Government Technology

Austal’s U.S. arm and Saildrone will develop autonomous unmanned surface vehicles under a strategic partnership. Austal USA said Tuesday it will combine its advanced manufacturing capabilities with Saildrone’s unmanned surface vehicle technology through the partnership to provide the U.S. Navy and other government clients with platforms that could support hydrographic survey, maritime domain awareness and […] More

Cubic’s mission and performance solutions business has partnered with computer hardware manufacturer MEMKOR to incorporate a secure data-at-rest capability into the former’s high-powered computing platform designed for multiple virtual environments. The M3-SE-VSVR5-P hardware utilizes MEMKOR’s self-encrypting drives to secure and encrypt data stored on field-deployed servers without the need to rely on a centralized key […] More

AT&T has announced the expansion of 5G on the FirstNet broadband communications platform and launch of a miniature cell site meant to help improve in-building connectivity for first responder agencies on FirstNet. The company said Wednesday it will provide public safety personnel in over 40 cities, including Boston, Chicago and Minneapolis, access to its mid-band […] More

A Mitre-led consortium has completed a proof-of-concept demonstration of a business model that seeks to leverage distributed ledger technology or blockchain in managing federal grants. Results of the Future State Grants Demonstration Project show utilizing DLT could potentially eliminate duplicative reporting, expand payment automation, improve information circulation and reduce government costs, the nonprofit company said Monday. Mitre […] More

Twenty additional Amazon Web Services offerings have received provisional authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The services are now available on the FedRAMP Marketplace and on the company’s Services in Scope by Compliance Program page, according to a blog post published Monday. The services that secured certification from FedRAMP’s Joint […] More

Two Six Technologies has released an open-source mobile application that works to calculate the central point of an in-person meeting while preserving the privacy of user information. Coffeebreak employs a cryptographic method called multiparty calculation to encrypt location data in Android devices of up to 10 meetup participants, Two Six said Monday. The source code […] More

Paperless Innovations, a woman-owned small business headquartered in Virginia, is urging agencies to consider the potential advantages of implementing a software-as-as-service platform to help reduce procurement cycle time. The company said commercial off-the-shelf SaaS offerings and legislative reforms could offer relief for the government workforce that performs acquisition tasks. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Joni […] More

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has collaborated with Yext, a New York-headquartered artificial intelligence search company, to pilot a searchable knowledge base user interface for the agency’s open data portal. Yext said Tuesday the user-friendly interface utilizes its AI-powered site search tool and natural language processing to answer users’ complex questions and bring relevant […] More

NASA’ first uncrewed flight test to the moon’s orbit will carry an astronaut vest from a Lockheed Martin–StemRad team as one of the mission payloads. The AstroRad garment that will be part of Artemis I is designed to protect human organs at high risk of harmful radiation exposure during space exploration, the International Space Station National […] More

Amazon Web Services helped the Department of Justice’s tax division develop an application in less than two months to streamline the process for employees seeking approval for their telework requests and enable DOJ to implement a hybrid work arrangement as part of their return-to-office policy. The development team at DOJ’s tax division tapped AWS Professional […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. is investing $200 million to develop two prototypes of its RAPCON-X plane by January 2024 as the U.S. Army considers replacing its fleet of fixed-wing aircraft used in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Tim Harper, senior director of business development for mission solutions and technologies division at SNC, […] More