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Microsoft has outlined the steps the company plans to take with the use of digital technology and the Internet in an effort to help counter terrorist activities online. The company said Friday it seeks to tackle terrorism-related content posted on its web services while it maintains the users’ rights to privacy, freedom of expression and the right to access information. […] More
The Army Research Laboratory has partnered with Drexel University in Pennsylvania to explore methods to detect structural fatigue and stress problems in military aerial vehicles. ARL and the university also seeks to identify approaches to model the severity of aircraft material damage precursors as part of their cooperative research and development agreement, the U.S. Army said Friday. “While many […] More
The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has awarded a $200,000 contract to Whitescope to provide a wireless communications gateway that will work to secure Internet of Things devices. DHS said Monday Whitescope’s GatewayX platform will work to perform passive and active detection of connected IoT devices and centralize the access to the devices. The award was given under […] More
Lockheed Martin has shipped its asteroid sampling spacecraft to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final processing prior to the spacecraft’s launch toward an asteroid believed to hold answers about the solar system’s origin. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security – Regolith Explorer spacecraft was transported Friday from Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado […] More
Fairfax County, Virginia will install an Airbus-built call handling platform into the jurisdiction’s future 911 system for use by more than 1.1 million residents. Airbus said Monday it will provide the company’s Vesta 9-1-1 call handling platform to Fairfax County in support of the latter’s contract to General Dynamics for work to help develop, deploy, maintain and support a “next-generation” 911 network. Steve McMurrer, Fairfax […] More
iDirect Government has launched its Evolution 3.4.1 software that is designed to facilitate transmission security for airborne, maritime and land-based satellite communications using the 9-Series portfolio of remotes and defense line cards. The satcom provider said Monday the software works to support 950mp, 900 and 9350 remotes as well as DLC-T and DLC-R line cards via a single platform. iDirectGov added it also […] More
The Energy Department has awarded $31 million in total funds to support 14 window coating and windowpane development projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s Single-Pane Highly Insulating Efficient Lucid Design program. DOE said Monday ARPA-E’s SHIELD program seeks to retrofit single-pane windows through the development of novel window coatings and other materials designed to […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a contract to DRS Technologies to update the company’s ultra-small pixel infrared focal plane arrays under DARPA’s Lambda Scale program. The FPAs work to support the functions of cooled infrared sensors to address pilot situational awareness and visibility concerns, DRS said Monday. The company uses thin-film deposition technology and a high-density capacitance […] More
VBrick is seeking a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer a cloud-based video management technology to government agencies. The company said Monday its Rev enterprise video platform is currently undergoing the FedRAMP security assessment framework review process. Rev is designed to help users create, view and share live and recorded video content across an organization. “Undertaking the […] More
Carnegie Mellon University has been awarded an $8.9 million contract to research and develop new algorithms for the U.S. Navy’s aerial and biometric surveillance efforts. The Defense Department said Monday the university will research tracking, surveillance and identification systems intended to address challenges in resolution, occlusion, pose and aging as part of the UROPA-TSI program. Carnegie Mellon will conduct […] More
Information technology trade group CompTIA has recorded a 25 percent increase in membership across its public sector councils between the first quarters of 2015 and 2016. The rise in membership at CompTIA’s Space Enterprise Council, State and Local Government and Education Council and Human Services Information Technology Advisory Group comes a year after the nonprofit […] More
The Defense Department‘s F-35 joint program office seeks information on potential vendors that can provide knowledge-based information technology support to F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter and related air system programs. JPO and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division will collaborate to identify qualified providers for an upcoming contract, which could have a ceiling value of $160 million over five years, the Department […] More
