The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded five companies prototype contracts to develop a platform to enhance the Department of Defense’s biosurveillance capabilities using artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics. Integrating Biosurveillance
MoreThe Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting industry input on software research and development services for the Command and Control, Space and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, or C2-SpISR, of its Global Application
MoreThe Senate on Tuesday voted 74-25 to confirm Michael Kratsios, a two-time Wash100 Award winner, as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP. Kratsios’ confirmation as
MoreThe Senate has confirmed Jayanta Bhattacharya as the next director of the National Institutes of Health by a vote of 53 to 47. He is set to take over as head of
MoreGreg Autry has been nominated by President Donald Trump for chief financial officer at NASA on March 24. The agency said Tuesday NASA acting administrator Janet Petro issued a statement announcing the nomination. According
MoreStephen Ehikian, acting administrator of the General Services Administration, said streamlining and centralizing procurement and rationalizing IT infrastructure and software as a shared service are part of his vision for GSA. Centralizing
MoreBreaking Defense reported Tuesday that the Department of Defense indicated in an internal memo its intent to make the Advana big-data platform of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO,
MoreThe Missile Defense Agency is planning a live hypersonic missile intercept demonstration after the test completion of a simulated engagement Monday using Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Combat System. In an MDA statement Tuesday,
MoreThe U.S. military’s transition to skills-based hiring requires an overhaul of existing processes, according to defense officials. At a recent event, hiring managers from the Navy, the Air Force and the Marines
MoreThe General Services Administration has launched a rightsizing initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Multiple Award Schedule, or MAS, Program. In a statement published Monday, Josh Gruenbaum, commissioner of GSA’s Federal
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