In order to fully understand OTA government acquisition, it's important to know about Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) contracts. These contracts are a procurement mechanism that aims to buy services and property for direct use by government bodies or authorities. When the DoD or military services need to access R&F projects and prototypes from commercial sources, OTAs grant them more flexibility than traditional FAR documents allow.

A Department of Defense contractor is an entity that enters into a direct contract with the DoD. If you are looking for an opportunity to become a contractor for the Department of Defense (DoD), knowing the difference between traditional and non-traditional contracting is key. 

SWaP-C is an equation that is essential to research and development. With applications across many of our opportunities, from STAMP to Microelectronics Commons, it’s important to understand what it means, why it matters, and why it is talked about so often.

Why is there such tremendous growth and opportunities for hypersonics? It is a foundation for maintaining national security. There's a lot to say about hypersonic technology today and its potential for the future.

As an offensive security professional, one can often face unique challenges compared to colleagues in the rest of the information technology space. After all, why wouldn’t you - hacking is scary stuff that you see the bad guys and anti-heroes do in movies, right?!

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is an assessment framework and certification program that determines what data an organization can work with. Specifically, it determines whether they comply with necessary security regulations to work with controlled and vulnerable information.

While we might still be missing flying cars, one thing is for sure. Robotics are the way of the future, and the technology of the future is quickly becoming the technology of today.