The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced the second edition of its search for artificial intelligence-driven tools for adult education and workforce development in advanced technological fields like data science. Run under the banner “Building an Adaptive & Competitive Workforce,” the project will award $750,000 to the winning tools. The competition has three phases, […]
Continuing the shift to the cloud will account for a “big part” of the Department of Veterans Affairs technology spending in 2024, Kurt DelBene, VA assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer, said. Speaking at the online LinkedIn TalkingTech series, DelBene disclosed that the VA ultimately aims to move all of its […]
Parsons has received a $28 million Battlespace Command and Control Center integration task order under the 10-year, $953 million air-base air-defense contract that the Department of Defense awarded to the company in July 2021. The new task order focuses on the delivery of a country-specific multi-source correlator tracker software system for the U.S. Air Force’s […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI have issued guidance alerting critical infrastructure operators on the cybersecurity threats from using Chinese-made unmanned aerial systems and suggesting ways to neutralize the risks. Titled Cybersecurity Guidance: Chinese-Manufactured UAS, the CISA-FBI resource urges caution on using Chinese-made drones, noting that China has laws with expanded government […]
The Texas Air National Guard’s 147th Attack Wing has demonstrated the Agile Combat Employment capabilities of its MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system in a test at Scholes International Airport in Galveston, Texas. The system, which the guardsmen’s unit received in December 2023, was tested specifically on satellite launch and recovery to demonstrate how the MQ-9 […]
McLean, Virginia-based incubation firm Red Cell Partners has announced the appointment of George Barnes, former National Security Agency deputy director, as president of the company’s newly established Cyber Practice. Barnes, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, retired as NSA deputy director in September 2023 after six years in the post. He will […]
Northrop Grumman will kick off a series of rocket motor qualification tests for the Stage 1 and 2 rockets of the three-stage Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile that it is working on under a U.S. Air Force contract. The Sentinel program, formerly known as the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, is geared to replace the 50-year-old Minuteman […]
A joint advisory from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has warned that hackers are deploying the Androxgh0st malware to maliciously gather credentials from popular applications, such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Office 365, in a bid to create a powerful computer bug. The Androxgh0st malware has compromised about 40,000 hosts, […]
The U.S. Army will focus on consolidating the Army National Guard, the Army Reserve and the Army Materiel Command’s information technology networks in 2024, onward to centralizing the service branch to just a single IT network by 2027. A unified network connection of the enterprise and tactical edge is one of the Army’s major modernization […]
The U.S. Navy has granted a two-year, $10 million contract to Booz Allen Hamilton for the installation of a private 5G mobile network in Guam. The McClean, Virginia-based contractor noted that the award, its first 5G full-scale contract in the Indo-Pacific, will provide the Navy and the Department of Defense with the technology to improve […]
