The Mariner, Ranger, Sea Hawk and Sea Hunter unmanned surface vehicles participated in Integrated Battle Problem 23.2, a U.S. Navy exercise to integrate them into regular operations, marking the first time the vessels were operating out of Japan. The four USVs sailed from Southern California in the summer and arrived at the U.S. 7th Fleet […]
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, program executive officer for command, control, communications and battle management, said a cloud-based command and control system will attain initial operating capability by the end of fiscal year 2023. Speaking to reporters at the recent Air, Space and Cyber conference, he shared that the service aims to deliver […]
Sens. Steve Daines and Jacky Rosen have introduced a counterpart to a House bill aimed at securing government use of multi-cloud networks. House lawmakers filed the Multi-Cloud Innovation and Advancement Act in August. Both versions of the bill would mandate new guidance on agencies’ cloud usage, a multi-cloud implementation plan and a study on federal […]
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has put forward the Space Transformation and Reliability Act, a bill that would extend restrictions on Federal Aviation Administration human spaceflight safety regulations to September 2031. Dubbed a “learning period,” the freeze on rules to protect commercial space vehicle passengers was introduced in 2004 and is currently set to expire at […]
Virginia-based Leidos has received a 66-month, $74 million prime contract to provide the Department of Defense with combined joint all-domain command and control analytical and engineering services. The company is expected to handle testing and evaluation of C2 information systems to support the DOD Joint Staff J6 Joint Assessment Division’s operational analysis. According to a […]
Ohio-based nonprofit Battelle announced that it has a five-year, $416 million National Science Foundation contract to continue operating and maintaining the National Ecological Observatory Network. Paula Mabee, chief scientist and observatory director at NEON, noted that Battelle was selected to complete and manage the facility in 2016. NEON is aimed at collecting and providing open […]
The United States and the United Kingdom have formally agreed on a framework to allow the free transfer of their citizens’ data between each other from Oct. 12 onwards. U.K. officials determined that U.S. surveillance rules suffice to protect citizen data and assure companies that they can legally send customer data between the two countries, […]
U.S. Army Col. Glenn Henke, the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office’s military deputy director, has warned that the service branches face a growing threat from small drones. He said hostile nations and insurgents are conducting surveillance and munitions delivery across all domains with such systems. According to Henke, adversaries are also exploring the use […]
VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services GovCloud (U.S.) has received an expanded Department of Defense Impact Level 5 provisional authorization to cover the U.S.-East and the U.S.-West regions, the i4i .metal instance type and the Hybrid Cloud Extension solution. IL5 clearance signifies that a cloud environment is secure enough to store and process controlled unclassified […]
The Federal Communications Commission has started mandating that satellite operators work with the National Science Foundation to ensure that their space activities do not obstruct optical ground-based astronomy. Recent license updates issued to Iceye and Planet require them to report annually on their coordination with the NSF and on their efforts to minimize their potential […]
