The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced the signing of a memorandum of agreement with the Department of the Air Force, the National Science Foundation and NASA to support interagency collaboration on space weather research and operations. The agreement provides a framework to coordinate space weather efforts, including efforts to transition modeling, observation, forecasting […]
The U.S. Army wants to create a program of record combining signals intelligence capabilities that commanders already use by fiscal year 2025. Officials said doing so would enhance efforts to sustain and upgrade the Theater SIGINT System, a collection of products rapidly developed to address pressing concerns, C4ISRNET reported Saturday. The Department of Defense is […]
U.S. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of the U.S. Cyber Command and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, shared on Friday that he and the Department of Defense are still evaluating the possibility of a new force generation model for his organization amid ongoing deliberations over establishing an independent cyber branch. Speaking at an Intelligence and […]
The National Science Foundation has announced that it is investing $30 million in research efforts to expand career opportunities for persons with disabilities and enhance their quality of life. With the funding, six university teams will commence prototyping and sustainability planning work under Phase 2 of the Convergence Accelerator Track H: Enhancing Opportunities for Persons […]
Managed service provider Constellation GovCloud has announced that its platform has obtained provisional authority to operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Authorization Board. The JAB-approved platform provides compliance and revenue support to technology companies seeking to work with the U.S. government and critical infrastructure organizations, Constellation GovCloud said Wednesday. It works […]
Carahsoft Technology has announced that it will distribute runZero’s cyber asset attack surface management solutions to the public sector under a new partnership. Government organizations can access the products through reseller partners and contract vehicles such as NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2, Carahsoft said. RunZero’s solutions […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced on Wednesday that its Optimization With Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Devices program has produced the first quantum circuit with logical quantum bits. The development could accelerate fault-tolerant quantum computing and transform quantum processor design, DARPA said Wednesday. A Harvard University team supported by the California Institute of Technology, the […]
El Segundo, California-based Pacific Defense has announced a 39-month, $9.4 million Phase II contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Control Technology Branch to finish work on the Moonraker system. Intended for a cislunar space situational awareness mission, Moonraker is a low size, weight and power sensor built with a modular open systems approach, […]
President Joe Biden has received a letter from advocacy groups urging him to consider how artificial intelligence could worsen climate issues. Signed by organizations such as Accountable Tech and the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the letter warned that generative AI could facilitate the spread of climate disinformation, while the energy requirements of large language models could […]
U.S. Air Force Principal Cyber Adviser Wanda Jones-Heath, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said ensuring the service can defend against emerging threats will require adopting post-quantum cryptographic standards. She and other military officials at a General Dynamics Information Technology-hosted panel on Tuesday discussed how the Air Force will modernize its encryption infrastructure before fault-tolerant quantum […]
