Stefanie Tompkins, the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, said at a May 11 DefenseScoop event that her organization is developing inherently secure devices and programs, potentially eliminating having to regularly change passwords. She said DARPA is working toward multiple solutions “algorithmically and in hardware” to accomplish that goal. Tompkins, a 2023 Wash100 […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted moderate-level clearance to five Software AG Government Solutions offerings. According to a press release, the entirety of the company’s product suite is now “fully validated by government.” The Software AG solutions assessed by FedRAMP are intended to support the integration of application programming interfaces, process mining, […]
Blockchain firm Constellation Network has completed its direct-to-phase II contract with the Department of Defense following an assessment by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The company was selected by the U.S. Air Force to develop and integrate distributed ledger and smart contracts technology capabilities for the DOD, which seeks a secure and speedy data transfer […]
The General Services Administration and Office of Management and Budget have appointed government and industry representatives to the Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee, a new group tasked with guiding the secure adoption of cloud computing capabilities. The initiative stems from Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program reforms incorporated into the fiscal year 2023 defense budget. […]
Carahsoft Technology will serve as the government vendor for New York-based data encryption firm Qrypt as part of a new partnership. Qrypt offers Quantum Security Suite, a solution targeted at attacks that take a “harvest now, decrypt later” approach, which involves malicious actors collecting secure data to be processed by a capable computer at a […]
U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, the head of the U.S. Northern and North American Aerospace Defense commands, told lawmakers at a recent hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces that the government should build up counter-hypersonic threat capabilities amid aggressive developments by Russia and China. VanHerck said the two U.S. rivals […]
Lockheed Martin is focusing on upgrades to artificial intelligence, sensors and other components of Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications, the integrator and central interface for the Missile Defense System. Lockheed’s efforts will center around adding new cruise, hypersonic and ballistic missile detection and warning systems to improve C2BMC’s data analysis and recommended action […]
A new bot will automate customer and vendor invoice payments and budget line item updates at all 56 field offices of the FBI. The technology is meant to save time and reduce manual labor for the roughly 250 workers handling such financial processes. Peter Sursi, the head of finance modernization, accounts payable and relocation services, […]
The U.S. Air Force has given $1.8 million to a team composed of Air National Guard airmen and a U.S. Army civilian from the U.S. Special Operations Command for a solution that collates phased aircraft maintenance data to provide workers, warfighters and officials with a common, real-time view of information. The software was pitched to […]
James Reuter will retire from his position as associate administrator of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate on June 30. According to his official profile, Reuter is responsible for managing the various programs of STMD, a research and development organization that has focused in recent years on building up capabilities such as lunar power systems and […]
