Air Force Issues Spacecraft Bus RFI
The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for information on potential vendors of new spacecraft buses that can support military satellite communications for future missions in space.
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GSA to Host Virtual Conference on New Air Force IT BPA
The General Services Administration will host an online conference on March 14 to discuss the scope of a new procurement vehicle designed to address U.S. Air Force’s new information technology requirements.
DOE Unveils $100M Small Biz Funding Opportunity for Tech R&D; Rick Perry Quoted
The Department of Energy intends to award $100M in grant funds for multiple companies to develop technology prototypes or processes under the second phase of DOE's Small Business Technology Transfer and Small Business Innovation Research initiatives.
Air Force-Kratos Subsonic UAV Demonstrator Takes Maiden Flight
A subsonic unmanned air vehicle, developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, took its maiden flight Tuesday at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona.
Kratos-Corvid Team to Design, Produce Ballistic Missile Defense System Targets Under Navy Contract
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions will collaborate with Corvid Technologies to help the U.S. Navy build test targets for the Ballistic Missile Defense System under a potential five-year, $223M contract.
Harris, Exacom Form Mission-Critical Comms Partnership
Harris and Exacom have teamed up to integrate the latter’s voice logging recorders with its radio systems to provide a comprehensive communications platform for the federal government, public safety, transportation, commercial and utility sectors. Harris said Wednesday it expects the partnership to help advance collaboration on technology development efforts and deliver tech platforms to its network of customers and resellers.
Naveen Rao, David Hoffman Outline Four Key Pillars of Intel’s Recommended National AI Strategy
Naveen Rao and David Hoffman of Intel have said the Trump administration should build on an executive order signed in February to develop a national strategy that would advance the development and deployment of artificial intelligence. Rao and Hoffman wrote in an article published Wednesday that Intel’s recommended national AI strategy focuses on four aspects and one is to promote research and development in AI.
Oracle Joins NSF-Backed Cloud Project to Advance Scientific Research
Oracle has taken part in a National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to develop cloud capabilities to support scientific computing research and related applications. Oracle said Tuesday nonprofit technology organization Internet2 will oversee the two phases of the Exploring Clouds for Acceleration of Science project to explore the capabilities of cloud platforms for research and computational science.
ÂN2WS Updates Data Backup, Recovery Platform for AWS Cloud
N2WS has updated version of a cloud-based technology platform that works to help organizations back up data or applications in Amazon Web Services computing environments.
Marine Corps Issues Optical Comm Transmission System RFI
The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a request for information on potential sources that could provide a system designed to deliver high-bandwidth transmission capabilities to support video, data and voice communications. The military service said Tuesday the proposed optical communication transmission system will be part of a complete line-of-sight transmission platform.
ÂNavy Declares Initial Operational Capability on Kratos-Built Subsonic Aerial Target System
A subsonic aerial target system Kratos Defense and Security Solutions built for the U.S. Navy has reached initial operational capability status.