Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said no changes have been made regarding a transfer of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama. He told members of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee during a hearing Tuesday that the White House has not relayed any desire to oppose the move, adding that […]
Florida-based cybersecurity firm ConnectWise has partnered with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to improve the cyber posture of managed service providers, organizations to whom enterprises can outsource internal business processes such as information technology and human resources. Efforts are expected to center around the development of relevant solutions and services. […]
U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, head of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, said he envisions future domestic threat detection capabilities to feature autonomous and uncrewed systems. He mentioned sensor-equipped unmanned platforms and kinetic and non-kinetic effectors as examples of future homeland security capabilities. Testifying on March 23 at a Senate […]
Aaron Weis, the former chief information officer of the Department of the Navy, officially assumed the managing director of technology role at Google Public Sector on Monday. He is in charge of technology strategy formation and execution for Google Cloud Platform, a collection of digital transformation capabilities such as data management, analytics and artificial intelligence. […]
Reps. Randy Feenstra and Haley Stevens have put forward a bill that would apply quantum information science to government research on fertilizers, medication and other subject areas. The Quantum in Practice Act would enable federal agriculture scientists to utilize more advanced molecular simulation and modeling software, potentially facilitating the development of synthetic fertilizer production methods […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX directorate has added ABL Space Systems to the $60 million Strategic Funding Increase program. The El Segundo, California-based aerospace company is tasked with expanding operational support for the Tactically Responsive Space project, which is aimed at deploying domain awareness satellites within 24 hours of an order. Eva Abramson, ABL’s […]
The CoSo Secure Private Cloud Platform has received a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Seal of Compliance from the Compliancy Group, a third-party firm authorized to verify whether health care industry organizations meet the requirements for sensitive information. Specific data covered by HIPAA security regulations include personal identifiable information and health records. Jim Seaman, […]
Sen. John Barrasso, the ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, recently led the introduction of a bill mandating the appointment of an assistant secretary to lead the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response. According to Sen. Susan Collins, one of the legislation’s sponsors, requiring Senate approval […]
BAE Systems, Palantir and 16 other companies will provide Data Software Services to the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command under a $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. According to a press release from SSC, Data Software Services is meant to support warfighters by providing a means for integrating and managing data from different sources. The software […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency Hosting and Compute Center is looking to secure a prototype of a single interface for controlling multiple cloud environments. DISA plans to issue an other transaction authority agreement for the prototype, which it expects to be complete within a year. The agency wants the system to automate asset management and […]
