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Homeland Security Department Tasks BlackBerry to Develop Emergency Alert System

Canada-based cybersecurity company BlackBerry has secured a seven-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Department of Homeland Security to build and sustain the Super Enterprise for Personnel Emergency Notification System. American Systems and Four Points Technology will contribute to the software and services delivery, Blackberry said Wednesday. BlackBerry said its AtHoc critical incident management solution will serve […]
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AFRL Tasks Northrop Grumman to Enable Satellite-Based Internet on Aircraft

Defense and aerospace company Northrop Grumman has received an Air Force Research Laboratory contract to integrate commercial space internet connectivity on airborne platforms. Through the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program, the Department of Defense aims to procure systems that can connect with low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit and geostationary orbit networks, Northrop […]
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CISA Calls on Service Providers to Patch Exploit Behind DDoS Attack

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is calling on internet service providers to remediate Rapid Reset, a widespread vulnerability that led to the largest distributed denial-of-service attack ever. In a joint statement on Tuesday, Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare and Google explained that malicious actors exploited a feature in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol/2 system that allows […]
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Infleqtion to Develop Machine Learning Models Under DARPA Quantum Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Infleqtion to participate a program to develop quantum algorithms for generative machine learning. The Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow program is driven by quantum information processing advancements such as Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices, Infleqtion said Tuesday. DARPA is exploring how hybrid quantum and classical computing […]
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Commerce Department Appoints Seven to Oversee Semiconductor R&D Center

A committee assembled by the Department of Commerce has named seven individuals to lead the nonprofit responsible for the National Semiconductor Technology Center, the CHIPS for America program’s research and development arm. The NSTC will facilitate collaboration and innovation within the semiconductor industry while reducing the cost and time needed to commercialize new technology, the […]
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US Navy Awards HII $347M Contract to Deliver Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicles

Virginia-based HII announced on Wednesday that it will support a U.S. Navy small unmanned undersea vehicle initiative under a potential five-year, $347 million contract. Initially, the Mission Technologies division will construct nine SUUVs for the Lionfish System program, HII said. The company is also expected to provide supplementary equipment and engineering services. Lionfish is a […]
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Palantir Technologies to Expand Federal Access to Sparta Science Offerings

Movement health provider Sparta Science announced that it will team up with Palantir Technologies’ FedStart program to deliver artificial intelligence-powered human readiness solutions at Impact Level 5. Such offerings include a data and AI operations platform, machine learning-supported insights and decision support tools, Sparta Science said Monday. FedStart is a software-as-a-service program meant to provide […]
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New National Archives Directives Prioritize Collaboration Platforms, Social Media

The National Archives and Records Administration published a bulletin in late September about collaboration platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Laurence Brewer, NARA’s chief records officer, said the directive will guide agencies managing records involving such applications, Federal News Network reported. In an interview with Federal News Network at the recent 930 Gov conference, […]
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