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The Department of Energy has announced it will award 179 research and development grants with a combined $3o million value to 149 small businesses across 36 states. The Phase I R&D grants will be awarded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, in support of the department’s Office of Science, DOE said Tuesday. Firms participating […] More
The Customs and Border Protection has posted a request for information on cloud services providers that can help the agency migrate its applications out of a data center. CBP said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice that it aims to move all of its on-premises applications from the office of information and technology’s National Data Center complex […] More
ServiceNow and Tenable have integrated their respective cybersecurity platforms to support enterprise and government customers’ cyber risk management and reduction efforts. Tenable said Wednesday it combined its Cyber Exposure Platform product line with ServiceNow’s Security Operations offering to deliver a system that is designed to automatically discover and assess vulnerabilities facing information technology, cloud and internet of things […] More
The U.S. Marine Corps has declared initial operational capability for the Northrop Grumman-built AN/TPS-80 ground/air task-oriented radar. Northrop said Wednesday the first two G/ATOR systems will be deployed to the Marine Air Control Squadrons 1 and 2. G/ATOR reached initial operational capability after Northrop delivered the first six radar systems to the Marine Corps as part of the low-rate […] More
Amazon Web Services has released a new service designed to convert text into realistic voice audio applicable to multiple languages. The Amazon Polly service is available through the AWS GovCloud (US) Region, the company said Wednesday. The text-to-speech service makes use of deep learning technologies to help users construct speech-enabled applications. Amazon Polly’s API may be integrated with other applications to […] More
On Tuesday, Feb. 28th, the Potomac Officers’ Club hosted the Digital Transformation in the Federal Government breakfast event, bringing together established speakers from government and industry to discuss the state of information technology modernization. The keynote speakers were: Matt Lira, special assistant to the president, White House Office of American Innovation; Dr. David Bray, executive […] More
Gus Hunt, cybersecurity strategy lead at Accenture’s federal services business, has said the company plans to establish a security operations center in San Antonio, Texas, that would provide cybersecurity support to federal agencies that lack budget to hire cyber professionals, the San Antonio Express-News reported Monday. “It allows us to deliver managed, shared services to […] More
Boeing has secured a $73.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to perform modifications on four F/A-18E/F Super Hornets in an effort to extend the aircraft’s service life. The company will aim to extend the operational service life of the service branch’s F/A-18E/F fleet from 6,000 to 9,000 flight hours, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Seventy-five percent of the work will […] More
The Canadian department of national defense has selected a team of AeroVironment and Maxar Technologies‘ MDA subsidiary to provide small unmanned aerial systems for deployment aboard the Canadian navy’s maritime coastal defense vessels. AeroVironment said Wednesday the military service will receive Puma II AE mini UAS equipped with 360-degree antenna and Mantis i45 sensor systems designed to support […] More
Stratolaunch Systems has completed a ground-based control test of its aircraft designed to facilitate air launches of rockets in order to bring satellites into low-Earth orbit, ValueWalk reported Wednesday. Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder who established Stratolaunch in 2011, said in a Twitter post that the Seattle, Washington-based company’s aircraft recorded 46 miles per hour in top […] More
Raytheon has received a potential $87.1 million contract to supply updated high definition/target location accuracy turrets to the U.S. Air Force and France. The Defense Department said Wednesday the fixed-price-incentive contract covers the production of 44 AN/DAS-4 AN/DAS-4 Multi-Spectral Targeting System Model B turrets as well as one lot of initial spares, shop replaceable units, associated data. The […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a potential $18.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to help sustain the military branch’s GPS satellites currently in orbit. Work covers on-orbit and anomaly resolution support, constellation performance analysis, space vehicle end-of-life test and training and SV subsystem analysis, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the Space and Missile Systems […] More
