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PSC, DELTA Resources Hosting Defense Services Conference Nov. 21st; Maria Proestou, Jim Jaska Quoted
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PSC, DELTA Resources Hosting Defense Services Conference Nov. 21st; Maria Proestou, Jim Jaska Quoted


Jeff Brody

Professional Services Council (PSC) will hold the Defense Services Conference on Nov. 21st in Arlington, Va to bring together senior executives from the Department of Defense (DoD) and industry to survey current initiatives aimed at accelerating innovation and delivering capabilities to the future force. DELTA Resources announced its support for the conference on Thursday.

“PSC’s Defense Services Conference will highlight the crucial partnership between government and industry supporting the National Defense Strategy,” said Maria Proestou, DELTA Resources, Inc. president, CEO and vice chair of the PSC conference planning committee. “The rapidly evolving threats facing our nation demand unity of effort across sectors to maintain superiority.”

Topics to be covered during this half-day conference include:

  • Strategy-driven requirements for the future force;
  • DoD Modernization to speed mission execution;
  • Leveraging technology and innovation to reshape troop sustainment;
  • The role of industry as a force multiplier and mission partner.

“The future defense and national security of the U.S. will be increasingly enabled by capabilities in the services and technology industrial base,” said Jim Jaska, chair of the conference planning committee, and CEO of Valiant Integrated Services, a PSC member company. “The Defense Services Conference will examine this pivotal relationship and the key trends shaping the strategy and force of the future,” Jaska added.

About DELTA Resources

DELTA Resources, Inc. is a woman-owned business, established in 2000 to provide support services to the Federal government and the private sector. With 350+ employees and annual revenues exceeding $50 million, the company maintains a steadfast focus and sustained growth in national security mission areas. DELTA achieves its corporate objectives through a partnership-oriented commitment to excellent customer service and employee development.

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NASA Invests in Graduate Research on Aviation, Space
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NASA Invests in Graduate Research on Aviation, Space


Jeff Brody

NASA has issued a total of $2.3 million in grants to support graduate student research projects across 13 minority institutions and four majority institutions. These projects support national aviation and space efforts such as the Artemis program that aims to revive manned lunar exploration, NASA said Thursday.

The space agency’s Minority University Research and Education Project and Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate provided the funds.

The 17 recipient institutions are:

  • Florida International University

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Montclair State University

  • New Mexico State University

  • Ohio State University

  • Pennsylvania State University (two awards)

  • San Diego State University Foundation

  • University of California, Irvine

  • University of California, Riverside

  • University of Florida

  • University of Hawaii Systems

  • University of Houston System

  • University of Maryland

  • University of Minnesota (two awards)

  • University of New Mexico

  • University of Texas, Arlington

  • University of Washington, Seattle

NOAA, DOE Launch Prize Competition for Energy-Efficient Ocean Observation Systems
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NOAA, DOE Launch Prize Competition for Energy-Efficient Ocean Observation Systems


Jeff Brody

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced a competition to encourage the development of ocean observing platforms that use marine renewable energy. NOAA said Wednesday that it has partnered with the Department of Energy to launch the $3M Ocean Observing Prize under the existing Powering the Blue Economy portfolio. Powering the Blue Economy consists of projects that aim to apply marine renewable energy to practical uses such as ocean observing and offshore aquaculture.

Interested parties may propose conceptual technologies that charge unmanned systems, navigate and communicate underwater, boost survivability in austere environments, function as buoys and promote innovation. Designs that win in the competition’s initial selection would advance to follow-on phases for design and development.

“Ocean-based scientific instruments provide data critical to our understanding of the environment that benefits public safety and our economy,” said Neil Jacobs, acting NOAA administrator.

NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System program and DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy manage the Ocean Observing Prize.

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FCC Unveils Two Locations to Test Advanced Wireless Comms
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FCC Unveils Two Locations to Test Advanced Wireless Comms


Jeff Brody

The Federal Communications Commission has established innovation zones in Salt Lake City and New York City to experiment with newer wireless communication networks that include fifth-generation cellular technology. The National Science Foundation proposed the creation of the testing areas to help increase connectivity through wireless devices and services, FCC said Monday.

