CRDF Global has opened a new office in Manila in the Philippines, which will serve as the nonprofit organization’s regional hub for Southeast Asia. According to Tina Dolph, CRDF Global’s president and chief operating officer and a 4×24 member, establishing a permanent presence in Manila will expand the depth and impact of the company’s programs […]
The U.S. Army will combine three new defense capabilities and assess their performance in defending against aerial threats during a test event taking place at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico at the end of fiscal year 2024. The capabilities to be tested are the Northrop Grumman-built Integrated Battle Command System, Indirect Fire […]
The Internal Revenue Service is working with the General Services Administration to expand the tax agency’s use of the Login.gov identity authentication platform. The move comes after the IRS decided to drop an ID.me commercial tool that employs third-party facial recognition technology to authenticate taxpayers. In a joint statement, the IRS and GSA said the […]
The U.S. Space Force is planning to spend $700 million to better secure its ground systems from cyber threats. The amount is included in the service’s $30 billion budget request for the fiscal year 2024. At a House Appropriations Committee defense subcommittee hearing, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, a 2023 Wash100 awardee, […]
The White House expects to release the first public version of an implementation plan for the new national cyber strategy in June. At a Chamber of Commerce event on Monday, Robert Knake, the acting principal deputy national cyber director, said the Office of the National Cyber Director will likely issue plan updates in the future […]
Firestorm Labs will provide its low-cost modular unmanned aerial systems to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base under the $46 billion Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said its MUAS is 3D printed and payload agnostic, allowing operators to choose payloads that the aerial vehicle should carry […]
NASA has unveiled its plan to merge its 11 cloud contracts with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform into a single contract set aside for small businesses to be awarded through the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement vehicle. According to a special notice from NASA, a small business reseller would deliver the […]
Lockheed Martin will build an advanced propulsion Long Range Maneuverable Fires missile concept under a contract with the U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Center. The missile can hit targets more than 499 kilometers away, farther than the current range of flight of Precision Strike Missiles. LRMF will be designed to be compatible with existing Army […]
Summit 7 has partnered with Microsoft to provide aerospace and defense contractors within the defense industrial base with access to the Microsoft Azure Government Secret cloud. The cloud service offering will allow DIB partners to handle classified workloads and sensitive data in compliance with existing cybersecurity standards. Azure Government Secret has achieved Department of Defense […]
Vice Adm. Jon Hill, director of the Missile Defense Agency, said the MDA is exploring how emerging technologies, including electronic warfare, directed energy and cybersecurity, can complement traditional defense systems to better defend against missile threats. For fiscal year 2024, the MDA is requesting $17.8 million to support the assessment of new technologies and their […]
