The Department of Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have opened applications for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, signaling an effort to accelerate private sector deployment of advanced nuclear technologies through
The National Science Foundation is investing $100 million in five National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes and a central community hub to accelerate open innovation, build an AI-ready workforce and strengthen U.S. global
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The Department of Commerce has appointed Bill Frauenhofer as the director of the CHIPS Program Office. Who Is Bill Frauenhofer? Frauenhofer, who has a three-decade career in investment banking and expertise in
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The Department of Defense is preparing a new iteration of its $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract to enable competition and a faster acquisition process. Opening the Door to More Cloud
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The Defense Innovation Unit has selected Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to provide a new monolithic telescope for a responsive space mission, which Firefly Aerospace will launch as early as 2027. LLNL said
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The Department of Defense is accelerating its efforts to develop space-based interceptors as part of the Golden Dome initiative, Breaking Defense reported, noting that the Pentagon is seeking to engage the private
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a 2025 Wash100 Award recipient, has ordered immediate action to secure the Department of Defense’s information technology capabilities from adversarial influence. Protecting DOD Supply Chain From Adversarial Threats
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The Defense Innovation Unit, in coordination with U.S. Northern Command, the U.S. Army and other military branches, has announced 10 finalists for the Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System Low-Cost Sensing challenge. Selected from
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Sonya Ebright, a retired Navy captain, is now the acting director of the Defense Contract Management Agency. Who Is Sonya Ebright? Ebright, the DCMA deputy director since May 2022, took over Thursday
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The Government Accountability Office identified 11 of the most critical legacy systems across 10 federal agencies. In its recent review, the congressional watchdog also found that only three agencies have documented modernization
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MITRE has called for the federal government to modernize defense acquisition and strengthen supply chains by cooperating with international partners and allies. The not-for-profit organization said its white paper, published Thursday, offers
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