WASHINGTON. The National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced the granting of more than $1 billion in awards for the establishment of 12 new artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum information science (QIS) research institutes across the U.S. 

BOULDER, Colo. Ball Aerospace, teamed with Booz Allen Hamilton, has won a contract by the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO) to serve as the prime system integrator for the SpRCO Ground Command, Control, and Communications (GC3) system. 

WASHINGTON and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Google Cloud and Simple Technology Solutions (STS) — a Google Cloud partner and small business specializing in multi-cloud solutions for the federal government — announced they are working with the U.S. Navy to modernize the maintenance and repairs inspection process for Navy vessels and facilities.

SAN JOSE, Calif. Lynx Software Technologies, company specializing in modern platform software technologies, announced that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has adopted the LYNX MOSA.ic software framework for the Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).

SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has won a developmental contract by Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) to provide manufacturing design drawings, engineering, fabrication, inspection, and assembly of prototype propulsor, shafting, and bearing components as well as the equipment needed to support propulsor research & development, testing, and evaluation.

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force has awarded BAE Systems a $495 million contract to continue to provide a wide range of instrumentation support and sustainment services to military and government agencies for the U.S. and its allies.

ORLANDO, Fla. According to NASA officials, one of the most powerful rockets in service is scheduled to carry a classified spy satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) aloft from Florida before dawn Thursday.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. Officials at the Open Group announced the Technical Standard for SOSA Reference Architecture, Snapshot 3 is now available for download. According to the Open Group, the document is a Snapshot of what will, after maturation, become the Technical Standard for SOSA (Sensor Open Systems Architecture) Reference Architecture, Edition 1.0. 

SOLOMONS, Maryland. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic officials at the Open Group and the consortia they manage - the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) and the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) - announced that the The Open Group FACE and SOSA Consortia Expo & TIM, originally scheduled for September 22, 2020 at the Holiday Inn Solomons Conference Center & Marina in Solomons, Maryland, the event will now be held Tuesday, March 23 at the same venue.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., a division of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announced it has been awarded a $29 million contract from Raytheon to produce and sustain the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2) Cooling Equipment Units (CEU).

RESTON, Va. U.S. Navy awarded a $133 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to continue providing mission engineering and integration services to the Maneuver, Engagement, and Surveillance Systems Division at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Crane, Indiana.

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. To those in tune with the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) driving the rapidly growing open systems market ecosystem (i.e. FACE, SOSA, CMOSS, etc.), a new platform for information on Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST) comes online from NAVAIR PMA-209.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Skydio, U.S. drone manufacturer and company specializing in autonomous flight, announced that the new Skydio X2D has been selected as a trusted drone platform for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal Government as part of the Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue sUAS Project.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. Orbit Communication Systems Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Orbit Communication Systems Ltd., who specializes in satellite communication, tracking systems, and airborne communication and audio management solutions, announced that Lockheed Martin Corporation selected its Orion Combat 3D Audio Management System (3D-AMS) for the next generation avionics suite of the F-16.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Built by Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band flew on an EA-18G Growler – its first flight test on the aircraft. The U.S. Navy's NGJ-MB is an advanced electronic attack system that is designed to deny, disrupt, and degrade enemy technology, including communication tools and air-defense systems.