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SpaceX has received a launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration for the maiden flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket that is set to take off Tuesday, Feb. 6, SpaceX reported Saturday. Falcon Heavy will lift off from launch complex 39a at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will carry as a payload a Tesla […] More
Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of Hortonworks‘ U.S. public sector business, has said it would require a “significant effort” to integrate commercial technology with health records from the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Federal Times reported Friday. Bierweiler told Federal Times in an interview that such effort is “not impossible.” He added that companies should be […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Feb. 23 in Arlington, Virginia to discuss a program that aims to develop technology that can detect whether an individual has been exposed to materials associated with weapons of mass destruction. DARPA said Friday the Epigenetic Characterization and Observation (ECHO) program would create a portable platform designed […] More
The U.S. Air Force has announced plans to further test non-developmental aircraft offerings from Textron Aviation and the Sierra Nevada–Embraer team through the second phase of the Light Attack Experiment program. The service branch said Friday it will continue to experiment with Textron’s AT-6 Wolverine as well as Sierra Nevada and Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona from May to […] More
A new survey by Grant Thornton and Data Foundation has found that approximately 82 percent of government and industry leaders said the standardization of information to facilitate open data adoption had improved in the previous year. Data Foundation and Grant Thornton said Thursday they interviewed at least 20 government and private sector executives and respondents […] More
Lockheed Martin has received an $8.4 million contract to provide engineering support services for the U.S. Navy‘s Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ships. The Defense Department said Friday the service branch will obligate $473,000 at the time of award from the service branch’s “other” procurement, research, development, test and evaluation funds. Work under the sole-source contract covers program and resource management, cost […] More
Multiple federal agencies have adopted Amazon Web Services‘ utility-based cloud technology platforms in efforts to manage, transmit and secure government data. AWS said Friday it uses various tools and methods in a push to comply with security and control requirements under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and Defense Department‘s Security Requirements Guide. The company launched its GovCloud (US) […] More
Slovakia’s defense ministry has announced it is examining Lockheed Martin‘s F-16 Fighting Falcon and Saab‘s JAS-39 Gripen as two options to replace the current MiG-29 fighter aircraft platform of the Slovak military. The ministry said Friday it aims to complete an analysis of both U.S. and Swedish aircraft offerings for submission to the Slovak government by June 29. Slovak Defense Minister Peter Gajdos […] More
Kathleen McGovern, a 14-year veteran of the Justice Department, has joined Ernst & Young‘s Washington, D.C. office as a principal in its fraud investigation and dispute services practice. EY said Friday McGovern joins other former government officials working in the company’s FIDS group and brings more than two decades of prosecutorial experience to her new position. She most recently served […] More
NASA has announced the top three teams to perform in cycle one of the agency’s competition on innovative technologies. The selection follows the iTech 2018Â competition’s recent phase wherein ten finalist groups developed technology projects seeking to improve space exploration and terrestrial life, the agency said Friday. NASA chief technologists, potential investors and leaders from the […] More
Greg Wallig, formerly regional leader of Atlantic Coast advisory services business at Grant Thornton, has been named as the company’s managing partner for the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Grant Thornton said Monday Wallig will oversee customer service, growth and talent development efforts at the company’s office in Arlington, Virginia. The 13-year company veteran succeeds Jamie Fowler and will work […] More
Lockheed Martin will move to implement an anti-collision technology into the F-35 aircraft in an effort to help fighter pilots avoid controlled flight into terrain. The F-35 Joint Program Office, Lockheed and the Air Force Research Laboratory confirmed that the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System is ready to enter a rapid integration phase with the fighter aircraft […] More
