NASA has a history of firsts. Now it has a new first. A first chief artificial intelligence officer. Joining Federal Drive Host Tom Temin last week was that very chief AI officer, Dave Salvaginni
July 18, 2024
An academic course, endorsed by the Defense Department and delivered by accelerator company BMNT, aims to help science and engineering students develop their ideas into companies. It’s called Hacking for Defense. One startup, called Pharos Aerospace,…
July 18, 2024
The company MSI-DFAT, has a unique specialty. It blasts very loud sound at satellites and spacecraft that mimics the incredibly loud and harsh rocket launch noise environments for launch certification. It’s an important step in…
July 17, 2024
We begin today talking about the weather. Well not the actual weather itself, but the hardware needed to track it. Recently, NASA selected Lockheed Martin to build he nation’s next generation weather satellite constellation, Geostationary…
July 17, 2024
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and NASA are collaborating with eight American universities for the second year of the Mission Concept Program. The program provides universities with assistance in helping students gain skills…
June 17, 2024
George Mason University will be the site of the recently approved Landolt NASA Space Mission. The mission will kick off in 2029 by launching a light into the sky that will help scientists determine the…
June 17, 2024
There are a lot of regulatory boxes you need to check to get your space project underway. This can be hard for companies with smaller budgets and legal resources. To help, the firm Aegis Space…
June 17, 2024
Voyager Space has entered into an agreement with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to help develop an airlock for the Mars Transit Vehicle, also referred to as Deep Space Transport. It’s a 12-month study that…
June 17, 2024
The more nations launch satellites into space, the more crowded the orbit layers become. Especially in the burgeoning low earth orbit. NASA has a Space Environment Sustainability Advisory Board to help guide policy for an…
May 20, 2024
The professional organization AFCEA International has launched its 139 national chapter right in Orlando, Florida. It’s meant to help facilitate connections for members of the space industry with government agencies. It’s even calling it the…
May 20, 2024
You hear a lot about zero trust controls in government tech circles, especially here on Federal News Network. Could this approach to cybersecurity which requires constant verification before access to a system, be applied to…
April 22, 2024
So we’re trying to send folks back to the moon and potentially mars. However, the longer people are out there, the longer they could potentially come down with something. Yes much like the fisherman and…
April 22, 2024
The concept of nuclear power kinda makes sense for space travel doesn’t it? Taking a small amount of material and being able to harness energy from it to create a vast amount of heat, electricity,…
April 22, 2024
Beginning today with the ISS National Lab. It’s the government funded organization which manages all non-NASA research and investigations. It recently announced a new funding opportunity for in-space production applications, which can leverage the unique…
April 22, 2024