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Raytheon & ASU to Open New Defense Engineering Design Hub
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Raytheon & ASU to Open New Defense Engineering Design Hub

Raytheon has partnered with Arizona State University to establish a facility that will focus on creating digital design products meant to support the RTX business’ defense portfolio growth.

RTX said Monday the space at ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center will mark the company’s expansion in the Phoenix area to capitalize on the region’s talent pool.

The engineering design hub will add 28,000 square feet of digital design space near ASU’s Tempe campus and house approximately 150 personnel with 95 percent being new hires.

Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon, said, “[The expansion will] provide greater opportunities to collaborate with other tech companies and suppliers in the region.”

The hub will be located at SkySong, a 1.2 million square foot mixed-use project scheduled to open in the fall.

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How CHIPS Act Can Save US Semiconductor Industry & Rebuild Tech Dominance
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How CHIPS Act Can Save US Semiconductor Industry & Rebuild Tech Dominance

Over the past few decades, the United States’ share of global semiconductor chip manufacturing has been steadily shrinking as other countries and competitors have expanded their footprint in this critical area. Last year, the U.S. made a move that could rebalance the scales when the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 was passed into law, injecting billions of dollars into domestic chip production and innovation.

Executive Mosaic spoke with 2023 Wash100 Award winner Cameron Chehreh, vice president and general manager of Intel’s public sector business, in an exclusive video interview to learn more about why this moment in the microelectronics industry is so important and how the CHIPS Act will play a role in the country’s journey toward rebuilding its technological advantage.

Catch Chehreh moderating the panel discussion at the 2023 Microelectronics Forum, hosted by ExecutiveBiz, on July 25! Meet government decision makers, network with industry leaders and learn from experts in the field at this in-person event. Register here to save your spot.

Intel co-founder Gordon Moore discovered more than 50 years ago that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles about every two years. Today, half a century later, the next generation of Moore’s law is emerging as experts are reaching 1 billion transistors on a single chip.

“Now we’re coming into this second wave where semiconductors have become even more potent and more powerful on the world stage,” Chehreh said in conversation with Executive Mosaic’s Summer Myatt.

With the ubiquity of smartphones, connected devices and sensors, people today are ingesting and creating more content and data than ever before, making the digital economy increasingly important on the global stage. Chehreh asserted that the CHIPS Act is really investing in silicon as the heart of the American tech industry, and the legislation is paving the way for continuous and rapid innovation.

“The government and the policymakers and everyone that has supported the CHIPS Act really has taken a forward-leaning, progressive view of where the digital economy is moving to, and they’ve taken the proper investment steps to be able to make sure that this industry can flourish, we can mitigate risk in supply chain of what we learned during the pandemic and really look at some sort of prosperous future for the digital economy,” he explained.

Watch Cameron Chehreh’s full video interview here, and be sure to join him at the 2023 Microelectronics Forum on July 25 — register here.

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NCCoE Fielding Comments on Draft Cybersecurity Framework Profile for EV/XFC Infrastructure
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NCCoE Fielding Comments on Draft Cybersecurity Framework Profile for EV/XFC Infrastructure

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is soliciting industry input on the initial public draft of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework profile for the electric vehicle extreme fast charging ecosystem.

The NIST Internal Report 8473 will be part of an enterprise risk management program to help organizations manage threats to EV/XFC infrastructure, data and services, the agency said Friday.

A group of security experts from NIST and MITRE developed the profile to serve as a national-level approach to securing the deployment and management of EV/XFC systems, which rely on connected subsystems, including XFC cloud or third-party operator and utility-building networks.

With the cybersecurity framework profile, users can apply protection mechanisms to manage cybersecurity risks in the use of EV/XFC services, equipment and data.

Comments are due Aug. 28.

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IARPA Accepting Vendor Information for Satellite Data-based Image Simulation Project
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IARPA Accepting Vendor Information for Satellite Data-based Image Simulation Project

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is inviting input from organizations with capabilities to develop machine learning-based image simulation technologies, which can be used to create 3D models from satellite or high-altitude system data.

IARPA on Friday issued a request for information to gain knowledge about existing research and technologies for its advanced image simulation and 3D object extraction project.

The RFI, which closes on Aug. 4, is open to U.S. and foreign vendors that can provide details such as metrics, wavelengths, camera geometries and tunable sensor parameters used in their high-fidelity simulation technologies.

The agency is interested in innovations that can simulate at high speed and low cost, all the while producing massive volumes of imagery. It is also looking for systems that can create models beyond Panchromatic Electro-Optical imagery.

Biden Administration Pledges $20B to 2 Clean Energy Grant Programs for Underserved Communities
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Biden Administration Pledges $20B to 2 Clean Energy Grant Programs for Underserved Communities

The Biden administration is investing $20 billion in two grant competitions focused on clean technology projects benefitting underserved regions.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday announced that the government will allocate $14 billion to the National Clean Investment Fund, and $6 billion to the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator program.

NCIF will select up to three financing institutions that will work with the private sector to fund clean technology projects across the country, especially marginalized sectors. Forty percent of the grants will go to initiatives that benefit low-income, disadvantaged, tribal, underserved and rural communities, as well as areas with environmental justice issues.

