Government Technology

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

Northrop Grumman continues to collaborate with the U.S. Air Force to integrate a radar aided targeting system and other new capabilities into the defense contractor’s B-2 Spirit Stealth heavy bomber. The company said Thursday RATS is meant to enable B-2 to fully employ the B-61 mod 12 nuclear bomb, with the integration expected to conclude […] More

Amazon Web Services and Red River have agreed to expand the companies’ business relationship in a push to help government and enterprise clients transition information technology operations to cloud infrastructure. Red River said Thursday it looks to expand its cloud migration and platform development experience through the new multiyear collaboration pact. The Claremont, New Hampshire-based […] More

Atlas Space Operations has raised $26 million in a round of Series B financing led by Mitsui & Co. and will use the investment to further advance its Ground Software as a Service business model and international growth initiatives. “This investment well capitalizes the company to accelerate growth in key areas of commercial and US […] More

A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions division helped the Department of Defense integrate and deploy a short-range ballistic missile that acted as threat representative target in a live-fire interception activity as part of Pacific Dragon military exercises. The Aegis Readiness Assessment Vehicle Type B utilized a rocket motor from Kratos engaged with a Standard Missile […] More

Sabre Systems has formed a joint venture with technology platforms provider GBS Solutions under the Mentor-Protege Program of the Small Business Administration.  GBS-Sabre Innovative Solutions JV will merge the capabilities of the two companies to deliver enterprise data management, cyber platforms, systems and software engineering and digital transformation support to government agency customers, Sabre said […] More

Northrop Grumman is reconfiguring the Department of Defense’s RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems into RQ-4 RangeHawk surveillance drones to support hypersonic missile flight tests under the SkyRange program. The company said Wednesday the previously designated Block 20 and 30 Global Hawk drones will be installed with sensors to support data collection of hypersonic missile […] More