The Naval Network Warfare Command has partnered with the Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command to better defend enterprise networks from malicious cyber actors. According to Cmdr. Brandon Campbell, former NCDOC operations director, and Capt. Christina Hicks, NCDOC’s commanding officer, the commands began their partnership at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to test the Microsoft […]
The first satellite launch for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture took place at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket deployed 10 of the 28 Tranche 0 satellites to low-Earth orbit, two of which were manufactured by SpaceX. The satellites will undergo testing and component checkouts for several […]
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is conducting a study aimed at detecting rogue nuclear threats using data analytics and machine learning algorithms. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s national laboratory are employing their knowledge of nuclear nonproliferation and combining it with artificial reasoning to monitor materials that can potentially be used for producing nuclear weapons, […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has posted a request for information to identify contractors that could support the development, operation, maintenance and sustainment of a planned application that would deliver NGA safety of navigation aeronautical data to the agency customers in federal, state and foreign governments and other entities. The Aeronautical Mobile Application should be compatible […]
The U.S. Space Force is providing eligible agency talents with an opportunity to learn and become software coders through the Software Development Immersive program. SDI offers participants a three-month immersive program followed by a three-month rapid software development internship with Space Fore software factories and USSF active duty uniformed members and government civilians. SDI cohorts […]
SysNet Technologies’ information security management practices allowed the company to secure certification under the ISO/IEC 27001 standard, which guides organizations in managing and protecting financial information, intellectual property, employee data and information entrusted by third parties. BSI conducted the audit certifying compliance with the ISO/IEC 27001 standard, according to a post by SysNet on LinkedIn. […]
The Department of Defense has awarded the first batch of task orders under the potential $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract to Google, Oracle, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft – the four vendors that secured spots on the JWCC contract in December. According to a Defense Information Systems Agency spokesperson, each company received a […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched a new artificial intelligence resource center to increase the accessibility of current AI federal guidance for public and private entities. NIST expects improving ease of access would allow the development and deployment of AI technologies in a responsible manner, Nextgov reported. The Trustworthy & Responsible Artificial […]
The U.S. Army has awarded QinetiQ US a potential four-year $92.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the development, testing and evaluation of a night vision device. The contract aims to put the Digital Night Vision Technology in the hands of warfighters to provide them with enhanced situational awareness and decision-making abilities on the battlefield. Technologies […]
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have conducted a study involving the use of artificial intelligence and 100 years of hurricane data from the National Hurricane Center’s Atlantic Hurricane Database to form a new method that can accurately simulate storm trajectory and wind speeds. The new simulation approach could allow hurricane-prone regions […]
