The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has selected the University of Alaska Anchorage to head a $46 million, 10-year research under the new Arctic Domain Awareness Center, a DHS center of excellence. The university will lead a consortium of partners that include academic institutions, industry players and local indigenous communities that […]
The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded software-as-a-service company Exiger and cybersecurity service provider InterSec a five-year, $7 million contract to provide labor and software for enterprise cyber supply chain risk management solutions. The competitive contract award is the first team-up between the Washington, D.C.-based Exiger and Leesburg, Virginia-based InterSec. According to Carrie Wibben, […]
The AUKUS military alliance of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States has achieved some gains cooperating in the digital fields of artificial intelligence and robotics, a U.S. Department of Defense official said. Michael Horowitz, DOD deputy assistant secretary for force development and emerging capabilities, stressed that software is not a barrier to AI […]
NASA has postponed the Artemis 2 and 3 lunar missions to resolve technical problems that could pose safety risks to their crews. According to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Artemis 2 and its four astronauts’ orbital moon mission had been reset from its end-2024 schedule to no earlier than September 2025. Nelson also said that the […]
Santa Clara, California-based global cybersecurity company Netskope announced that it has won the authority to operate its Netskope GovCloud under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s High impact level. According to the company, the Department of Veterans Affairs sponsored its FedRAMP ATO application and listing on the FedRAMP Marketplace’s top baseline. Netskope’s go-to-market president, […]
American Systems, a Chantilly, Virginia-based government services contractor, has promoted Babak Nouri to vice president of corporate development from his former position as account management director. Nouri replaces John Steckel, a 4×24 member, who was appointed as the company’s president and CEO in September 2023. Nouri’s role as VP of corporate development includes heading the […]
A partnership between Venus Aerospace and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will undertake simulation flight tests on rotating detonation rocket engines. According to Venus Aerospace, a Houston-based hypersonic flight platforms developer, the tests will involve its engine injector design for a hypersonic RDRE, which has delivered the highest performance and longest detonation engine operation in […]
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock has taken command of the Cyber National Mission Force, replacing U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William J. Hartman. U.S. Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, U.S. Cyber Command head, acknowledged during the change of command ceremony Mahlock’s previous cybersecurity experience in the National Security Agency as a further boost to […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate is seeking vendors and suppliers of secure synthetic data generation platforms. S&T said synthetic data will enable training in DHS machine learning models when real-world data is unavailable or when their use would jeopardize privacy and security. According to Melissa Oh, S&T Silicon Valley Innovation Program […]
NASA is accelerating its Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Development program with added funding reallocated to two of its partners developing LEO destinations for commercial space activities in anticipation of the International Space Station’s 2030 retirement. According to Phil McAlister, the agency’s commercial space director, the program’s partners were also assigned new technical milestones to help ensure […]
