Digital systems integrator Parry Labs has received two tasks from the Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium to define modular open systems approach requirements for U.S. Army aircraft. MOSA is a Department of Defense initiative to improve the effectiveness of acquired capabilities and reduce costs by implementing architectures and standards that promote upgradability. The U.S. government […]
The Department of Defense has published a four-year implementation plan for its cyber workforce strategy. Mark Gorak, the DOD chief information office’s principal director for resources and analysis, said the plan outlines how the department will execute various programs to meet the workforce strategy’s four objectives. Signed in February by Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of […]
Axiom Space and NASA are planning to undertake a fourth private mission to the International Space Station. Under the terms of a mission-specific order and a reimbursable Space Act Agreement, NASA will provide Axiom with crew supplies, storage and in-orbit resources while Axiom could retrieve scientific samples and other cargo for the agency. Phil McAlister, […]
Strategic intelligence provider Strider Technologies has named Mike Madsen vice president of national security solutions. He is tasked with providing relevant mission capabilities to public-sector customers worldwide. In a press release, he noted that Strider’s intelligence offerings enable government organizations to address state-sponsored threats, protecting the domestic workforce, business and research assets. Madsen, a previous […]
Carahsoft Technology will sell Sylabs’ software container solution to the public sector under a new partnership. The technology will be purchasable through reseller partners and contract vehicles such as NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V. Sylabs offers Singularity, an open-source container runtime technology for performance-intensive applications. The SingularityPRO edition is targeted at users seeking to […]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has launched a solution for securely operating Department of Defense mission workloads and storing data at impact levels 2, 4 and 5, which cover non-critical, controlled unclassified information and mission-critical information. The new offering is meant to enable compliance with the Secure Cloud Computing Architecture, a DOD standard for maintaining the boundary […]
The Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime has awarded ICF a potential five-year, $14 million recompete contract for training and technical assistance to the Technical Assistance Collective. OVC delivers TTA to professionals and organizations that provide support services to crime victims in the United States. The office’s TAC program is responsible for delivering […]
Mark Mollenkopf, the science adviser to the U.S. Army Cyber Command’s commanding general, has revealed that an artificial intelligence system for continuous cyber monitoring is in early development. In an interview with Signal Magazine, he explained that Army data platforms and weapon platforms could be equipped with AI-powered systems to enhance overall security. Such systems […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Norwegian National Cyber Security Centre have released guidance on an actively exploited vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile, a mobile device management solution formerly known as MobileIron Core. According to the joint cybersecurity advisory, advanced persistent threat actors executed a zero-day attack on Ivanti’s software, compromising the […]
NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science program has awarded $5.7 million to a group of academic and public-sector scientists to study the composition of planets outside the solar system. NExSS’ objective is to coordinate research on the habitability of exoplanets and potential signs of life. The Tracing Rocky Exoplanet Compositions team, led by principal investigator and Arizona […]
