HII’s Mission Technologies division has secured a $305 million contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency for intelligence analysis support services to help United States Forces Korea to determine enemy capabilities, threats and courses of action in its jurisdiction. The task order the DIA initiated for the Joint Intelligence Operations Center-Korea also calls for Mission Technologies’ […]
Oracle has announced its selection as one of four cloud service providers for the information technology modernization efforts of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Under the 10-year, $100 million multi-award blanket purchase agreements, the Austin, Texas-based company will provide U.S. courts with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services and the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution. […]
McLean, Virginia-based defense solutions provider QinetiQ US has appointed Charles Fielden as executive vice president and general manager of its intelligence, cyber and information advantage department. Shawn Purvis, company president and CEO and a 4×24 member and 2024 Wash 100 winner, cited Fielden’s more than 25 years of experience as an intelligence community executive supporting commercial and […]
Several artificial intelligence pilot projects, including tests on large language models and generative AI capabilities, are lined up in the first Department of Homeland Security road map for the responsible use of the technology. The programs under the DHS “Artificial Intelligence Roadmap” outlined for 2024 range from U.S. citizenship and immigration officers’ training to transforming […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is undertaking two new initiatives to build upon the momentum that the agency’s Semantic Forensics program and its predecessor, Media Forensics, have built to defend against deepfakes or manipulated media. According to DARPA, the SemaFor program, now in its final phase, has produced numerous analytics and methods that can […]
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will integrate for testing in its Martian moons mission spacecraft a spectrometer that NASA delivered on Thursday. According to the agency, the instrument’s review board has evaluated and certified the Mars-moon Exploration with Gamma Ray and Neutrons instrument and approved its delivery to JAXA in the fall of 2023 after a […]
The 72nd Air Base Wing Security Forces Squadron is using a new data analytics tool to facilitate faster monitoring at the three Tinker Air Force Base gates. According to the Air Force Materiel Command, the Department of the Air Force Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office developed the web browser used in the Tinker Gate […]
The Federal Communications Commission has announced the adoption of a new “U.S Cyber Trust Mark” to help consumers determine trustworthy internet of things products. The label is the certification mark for the voluntary cybersecurity labeling program that the FCC members voted to create on Thursday. Under the program, consumer smart products passing cybersecurity standards will […]
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration has released the National Spectrum Strategy implementation plan, seeking to promote U.S. innovation and leadership in wireless technologies. The plan’s proposed actions include conducting in-depth studies on the potential new uses of the 2,786 megahertz of spectrum identified in the strategy. The plan outlines the studies’ […]
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal year 2025 budget released on Monday shows a $517 million allocation to continue the service branch’s Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile development, with flight testing planned to start in the first quarter. Lt. Gen. Dale White, USAF military deputy for acquisition, told a House Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee on Tuesday […]
