and culture are some of the factors that have implications for the recruitment and retention of young talent in the federal workforce. “Gen Z civil servants, they want flat organizational structures. …. They really prioritize collaboration, emphatic leadership and very inclusive decision-making processes,” […] More

BigBear.ai partnered with Accenture’s federal arm and the U.S. Navy to demonstrate its decision support technology offering, called Ursa Minor, at the service branch’s Digital Horizon, a three-week artificial intelligence and unmanned integration event that concluded Thursday in Bahrain. Ursa Minor uses machine learning-augmented algorithms and analytics to detect potential threats and works to provide […] More