James Schmidt, a seasoned educator, has been selected as the new president of James Madison University. The university said Wednesday Schmidt was appointed by the JMU Board of Visitors as the seventh president in
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The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command unveiled that the United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan launch system has been certified for National Security Space Launch missions. The SSC said Wednesday ULA is now one
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a document that identifies threats associated with adversarial machine learning. The Adversarial Machine Learning: A Taxonomy and Terminology of Attacks and Mitigations, published
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The Idaho National Laboratory is in search of an industry sponsor to invest $5-10 million in a privately funded innovation incubator for tech startups. INL said Tuesday the program, which integrates the national
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The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded five companies prototype contracts to develop a platform to enhance the Department of Defense’s biosurveillance capabilities using artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics. Integrating Biosurveillance
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The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting industry input on software research and development services for the Command and Control, Space and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, or C2-SpISR, of its Global Application
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The Senate on Tuesday voted 74-25 to confirm Michael Kratsios, a two-time Wash100 Award winner, as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP. Kratsios’ confirmation as
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The Senate has confirmed Jayanta Bhattacharya as the next director of the National Institutes of Health by a vote of 53 to 47. He is set to take over as head of
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Greg Autry has been nominated by President Donald Trump for chief financial officer at NASA on March 24. The agency said Tuesday NASA acting administrator Janet Petro issued a statement announcing the nomination. According
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Stephen Ehikian, acting administrator of the General Services Administration, said streamlining and centralizing procurement and rationalizing IT infrastructure and software as a shared service are part of his vision for GSA. Centralizing
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