“We’re also establishing a process to ensure new innovators can have access to this testing resource while protecting current, licensed users,” said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

FCC noted that arties with experimental program licenses can also perform non-related experiments to develop new technology as part of the initiative without causing interference to other services.

Salt Lake City will host an open wireless data-based research effort with multiple input, multiple output platforms while New York City will test an open software-defined mobile wireless system.

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Releases New Socioeconomic Health Score; Josh Schoeller Quoted
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Releases New Socioeconomic Health Score; Josh Schoeller Quoted


Jeff Brody

LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced that the company has released a new Socioeconomic Health Score to provide insights on medication adherence for patients on a prescription maintenance regimens, LexisNexis announced on Thursday. 

“By identifying patients at the highest risk of failing to follow their medication protocol, pharmacies, payers, providers and other organizations entering into value-based agreements can take proactive steps to help them stay compliant and achieve optimal health outcomes,” said Josh Schoeller, senior vice president and general manager, LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

These types of SDOH data insights can help organizations across the healthcare spectrum understand patient health and care needs more holistically, which can improve patient compliance by better addressing patient specific needs. LexisNexis Risk Solutions seeks to advance the value of SDOH data in healthcare and is part of a cross-industry collaborative that developed the guiding principles for use of SDOH data.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions discovered the following insights based on the SDOH data analysis:

  • College attendance is positively correlated with medication adherence.

  • People with relatives or associates who live within 25 miles are more likely to be adherent.

  • Those individuals who are predicted to be “most adherent” are twice as likely to follow up with office visits within two weeks of an acute event; a practice which is known to reduce readmissions.

  • In the 12-month period analyzed there was a three-fold increase in Emergency Room (ER) visits for patients with the lowest medication adherence score, per the medication adherence model showing ER visit count by predicted decile.

About LexisNexis Risk Solutions 

LexisNexis Risk Solutions harnesses the power of data and advanced analytics to provide insights that help businesses and governmental entities reduce risk and improve decisions to benefit people around the globe. We provide data and technology solutions for a wide range of industries including insurance, financial services, healthcare and government. 

Headquartered in metro Atlanta, Georgia, we have offices throughout the world and are part of RELX (LSE: REL/NYSE: RELX), a global provider of information-based and analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers across industries.

Air Force Seeks Shorter-Lifespan Satellites to Accelerate Deployment
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Air Force Seeks Shorter-Lifespan Satellites to Accelerate Deployment


Jeff Brody

Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center, has said that the service is working on delivering satellite capabilities to warfighters in three to four years, Defense News reported Wednesday. Thompson noted during an Air Force Association conference that the military branch intends to rapidly deploy satellites that “don’t need to last a generation” and operate in orbit for up to eight years.

According to Cordell DeLaPena, program executive for space production at SMC, implementing an open-architecture approach and establishing commonality across the development process will help accelerate deployment.

“It is hard to move fast if you haven’t done the underlying prototyping technology development that allows those systems to go forward,” added Col. Dennis Bythewood, the center’s program executive for space development.

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Air Combat Command Designates 16th Air Force as New Information Warfare Org
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Air Combat Command Designates 16th Air Force as New Information Warfare Org


Jeff Brody

Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, announced a new information warfare numbered air force that will combine the 24th and 25th air forces, the service branch reported Wednesday.

The command announced in April its plans to merge the two air forces in order to integrate electronic warfare, cyber, information operations and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas.

“The activation of 16th (Air Force) will synchronize the mission areas of ISR, electronic warfare, cyber and information operations capabilities,” Holmes said Wednesday at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md. “This integrated capability will provide multi-domain options to component and combatant commanders around the globe.”

Air Combat Command Designates 16th Air Force as New Information Warfare OrgDefense Secretary and a 2019 Wash 100 winner Mark Esper announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen. Timothy Haugh to serve as commander of the 16th air force and for promotion to the rank of lieutenant general.

Haugh is the current head of the 25th air force. He previously served as commander of the Cyber National Mission Force and director of intelligence at U.S. Cyber Command.

