John Sherman, the Department of Defense’s chief information officer, has publicly released the Enterprise SATCOM Management and Control Implementation Plan, which is meant to guide agency efforts to develop satellite communications and modernize existing capabilities. The strategy lays out a three-phase implementation timeline from fiscal years 2023 to 2029. It begins with the enhancement of […]
Participants in a National Security Institute panel discussion that took place on Thursday talked about insights gleaned from how Ukraine defended itself against cyber attacks from Russia. Jamil Jaffer, NSI’s founder and executive director, told Breaking Defense in an interview after the panel discussion that the U.S. has not secured its public and private networks […]
ICF has secured a potential five-year, $161 million task order under the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology IT blanket purchase agreement for digital modernization support to the National Cancer Institute. The Virginia-based management consulting company aims to support research, grants and administrative needs by implementing the Digital Services Center, a model for digital […]
Karl Mathias, the chief information officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, has announced the launch of a pilot program testing the potential of tree-based artificial intelligence models and deep learning to combat Medicare fraud. Speaking at a recent AFCEA event, he noted that such capabilities enhance detection efforts for over one million […]
Frank Calvelli, the assistant secretary for space acquisitions and integration at the Department of the Air Force, discussed his near-term priorities such as the upcoming satellite launch for the Transport Layer Tranche 0 and the demonstration of a new procurement strategy for National Security Space Launch Phase 3. Speaking at a GovCon Wire event, he […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate has awarded Northrop Grumman a $406 million contract to carry out the Intelligence Systems Infrastructure, Tools and Enhancements program. InSITE is aimed at modernizing information collection and analysis capabilities through artificial intelligence, potentially enhancing decision-making by warfighters across domains. Northrop plans to facilitate data exchange activities between various […]
The Department of Energy will supply $2.3 million in investments to 10 projects by industry scientists under a public-private initiative aimed at researching fusion power technologies. With funding provided as part of the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program, commercial firms will work with Energy Department-sponsored national laboratories to advance scientific knowledge and come up […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has inaugurated the Marine Corps Information Command to strengthen support for the joint force through the integration of various cyber, intelligence and space personnel under one authority. During a ceremony at Fort Meade in Maryland on Jan. 13, Maj. Gen. Ryan Heritage assumed command of the new unit. Heritage, who heads […]
The Department of Defense issued a draft solicitation on Friday for contractors to facilitate a third run of Hack the Pentagon, a white-hat hacker competition aimed at locating vulnerabilities in the agency’s information technology systems. The Washington Headquarters Services, a DOD component responsible for administrative operations, seeks to uncover potential exploits in the Facility Related […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon BBN a four-year, $8.7 million contract for a rocket cargo mission planning and command and control system. The Raytheon Intelligence and Space subsidiary will be responsible for workflow development, interface design and the formation of a public-private coordination strategy. According to principal investigator Beth DePass, the software product […]
