The U.S. Marine Corps has expanded its remote surveillance imager capability set with the addition of Aries Defense’s CheckPoints and Recon V OverWatch systems. The Marine Corps Ground Reconnaissance, Scout, Sniper and Ground Sensor Platoon communities will deploy the systems to collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data under the Terrestrial Collections Systems Ground Sensors program. […]
A House lawmaker has introduced a bill seeking to improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s digital defenses amid increasing cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure networks. Under the FEMA Cybersecurity Improvement Act, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 would be amended to harmonize the roles of FEMA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. FEMA will partner […]
Deloitte has expanded its CortexAI for Government portfolio to provide public sector organizations and higher education institutions with the latest artificial intelligence, machine learning and process automation solutions. The next-generation product suite aims to help customers implement generative AI and ML solutions in a safe, secure and ethical manner to improve their service delivery applications, […]
HII’s Mission Technologies division has introduced a prototype cyber threat hunting kit that can detect and combat threats on U.S. networks and the systems of mission partner countries. Grant Hagen, president of HII’s cyber, electronic warfare and space business group and a 4×24 member, said the company formed a team with extensive expertise to develop […]
Capt. Thomas Dickinson began serving as the commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers following a change of command ceremony on Friday. He replaces Rear Adm. Kevin Byrne, who retired after holding the role for three years. Dickinson will lead the Naval Surface Warfare Center and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center together with […]
The Department of Energy has selected 15 extreme-scale science research projects to receive $11 million in funding. Under the Exploratory Research for Extreme-Scale Science program, the awardees will use emerging trends and advances in high-end computing, massive datasets, scientific machine learning, artificial intelligence and novel computing architectures to enhance scientific computing for various science applications, […]
NASA will launch an experiment to determine whether laser communications can support deep space missions. A system, called Deep Space Optical Communications, will share a ride with the space agency’s Psyche asteroid explorer set for launch on board a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Oct. 5 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Both spacecraft will […]
The Department of Defense has created a new task force in charge of harnessing the power of generative artificial intelligence while ensuring the adoption of the technology will not harm national security. Task Force Lima will assess generative AI tools and address risks associated with them prior to employing the technologies across the DOD. The […]
The U.S. Digital Service will establish stronger partnerships with government tech organizations, including the Technology Transformation Services, the Technology Modernization Fund and the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, to help with resource allocation and achieve objectives under its 2024 strategic plan. USDS Administrator Mina Hsiang said the agency will pilot new types of […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched the Synthetic Quantum Nanostructures program to identify new manmade nanomaterials that can be used to develop a version of superconducting electronic devices that can operate in a higher temperature range compared to the current product. While being used for quantum information processing or manipulation, the devices generate […]
