Government Technology

Charles River Analytics has developed a tool for the U.S. Navy to predict environmental conditions and interpret weather forecast data the service branch can use for mission planning. CRA said Monday it collaborated with Clear Science and the University of Miami to create the COMPASS technology designed to measure the probability of conditions differing from statistical averages or mission benchmarks. […] More

HP Inc. and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have teamed up on a pilot program that seeks to speed up testing of new drugs against antimicrobial resistant bacteria through the use of an inkjet printing system. CDC has purchased HP D300e Digital Dispenser BioPrinters for deployment to four regional laboratories in Minnesota, New […] More

Leidos has received a potential five-year, $15.2M cost-reimbursement U.S. Air Force contract to support research, development and demonstration efforts for a high-energy combinable fiber laser. The company will work to help the service branch develop and deliver new airborne laser weapon technologies, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Air Force will initially obligate $1M in fiscal […] More

The Strategic Capabilities Office and Naval Air Warfare Center Point Mugu have performed two free flight demonstrations of the new variant of a Raytheon-made aerial decoy. The Defense Department said Thursday the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-X platform integrates features from the MALD-Jammer system, as well as helps the U.S. Navy integrate advanced electronic warfare payloads […] More

The Energy Department has announced that it will allocate more than $20M for 64 projects aimed at developing innovative energy technologies and promoting them to the commercial industry. DOE will support teams of national laboratories and private sector companies through the Office of Technology Transitions’ Technology Commercialization Fund, which will also require private, non-federal entities to […] More

A team of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory researchers has launched a three-year experiment that aims to determine the state of the thin layer of air near the surface of hypersonic vehicles. APL said Wednesday the Boundary Layer Transition effort seeks to help developers identify materials to produce hypersonic aircraft and missiles, as well […] More

NASA’s Langley Research Center has partnered with Blue Origin through a Tipping Point solicitation to leverage sensor suites for lunar landing missions. The space agency said Friday the effort will integrate and test Langley’s Navigation Doppler Lidar technology, Terrain Relative Navigation and altimetry sensors aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard vertical takeoff vertical landing suborbital vehicle […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has concluded a preliminary design review of a satellite servicing system being developed in collaboration with Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary. DARPA said Friday results of the assessment showed that the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites payload could operate for several years and repair at least 20 commercial and government […] More

General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has received a five-year, $23.2M contract to provide air traffic control radio systems to the U.S. Air Force. The company will provide at least 110 CM-300/350 transceivers and optional control units each to replace outdated GRC 171/211 ATC radios currently used as backups, the Defense Department said Thursday. USAF can […] More

Frost & Sullivan‘s new study projects that developers of surface-to-air missile systems will see an increased demand for modernization, due to expected growth in the SAM market through 2023. The SAM market is growing because of several factors, including the frequent missile attacks in the Middle East, North Korea’s long-range missiles tests and China’s expansion […] More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has begun development work on a high-performance computing system designed to help the National Renewable Energy Laboratory speed up research and development of energy technology platforms across data sciences, vehicle and wind power areas. The Eagle supercomputer is built to process HPC workloads at a speed of up to 8 petaflops through […] More

A survey by Deloitte and the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers has found that only 35 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with their organizations’ digital response, down from 64 percent in 2015. Deloitte and NASACT said Monday they polled 71 state auditors, treasurers and comptrollers in May and found 45 percent […] More