hardware Archives

DARPA’s new Toolbox Initiative offers non-production licenses for the latest and greatest tech to performers, like chips and processors.

DARPA makes hardware bug bounty platform open source

The agency hopes that the system will help white-hat hackers to spot flaws in chip designs.

Jul 6, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

New chip design lets agencies save big on data center operations

Agencies that still run their own purpose-built data centers can consolidate and optimize their servers, thanks to a new line of advanced microprocessors.

Oct 21, 2020 By FedScoop Staff

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DARPA wants a new way to upgrade old code and decouple it from hardware

Sometimes a crucial piece of software is only meant to work on one type of hardware. The DOD wants to eliminate those situations.

Aug 4, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) at Kauai, Hawaii, successfully conducted Flight Test Integrated-03 (FTI-03).

For military AI to reach the battlefield, there are more than just software challenges

The military has struggled to bring its data, software and models into a modern age to field AI. The challenges don't stop there.

Jun 19, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

AIMD Misawa Cleaning Stations — Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Branden Weeks, assigned to Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa, wipes down and sanitizes a drinking fountain as part of a modified daily cleaning routine on March 24 to help prevent the spread coronavirus and COVID-19. (U.S. Navy / Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joseph M. Buliavac)

DIU looking for robots that can kill coronavirus

This time, DIU isn't looking for artificial intelligence or cybersecurity tools. It wants an automated solution for decontaminating military-specific environments.

Jun 9, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Federal CIO Suzette Kent delivers a keynote at the 2020 IT Modernization Summit. (FedScoop)

For federal CIOs, telework boom shows how existing IT investments pay off in new ways

It's no secret: IT modernization investments are paying off in a big way, say tech leaders at federal agencies.

Apr 22, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

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VA wants 180,000 new devices to support telework, telehealth during pandemic

The VA wants money for 100,000 laptops for teleworkers, 30,000 laptops for telehealth providers and 50,000 iPads for veterans to receive telehealthcare, FedScoop has learned.

Mar 20, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

U.S. Navy Information Systems Technicians assigned the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) provision more than 1,500 computer workstations for integration into their shipboard Consolidated Afloat Ships Network Enterprise Services (CANES) system in Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific’s Network Integration and Engineering Facility. (U.S. Navy photo by Rick Naystatt/Released).

HP wins $1.4B first piece of Navy hardware NGEN-R contract

HPI Federal LLC will receive up to $1.4 billion to provide new hardware under the first piece of NGEN-R.

Oct 9, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

Zielinski at the 2017 Government of the Future Summit. (FedScoop)

Zielinski named governmentwide IT category manager

He will replace Mary Davie, who was recently promoted to acting deputy commissioner of GSA's Federal Acquisition Service.

Sep 14, 2017

New DARPA program seeks cybersecurity through hardware design

Pentagon scientists say they could stop 40 percent of current cyberattacks by producing secure computer chips.

Apr 22, 2017