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Planet Labs and NASA Harvest have formed a partnership to create an assessment tool for use in anticipating and mitigating global food shortages and famines. The agreement involves the use of Planet Labs’ satellite and other publicly available datasets, which will be analyzed by NASA’s food security and agriculture program, the company said Thursday. NASA […] More
BigBear.ai’s federal business will compete for task orders to support the development of multidomain systems and deliver synthetic environments and related capabilities to the U.S. Air Force through its position on a potential 10-year, $900 million contract. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Architectures and Integration Directorate covers support […] More
John Ustica, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, said the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has empowered government agencies to adopt cloud-based platforms to modernize and secure their IT infrastructure. In a LinkedIn article published Thursday, Ustica wrote that the shift to “cloud-smart” policies is helping agencies speed up digital transformation efforts. FedRAMP […] More
The Department of Homeland Security is soliciting information on potential industry sources of counter-unmanned aircraft systems that could help detect, identify, classify, track and mitigate threats posed by hostile drones. DHS wants C-UAS platforms with capabilities to receive flight data, intelligence and other historical information, determine the level of threat, identify a detected track of […] More
Systems Planning and Analysis CEO Rich Sawchak welcomed the chance for the company to showcase through a Lifetime TV program how it provides opportunities for military veterans. Three SPA workers will appear on the Operation Career segment of Montel Williams-hosted Military Makeover series airing on Jan. 13 and 19, the national security services provider said […] More
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added NTT to a public-private partnership aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity posture. Akira Shimada, president and CEO of NTT, said in a statement published Wednesday that the company will build on its experience in the global cybersecurity landscape to support the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative‘s mission and […] More
The Department of Energy awarded $17 million in research grants to 77 small business projects that support the advancement of clean energy. Each project will receive $200,000 under the median Phase 1 to conduct research and development work for a six- to 12-month period. Phase I grants will compete for funding for prototypes or […] More
Keith Masback, former president and CEO of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, has joined Cognitive Space as an independent member of its board of directors. The company said Tuesday he brings over 30 years experience, including as director of the Source Operations Group at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Masback has been an adviser to the […] More
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems completed three live, virtual, and constructive combat missions using artificially intelligent pilots on its Avenger unmanned aircraft system. General Atomics said Wednesday the flights mark a new milestone in GA-ASI’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft ecosystem for Autonomous Collaborative Platform UAS. The Avenger was paired with a “digital twin” aircraft operated virtually using […] More
The launch window for Rocket Lab USA’s Electron mission will open on Jan. 23 after it was delayed in December due to unfavorable weather conditions and additional time required to complete regulatory documentation. Rocket Lab USA said Wednesday the mission will launch from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to deploy […] More
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved the mentor-protege program partnership between Dayton, Ohio-headquartered Woolpert and coastal and water resources research and engineering company Taylor Engineering on coastal engineering development work. Under the six-year initiative, Woolpert will assist Taylor in expanding its technical consulting expertise, remote-sensing instrumentation and data collection capacity for federal clients while Taylor […] More
NASA has awarded $76 million in indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to three women-owned small businesses to deliver human capital support services to the space agency. The awardees were IBEX IT Business Experts, Bryce Solutions and Strategy Consulting Team, NASA said Thursday. Contract work will include providing human resources business partner advisory support, subject-matter expertise in human capital policy […] More
