Government Technology

Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer at HP Federal, has cited recommendations from a nonprofit organization and said governments and industries looking to drive technological innovation must prioritize augmenting talent with advanced computing capabilities, increasing sustainable production and ensuring supply chain security. The Council on Competitiveness included strategies in its “Competing in the Next Economy” report […] More

Bluescape has been authorized to provide its visual collaboration platform to defense personnel as part of the company’s Impact Level 4 authority to operate agreement with the Department of Defense. The company said Monday its new IL4 ATO supports the Naval Systems Engineering Resource Center’s efforts to provide DOD personnel with access to the latest […] More

Zachary Lemnios, vice president of IBM‘s research division, said he believes collaboration between the Department of Defense and system developers that are connected to the semiconductor industry would drive innovation and adoption of microelectronics technology across DOD platforms. IBM embraced a collaborative model in efforts to develop the 7-nanometer chip technology behind the company’s POWER10 […] More

Forward Networks has joined a list of vendors on Carahsoft Technology‘s contract with the U.S. Army for commercial off-the-shelf enterprise information technology software, hardware and support services. Forward Networks said Monday its platform, which uses a mathematical model designed to analyze network traffic, is now available to Department of Defense components and other federal agencies […] More

Telephonics has received a certification from the Department of Defense that validated the compliance of the company’s situational awareness system with the requirements of the Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System Identification Friend or Foe Program Office. The Mode 5 Operationally Autonomous Surveillance System was granted a platform level certification after completing DOD AIMS 1201, […] More

NASA and The Longbow Group will develop flight test corridors for unmanned aerial systems in Hampton Roads, Virginia, under a Space Act Agreement. Longbow will work with NASA’s Langley Research Center to develop and assess a concept of operations for beyond visual line-of-sight flight corridors for advanced air mobility UAS in support of BVLOS operations […] More

Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, addressed Congress on Friday about growth in cyber force personnel. He remarked that the cyber domain is a critical part of national security and an increase of personnel is required to protect the nation's information technology assets.

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A joint U.S. Air Force-Navy program office tested new guidance hardware of Raytheon Technologies' Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile at a live fire demonstration that took place Wednesday at Point Mugu Sea Test Range in California. Preliminary data from Raytheon, the AMRAAM prime contractor, showed the AIM-120D-3D variant met separation autopilot and free-flight navigation objectives during the missile shot test with an F/A-18F Super Hornet jet, Naval Air Systems Command said Thursday.

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The Space Development Agency needs market information on technologies, methods and other concepts to operate and secure a national system of military sensors and data transmission in space. The National Defense Space Architecture would operate mainly from low Earth orbit to support secure military sensing and SDA needs industry input on the system's Tranche 1 Product Line, the agency said Friday in a SAM.gov request for information notice.

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