NASA’s Stennis Space Center has launched an autonomous systems payload aboard Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-1, or LS-1, small satellite. Carried into space on the SpaceX Transporter 10 rideshare mission, the Autonomous Satellite Technology for
NASA’s Stennis Space Center has launched an autonomous systems payload aboard Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-1, or LS-1, small satellite. Carried into space on the SpaceX Transporter 10 rideshare mission, the Autonomous Satellite Technology for
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Micah Cheatham has been named chief management officer of the National Science Foundation. In his new position, Cheatham, who was formerly chief of management and administration at the National Archives and Records
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Leonel Garciga, chief information officer of the U.S. Army and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, has issued a memorandum detailing new policy guidelines for the development, deployment and use of generative artificial intelligence
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Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., is planning to introduce legislation that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help agencies develop voluntary guidelines for third-party AI evaluations. The Validation and
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Mistral has begun the production of a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial system for the U.S. Army. THOR, a commercial off-the-shelf Group 2 UAS, was created as part of an Army program
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has chosen three new topics for its Secure Tomorrow Series Toolkit, a set of interactive products to help critical infrastructure stakeholders identify and mitigate emerging risks.
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The University of Hawaii has secured a potential 10-year, $85.5 million contract from NASA to maintain and operate the Infrared Telescope Facility, or IRTF, on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. NASA said
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Isabel Casillas Guzman, administrator of the Small Business Administration, has announced a new funding opportunity to drive small business development. Awards made through the solicitation will support the SBA’s Regional Innovation Cluster,
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The U.S. Navy and Army have concluded an end-to-end flight test of a hypersonic missile to gather data on the performance of the military services’ long-range missile programs. The results will inform
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The Defense Innovation Unit has begun accepting proposals for commercial communication technologies for unmanned vehicles to enable maritime domain awareness. The agency said the technology should be capable of establishing connectivity across a
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