Larry Bafundo has assumed the position of deputy executive director at the General Services Administration’s Technology Modernization Fund. He concurrently serves as acting executive director, succeeding TMF Customer Experience Portfolio Director Jessie Posilkin, Federal News Network reported. Posilkin became acting executive director to replace Raylene Yung, who exited the TMF in 2023 to join the […]
Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, has revealed that her company is increasing digital engineering spending in 2024 amid rising demand from the Department of Defense. Digital engineering involves developing and testing a system using digital models to avoid physical infrastructure limitations, Breaking Defense reported Friday. The DOD introduced a new policy in […]
Auterion Government Solutions has announced that it will provide the U.S. Customs and Border Protection with additional small unmanned aircraft systems to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The agency exercised an option under the Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program to order more of the platforms, Auterion said. CBP received an initial delivery of unmanned […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ordered government agencies to immediately work to mitigate two actively exploited vulnerabilities in Ivanti’s Connect Secure and Policy Secure products. Implementing Emergency Directive 24-01 is mandatory for federal civilian executive branch agencies and strongly recommended for other organizations using such products, CISA said Friday. The agency said issuing […]
Khoi Nguyen, the U.S. Cyber Command’s command acquisition executive and director of the cyber acquisition and technology directorate, J9, bared that his team is developing a 2024 roadmap to synchronize the organization’s operational capabilities into a single, integrated platform. The Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture comprises CYBERCOM’s cyber operations platforms, which are developed and maintained by […]
Summerville, South Carolina-based nonprofit Advanced Technology International has secured an other transaction agreement from the Department of Defense to form and administer a cross-sector group to support current and prospective defense contractors. The Defense Industrial Base Consortium will expand commercial and academic access to federally funded research and prototyping opportunities, ATI said Thursday. The group’s […]
Gen. Michael Guetlein, the U.S. Space Force’s vice chief of space operations, has called on his organization to consider alternative approaches to responsive space beyond launching replacements for satellites destroyed by adversaries. Speaking at a Center for Strategic and International Studies panel discussion, he suggested that the Space Force could form agreements with allies or […]
Artificial intelligence stakeholders met on Friday to discuss how the White House can craft policy to promote a competitive market that provides opportunities to small businesses. Convened by Lael Brainard, assistant to the president and national economic adviser, the listening session covered concerns about high levels of concentration in the production of critical inputs such […]
QuSecure has announced a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX directorate to provide access to QuProtect, a post-quantum cryptography software-based solution. The offering provides end-to-end protection to encrypted communications and data on cloud, edge, internet of things, network and satellite communications devices, QuSecure said. Organizations can use QuProtect to […]
Managed security platform provider Huntress Labs has announced its entry into the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a government-led consortium of cybersecurity companies, critical infrastructure operators and subject matter experts working together on cybersecurity planning and response efforts. Congress authorized the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish the JCDC in 2021 to encourage proactive cyberthreat […]
