SES Space & Defense will provide satellite connectivity management services to the U.S. Army under a $3.6 million blanket purchase agreement. The military branch awarded the contract to Global Enterprise Solutions, which was acquired by SES and became part of the space and defense subsidiary in 2022. Work under the BPA involves the delivery of […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Enveil a contract to provide secure artificial intelligence capabilities for Project Linchpin. The Army initiative aims to develop an AI and machine learning operations pipeline to support the modernization efforts of the Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors. Under the Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research […]
The Cyber Innovation Center, an innovation partner of the Air Force Global Strike Command, has selected Honeywell to develop a minimum viable prototype that will inform how the AFGSC will protect its mobile assets from small unmanned aerial systems. Honeywell will perform work under a contract award resulting from Strikewerx’s Mobile C-sUAS Swarming Defeat Challenge […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s executive director is set to depart the agency in August after more than three years in the said role. Brandon Wales, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, was appointed to the post after holding various leadership roles at the Department of Homeland Security, which he joined in 2005. Wales […]
The Office of Inspector General within the Department of Health and Human Services has looked into the cloud environment of the HHS Office of the Secretary and found that data stored in the system are potentially at risk of compromise. Using a network vulnerability scanner and a cloud security assessment tool to analyze the configuration […]
ICF, a global consulting and technology services provider, has secured a $17 million data modernization contract from the Office of Policy and Program Analysis within the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The contract requires the development of a cloud-based Data Exchange platform that will enhance FEMA’s data sharing and data analytics capabilities to improve decision-making, collaboration […]
The Department of Defense has published an updated list of foreign institutions engaging in activities that could involve an unauthorized transfer of technology to adversaries. According to Heidi Shyu, DOD undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, a previous Potomac Officers Club speaker and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, the publication will ensure the responsible use […]
Government experts said streamlining data is the key to the secure adoption of generative artificial intelligence for various federal applications. Speaking at an ATARC panel Thursday, Chakib Chraibi, the chief data scientist at the Department of Commerce’s National Technical Information Service, said unstructured data brings cybersecurity challenges, including data poisoning, hallucination and prompt injection that […]
RTX business Raytheon has demonstrated a simulated complex missile engagement at the Valiant Shield 24 multinational, biannual military exercise using combined capabilities from the U.S. Army and Navy. Integrating the Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor and Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System with the U.S. Navy’s Standard Missile-6 long-range effector […]
SpaceX will build a new Dragon spacecraft version designed to deorbit the International Space Station once the laboratory reaches the end of its life in 2031. Speaking at a recent briefing, Sarah Walker, director of Dragon mission management at SpaceX, said the spacecraft will be an improved version of the existing Dragon vehicle, featuring a […]
