Colin Angle is the chief executive officer, chairman and co-founder of technology company iRobot, which designs and builds consumer robots. Angle established the robotics company in 1990, when he worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Prior to founding the Bedford, Massachusetts-headquartered company, Angle worked as an engineering intern at a NASA-operated laboratory, […]
Technology and engineering solutions company KBR has won the recompete for two contracts involving the procurement of services in support of Navy training systems and aircraft survivability equipment. The deals, awarded under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s Multiple Award Contract, amount to more than $120 million. One of the contracts is worth $64.9 […]
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Andrew Hunter to be the U.S. Air Force’s assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, according to a July 16 announcement from the White House. If the Senate confirms his nomination, Hunter would hold the top acquisition role in the Air Force at a time when the service is […]
The House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health recently held a legislative hearing to discuss a measure that would improve the research program and other health care-related bills in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Rep. Mark Takano, the chair of the full committee, testified on his draft legislation titled the VA Infrastructure Powers Exceptional […]
The Department of Defense has awarded the University of Detroit Mercy $1.12 million in funding to build the Metro-Detroit Regional Vehicle Cybersecurity Institute. The institute will function as a regional cybersecurity consortium that will be led and managed by Detroit Mercy. The consortium will bring together various academic institutions in southeast Michigan and include the […]
Agile Space Industries, which provides propulsion solutions for spaceflight missions, has won the Greater Colorado Pitch Series investment competition. The company received a $1.8 million venture debt commitment from Greenline Ventures of Denver, Colorado. The state-wide competition saw more than 100 companies participating in various investment categories. The series will provide $2.15 million dollars to […]
The Biden-Harris administration has appointed new officials to the Department of Energy to advance the president’s Build Back Better agenda to tackle climate change, create good-paying jobs and achieve a clean energy future. Arpita Bhattacharyya has been named chief of staff of the Office of the Deputy Secretary, which is led by David Turk. Bhattacharyya […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Attivo Networks several contracts for the procurement of active cyber defense and cyber deception technologies. The contracts are focused on the delivery of the Attivo ThreatDefend platform, which detects, degrades, disinforms and diverts adversaries using advanced deception and machine learning techniques. The platform contains threats and gathers forensics to […]
Government agencies have announced new resources and initiatives to protect businesses and communities against ransomware attacks. On July 14, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with other federal organizations, launched the StopRansomware .gov website with the aim of combating threats posed by ransomware. The website serves as a one-stop-shop […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ordered federal agencies to shut down the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler service due to a flaw that attackers could use to take over systems remotely. Under the emergency directive, the Department of Homeland Security’s top cybersecurity organization also directed all government agencies to implement Microsoft security updates by […]
