NASA’s Stennis Space Center has launched an autonomous systems payload aboard Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-1, or LS-1, small satellite. Carried into space on the SpaceX Transporter 10 rideshare mission, the Autonomous Satellite Technology for
Brig. Gen. Scott Cain will assume command of the Air Force Research Laboratory, succeeding Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, who has served as the AFRL commander since June 2020 and is set to
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NASA and Boeing have completed a joint checkpoint review of the first crewed flight mission of the latter’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station. Ninety-five percent of the certification for the
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Carlen Capenos, director of small business programs for the Defense Information Systems Agency, said DISA is taking action to expand the utilization and participation of small businesses in defense contracts, including eliminating
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The Department of the Air Force and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have jointly demonstrated real-time magnetic navigation on a C-17A Globemaster III using artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities from the
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published recommendations on developing policies and procedures for reporting and managing vulnerability disclosures for federal government systems. The NIST Special Publication 800-216 outlines a
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The Department of the Treasury has formed a new public-private executive steering group to address challenges outlined in the Financial Services Sector’s Adoption of Cloud Services report. The Cloud Executive Steering Group
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The Defense Innovation Unit is inviting commercial companies to submit technology proposals for enhancing the collection and analysis of publicly available information using generative artificial intelligence and large language models. DIU is
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking to increase engagement and collaboration with the public sector to expand its open-source framework for security control assessment and maintenance, Federal News Network
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John Hall, assistant deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Army, has been appointed director and CEO of the Defense Commissary Agency. He will take the helm at DeCA on June 4
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Matt Sieger, a project director at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected to lead the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s effort to build a successor to its Frontier exascale supercomputer. Sieger
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