Three F-16 Fighting Falcons will be modified as test platforms for autonomy software as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model-Autonomy Flying Testbed program. The aircraft recently arrived at Eglin Air Force Base, where pilots from the 40th Flight Test Squadron and the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron will conduct […]
A Department of Defense office is planning to automate the process of reviewing zero trust implementation plans from all defense components by October. At the DOD Zero Trust Symposium on Tuesday, Randy Resnick, the director of the Zero Trust Architecture Program Management Office under the department’s chief information officer, highlighted the need to use automation, […]
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport has awarded Rite-Solutions a three-year, $88.6 million contract to develop new imaging and electromagnetic warfare systems in support of the Undersea Warfare Electromagnetic Systems Department. Rite-Solutions will work with 13 subcontractors to build, test, analyze, integrate and install the new capabilities. The contract requirements also include providing engineering […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has urged software developers and users to downgrade the XZ Utils open-source Linux file compression and transfer capability to older versions, warning that the tool’s updates include a malicious code that provides hackers a backdoor to bypass Secure Shell authentication and access affected systems. A malicious actor with suspected […]
BAE Systems has integrated an ultraviolet spectrometer into a satellite bus that it will provide to NASA to study how the exosphere interacts with space weather caused by the sun. NASA selected the company to develop the satellite bus, which will carry all scientific instruments for the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory mission, previously called the Global […]
The Defense Innovation Unit, in partnership with other Department of Defense stakeholders, is developing a new credibility assessment technology called Polygraph+. The DIU previously selected Presage and Altec to develop prototypes of the enhanced polygraph tool in cooperation with the National Center for Credibility Assessment, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will seek public comments on its proposal to implement the regulations under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022. According to the Federal Register, the notice of proposed rulemaking will be published on Thursday. CIRCIA’s implementation will enable enhanced incident reporting to capture information needed to […]
The ninth iteration of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s Global Information Dominance Experiments program has focused on demonstrating vendor-agnostic data mesh services, which enabled a secure flow of information to various operational systems, including the Department of Defense’s development pipeline. At the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Tuesday, Air Force Col. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting market research to identify cloud service resellers interested in supporting the agency’s operational mission. According to a draft performance work statement for FAA Cloud Services 2.0, the agency requires access to the cloud infrastructure and services of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, the two service providers enabling the […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Public Health Data Surveillance and Technology has recommended employing multidisciplinary teams when applying artificial intelligence to public health data to protect such information from malicious cyber actors. The CDC office is currently exploring ways to adopt AI capabilities, including large language models, across the agency through […]
