The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is soliciting feedback on secure by design guidance it released in 2023 to inform future updates. A new request for information contains questions about implementing security early into the software development lifecycle, integrating cybersecurity into computer science education and facilitating efforts to address recurring vulnerabilities, CISA said Wednesday. Titled […]
The fiscal year 2024 defense budget, once signed by President Joe Biden, would let the U.S. Space Force collect up to $5 million annually in indirect fees from commercial companies using its launch ranges. The legislation marks a shift from the 1984 Commercial Space Launch Act, which bars the U.S. government from charging companies for […]
Organizations can maximize artificial intelligence by utilizing “data lakehouses,” Robert Carey, president of Cloudera’s government solutions business, wrote in an opinion piece on C4ISRNET. The executive explained in the article that data lakes are storage options for structured and unstructured data that, if managed properly, will enable AI to produce the most reliable results. AI […]
The Senate has voted to confirm Space Force Gens. Michael Guetlein and Stephen Whiting to four-star leadership roles. Guetlein, who is slated to deliver a keynote speech at the upcoming 2024 Space Summit, will transition from leading Space Systems Command to serving as the U.S. Space Force’s vice chief of space operations, SpaceNews reported. He […]
Defense solutions company BlueHalo has announced a $30 million contract from the Netherlands Ministry of Defense Materiel and IT Command to deliver an Advanced Stinger Trainer to a Dutch military barracks. AST is a Man-Portable Air Defense System operator training system that will allow Stinger teams to practice fighting air threats in virtual reality, BlueHalo […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that it will invest almost $3 million in small business research and development projects related to advanced manufacturing, drug development and other priority areas. NIST said it will grant 10 companies up to $100,000 each in Small Business Innovation Research Phase I funds to establish the […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is asking for public comments to inform White House-mandated guidance on trustworthy artificial intelligence. A new request for information contains questions on AI red-teaming, managing generative AI and synthetic content risks and developing worldwide technical standards for AI development, NIST said. President Joe Biden recently issued an executive […]
CACI International has announced a five-year task order to deliver expertise to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s National Center for Medical Intelligence. Awarded under the Solutions for Intelligence Analysis 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle, the task aims to protect the United States’ interests worldwide by gathering medical intelligence on foreign health threats and related issues, CACI said. […]
Ball Aerospace has announced its selection by NASA to conduct a Phase A study for the Extreme ultraviolet Coronal Mass Ejection and Coronal Connectivity Observatory mission, an initiative to enhance scientific understanding of the sun’s outer atmosphere. Through ECCCO, NASA aims to uncover insights into how activity in the sun’s middle corona connects to solar wind and […]
Reston, Virginia-based Electrosoft has announced that it has secured a position on a potential five-year, $400 million blanket purchase agreement to operate, maintain and upgrade the Department of Health and Human Services‘ identity and access management program’s systems. HHS can access consulting, program management, smart card management and other services through the Homeland Security Presidential […]
