Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the service branch plans to combine independent space acquisition agencies under a single
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A new report says the Defense Innovation Unit awarded 63 prototype contracts and transitioned eight commercial prototypes to Pentagon partners in 2019, Federal News Network reported Wednesday. DIU took an average of 127
More The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) intends to standardize language in government contracts with cloud service providers to clarify terms with regard to security liability, Nextgov reported Wednesday.
More The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has tested six commercially available contactless fingerprinting technologies and found that such platforms performed better that contact-based devices when scanning multiple prints against a
More The Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate and the National Alliance for Public Safety Geospatial Information Services Foundation held an event that sought to disseminate various practices and validate approaches
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The U.S. Marine Corps has commenced an effort to modernize the infantry weapons, complementary optics and other related systems used in the service. USMC said Tuesday its Program Manager for Infantry Weapons or
More Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division pursues prototyping of autonomous detection systems via other transaction authority, an alternative, accelerated procurement approach. NSWC Crane said Tuesday it employs Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems
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The U.S. Space Force conducted critical design review efforts for a weather system follow-on microwave technology built to transmit weather data to warfighters.
More The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is working with the U.S. Air Force to test physical cases designed to bolster the security of mobile devices used by airmen, Fedscoop reported Tuesday. These cases cover cameras and
More The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending the Department of Defense (DoD) to share the findings of its reviews on the impact of contract types such as cost-type awards to weapons acquisition programs.
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