The Space Systems Command’s new facility in Chantilly, Virginia, shows the critical role played by commercial space technologies in maintaining a competitive edge in modern warfare and national security, SSC head Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein said during the facility’s opening on Tuesday. Breaking Defense reported that the new office and conference center, which has been […]
Sensydia has secured a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health under the Fast-Track Small Business program of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The grant will provide Sensydia with additional funding for the development and clinical testing of its Cardiac Performance System. The artificial intelligence-based CPS platform was designed to provide heart disease screening […]
Eileen Vidrine, the Department of the Air Force chief data and artificial intelligence officer, said her team has been tasked to take advantage of the power of data for mission success and improved competitiveness. In a recent interview, Vidrine, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said that her team has started to develop strategies […]
The Department of Homeland Security is pushing for the establishment of a DHS Information Technology Academy to bolster the technology skills of the existing workforce, including in the areas of artificial intelligence, data science and agile development. Plans to establish the academy amid the department’s $10 billion per year IT budget constraints were discussed during […]
The Department of Defense MyTravel program has been canceled and will no longer be operational effective Sept.13, Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert Cisneros said in a memorandum dated May 24. Cmdr. Nicole Schwegman, a Pentagon spokesperson, told Federal News Network via email lower than expected travel volume led to the program’s cancellation. […]
The South Korean government, the U.S. Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory against North Korean hacker group Kimsuky. Authorities warned that Kimsuky, also known as Thallium, APT43, Velvet Chollima and Black Banshe, has been impersonating journalists and academics for spear-phishing campaigns. The hacker […]
Jennifer Swanson, the Army’s deputy assistant secretary for data, engineering and software, said software is the most critical capability that the Army can have in a contested fight against a sophisticated enemy. At the Army’s recent technical exchange meeting in Philadelphia, Swanson said that while the force is not 100 percent sure of what an […]
President Joe Biden is set to nominate Army Maj. Gen. William Hartman as the next deputy of U.S. Cyber Command in a major overhaul of the agency’s leadership, according to a news report. Hartman, the commander of Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force since 2019, was nominated for his third star on Tuesday, according to […]
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly has called on technology experts and the makers of artificial intelligence to consider self-regulation to prevent an extinction event for humanity while the government puts a regulatory framework in place. At an Axios event on Wednesday, Easterly warned of the security risks posed by generative AI as […]
The Headquarters Air Force Digital Operations Directorate has developed six artificial intelligence-powered software programs that can be used by any of the service’s career fields–also known as Air Force specialty codes–for data analysis. On the one hand, the software can be used for data management. According to George Forbes, director of the HAF Digital Operations […]
