The Department of State has released a request for information in support of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, which is seeking applied cyber support. According to the RFI, the bureau seeks to identify companies that can provide expertise in enterprise-level cybersecurity policy and technical analysis, reporting and identification of mitigation solutions to support its worldwide […]
NASA is hosting a public meeting on July 14 to discuss a request for information recently issued to support Mission Equity, an effort to assess the agency’s programs, procurements, grants and policies. The RFI is titled “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities in NASA Programs, Contracts and Grants.” Administrator Bill Nelson will deliver […]
Amr Hussein is the vice president of C4ISR at Lockheed Martin. Hussein assumed his role after spending two years as program director of land and rotary training solutions. He has been with Lockheed for 12 years, holding various executive positions such as program director for the Middle East, according to his profile posted on LinkedIn. […]
Mike Knowles serves as the president of Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions and senior vice president of Cubic Corporation. Knowles is responsible for providing strategic direction and business management of Cubic’s C4ISR and training solutions, which support the commercial and global defense markets. His career spans more than 25 years and focuses on defense, aerospace, […]
Kaseya, an information technology software management company, has announced that a ransomware attack may have targeted a tool used by its clients. On July 2, the company said it was experiencing a potential attack against VSA, though only a “small number of on-premise customers” had been affected. Kaseya said it was investigating the cause of […]
New secure cloud management tools from Google Cloud, Zscaler and McAfee Public Sector have been approved by the Defense Innovation Unit for use within the Department of Defense. The three non-traditional defense companies received success memos after one year of initial testing. The DIU is now running its pilot with the three cloud solution providers […]
The Department of the Air Force has announced its plans to move close air support and rescue missions to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base from Nellis AFB beginning fiscal year 2022. The Air Force’s plan to transfer rescue and attack missions, A-10 Thunderbolt II and HH-60 Pave Hawk weapons schools and test squadrons to the Arizona-based […]
The Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security has transitioned the Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing Conformance Framework to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers as an approved project dubbed P1952. The IEEE will improve the framework to guide international industry standards for resilient PNT user equipment. Kathryn Mitchell, the acting […]
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security has approved a bill that would provide the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency $2.42 billion in funding for fiscal year 2022. The proposed CISA budget is $397.4 million higher than FY 2021’s, a 16 percent bump. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, chairwoman of the appropriations subcommittee, said the bill, which […]
Virgin Galactic is scheduled to launch its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle on July 11, according to an announcement on July 1. Richard Branson, founder of the company, will be aboard and travel to space 11 days before Jeff Bezos. The upcoming SpaceShipTwo flight, called Unity 22, will lift off from Spaceport America in New Mexico and […]