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Perspecta Labs Receives $2.9M Prime Award from CMG to Provide Modular Radio Frequency Communications Solution for U.S. Army; Petros Mouchtaris Quoted
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Perspecta Labs Receives $2.9M Prime Award from CMG to Provide Modular Radio Frequency Communications Solution for U.S. Army; Petros Mouchtaris Quoted


Jeff Brody

Consortium Management Group (CMG) awarded a 12 month, $2.9 million prime award contract to Perspecta Labs, an innovative applied research arm of Perspecta, to work on a modular radio frequency (RF) communications solution for the U.S. Army, Perspecta announced on Thursday. 

The objective of the program is to provide an efficient, agile and modular RF communications capability to the warfighter to enable successful mission execution in congested and contested environments. 

Perspecta Labs will develop, deliver, integrate and demonstrate an automated Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency (PACE) communications solution. The Perspecta Labs solution will use automation and intelligence to optimally route data among available RF and networking technologies and provide continuity of operations under rapidly changing environments and threats.  

“Perspecta Labs will leverage its extensive expertise in tactical networking, RF communications and machine learning to design, implement and test this intelligent communications solution for the warfighter,” said Petros Mouchtaris, Ph.D., president of Perspecta Labs. “We are excited to combine our breadth of capability to create a solution that meets tactical requirements for enhanced network awareness and improved communications resilience and efficiency, while also lowering operational burden for the warfighter.”

Perspecta Labs’ automated PACE solution will feature an intelligent decision engine to select from and switch to diverse transport mechanisms, as well as a data model to collect and process critical information to inform the decision engine. The solution will also use an automated initialization processes, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual configuration.

About Perspecta Inc.

At Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP), we question, we seek and we solve. Perspecta brings a diverse set of capabilities to our U.S. government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health care and state and local markets. Our 270+ issued, licensed and pending patents are more than just pieces of paper, they tell the story of our innovation. 

With offerings in mission services, digital transformation and enterprise operations, our team of 14,000 engineers, analysts, investigators and architects work tirelessly to not only execute the mission, but build and support the backbone that enables it. Perspecta was formed to take on big challenges. We are an engine for growth and success and we enable our customers to build a better nation.

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GAO Urges NASA to Take More Action in Major Program Scheduling
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GAO Urges NASA to Take More Action in Major Program Scheduling


Jeff Brody

The Government Accountability Office has assessed the scheduling of NASA’s efforts to manage major human space exploration systems. GAO said Wednesday that it’s looking into the space agency’s development activities of the Orion spacecraft, the Space Launch System rocket and Exploration Ground Systems.

Orion and SLS will serve as vehicles for lunar and Martian exploration missions, and EGS will facilitate the processing and launching of spacecraft and rockets. The federal watchdog found that NASA has made progress since GAO’s last report in June. The earlier audit identified significant occurrences of schedule delays, with setbacks that may push the systems’ launch date to June 2021 despite the schedule’s revision to June 2020.

GAO also discovered an understatement of over $750M in the SLS program’s cost growth calculations. NASA has so far addressed seven of 18 recommendations that GAO has issued over eight previous reports. The accountability office urges NASA to take up more action and comply with the remaining recommendations.

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Unmanned Ship from Leidos Reaches Historic Milestone; Nevin Carr Quoted
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Unmanned Ship from Leidos Reaches Historic Milestone; Nevin Carr Quoted


Jeff Brody

Leidos announced on Thursday that the company’s unmanned ship, Sea Hunter, was recently featured in a major demonstration using an advanced senor less than a year after the ship was transited from San Diego to Hawaii with no personnel on board.

“This exercise offered valuable lessons learned on how to take full advantage of a medium unmanned surface vehicle, with no personnel on board,” said Nevin Carr, Leidos Navy strategic account executive. “Autonomous vessels, especially when combined with artificial intelligence, have the potential to impact naval warfare in ways yet to be discovered.”

The Office of Naval Research project was supported by the Naval Information Warfare Center – Pacific, Naval Undersea Warfare Center-Newport, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to explore how unmanned vehicles can be used as a naval force multiplier, and allow warships to be available for other missions. 

The exercise also showcased the open architecture and flexibility of Sea Hunter, which has previously hosted a variety of mission payloads, including airborne sensors.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended Dec. 2018.

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