CCIA is designed to collaborate with NCIF in providing grants to a maximum of seven nonprofit organizations. The chosen entities will deliver financial and technical support to community lenders of projects geared toward building electric vehicle fleets and energy-efficient homes in disadvantaged regions.

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AFLMC Requests Information on Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System Integrator Services Requirement
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AFLMC Requests Information on Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System Integrator Services Requirement

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Defensive Cybersecurity Branch is seeking information on potential commercial entities capable of providing system integrator services for a new cyber defense system.

The Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System will transition the service branch’s current defensive cyber weapon systems into a cloud-native architecture capable of enabling an enterprise-level approach to detecting and responding to cyber threats, according to a notice posted Friday on SAM.gov.

IDCS will feature software- and hardware-based sensor platforms that will perform data collection, processing and aggregation. Collected data will be transported from the kits and through a cloud platform into the Air Force’s catch-all data platform for additional analysis.

The system will integrate the work of multiple software and hardware development teams under multiple contracts.

AFLMC expects the IDCS to be fully underway in mid-to-late fiscal year 2024.

Responses to the request for information are due July 28.

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Updated Site Selection Plan for FBI’s Suburban Campus Issued by GSA; Nina Albert Quoted
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Updated Site Selection Plan for FBI’s Suburban Campus Issued by GSA; Nina Albert Quoted

The General Services Administration has released an updated plan for identifying a location for the FBI’s new suburban headquarters in accordance with the provisions of the fiscal year 2023 Appropriations Act.

Nina Albert, commissioner of the Public Buildings Service at GSA, said in a statement published Friday the consultations conducted with the Maryland and Virginia delegations in March offered insights that helped inform the revised site selection plan for the FBI HQ campus.

“While the core elements of the site selection plan remain the same, we have updated the plan to incorporate new government-wide directives and to increase the consideration of cost to deliver better value for taxpayers,” Albert added.

According to GSA, the updated plan also seeks to simplify the scoring method, reflects the current administration’s executive order on sustainability and equity and aligns with the agency’s principles to establish a fair and transparent process.

In 2014, GSA proffered Greenbelt and Landover in Maryland and Springfield, Virginia, as the three potential sites for the new FBI building. The agency anticipates settling on a location for the bureau’s new HQ campus in the next few months.

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CBO Estimates Nuclear Weapons Programs Would Cost $756B Through 2032
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CBO Estimates Nuclear Weapons Programs Would Cost $756B Through 2032

A Congressional Budget Office report projects that plans to modernize, operate and maintain U.S. nuclear forces as stated in the fiscal 2023 budget requests of the departments of Defense and Energy would cost $756 billion from 2023 through 2032.

The figure reflects a 19 percent increase—or a $122 billion uptick—from CBO’s 2021 estimate of $634 billion over the 10-year period, according to the CBO report published Friday.

The total estimated cost includes $305 billion for the operation and sustainment of existing and future nuclear forces and $96 billion for potential cost increase in excess of projected budgeted amounts.

Of the total projected costs, $247 billion would be used to modernize tactical and strategic nuclear delivery systems and related weapons and $108 billion would be used to update facilities and equipment for the nuclear weapons lab complex and modernize command, control, communications and early-warning platforms.

According to the report, the DOD would incur about 67 percent of the projected costs, mainly for intercontinental ballistic missiles and ballistic missile submarines.

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Maj. Gen. Matthew Wolfe Davidson Named DTRA Deputy Director
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Maj. Gen. Matthew Wolfe Davidson Named DTRA Deputy Director

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Matthew Wolfe Davidson, former deputy commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, has been named deputy director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, DVIDS reported Thursday.

He will lead the Department of Defense’s combat support agency focused on preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and supporting the U.S. nuclear enterprise.

Davidson is a career Air Force officer and has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels. He was the deputy commanding general for Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan and executive officer to the Air Force Chief of Staff.

He has also led air, space and special operations forces during multiple military operations worldwide.

Davidson said he will represent the agency to other DOD components and partner nations looking to expand their programs countering weapons of mass destruction.

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BAE Subsidiary Marks Maiden Stratospheric Flight of High-Altitude UAV
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BAE Subsidiary Marks Maiden Stratospheric Flight of High-Altitude UAV

An experimental unmanned pseudo satellite designed by a BAE Systems subsidiary was able to fly above 66,000 feet to the stratosphere and return to the ground during a 24-hour test flight.

The first stratospheric flight trial demonstrates the potential of the PHASA-35 uncrewed aerial system to deliver intelligence, security and communication from beyond the atmosphere, BAE said Friday.

PHASA-35, also known as the High Altitude Pseudo Satellite Uncrewed Aerial System, was developed by U.K.-based firm Prismatic. It features a 35-meter wingspan, 15-kilogram payload capacity, and photovoltaic solar arrays for power.

The UAS is managed by BAE Systems’ new FalconWorks business, which focuses on research, development and innovations for the air sector.

The test flight was held at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, with support from the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center and the Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center.

The company plans to perform more flight performance trials of the system to boost its international viability as a tool for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, security and 4G and 5G communication delivery.

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