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
Polly Trottenberg, deputy secretary of the Department of Transportation, has been appointed to serve as administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration on an interim basis. Trottenberg will take over from acting FAA
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Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich.; Mike Braun, R-Ind.; and James Lankford, R-Okla, have introduced bipartisan legislation requiring federal agencies to implement transparency practices regarding their use of artificial intelligence. The Transparent Automated Governance
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The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is seeking comments on the initial public draft of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework profile for hybrid satellite networks. The NIST Interagency
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The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has recognized 19 companies with the 2023 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award for complying with industrial security review standards. BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin,
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David Crane, a three-decade energy sector veteran, has received confirmation from the Senate to serve as undersecretary for infrastructure at the Department of Energy. He will oversee clean energy infrastructure deployment initiatives
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Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, said the Department of Defense needs to communicate a steady demand signal to help the defense industrial base keep up
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The White House has launched a new website that shows how the Biden administration is attempting to mobilize public and private sector investments across U.S. states and territories sparked by the Investing
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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is set to host a proposers’ day on June 27 to discuss with industry its new program to develop novel methods and systems to anonymize conversational
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Purdue University’s applied research arm has unveiled a new facility that will house the university’s hypersonic aircraft evaluation and testing efforts. The Purdue Applied Research Institute has invested $41 million in the
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Jessica Salmoiraghi, former chief acquisition officer at the General Services Administration, has joined global software industry trade group BSA as senior director for information technology modernization and procurement. She assumed the position
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