Slingshot Aerospace has partnered with HawkEye 360 to develop the U.S. Space Force threat-detection system. Data from HawkEye’s radio frequency mapping spacecraft in low-Earth orbit will be ingested in Slingshot’s cloud platform for analysis to identify, characterize and geolocate RF signals that disrupt GPS signals. The effort supports a $2 million contract Slingshot secured in […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has named Sandy Radesky as its associate director of vulnerability management. Radesky moved to CISA after spending over two years serving as the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command’s deputy chief information officer. According to the new associate director, she decided to join CISA to support the agency in improving the […]
Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, the U.S. Space Force chief of space operations, has released a memo discussing the service’s priorities, including strengthening partnerships and removing barriers to collaboration. He said the Space Force will not succeed in accomplishing its missions without robust joint, coalition, international, interagency, academic and commercial partnerships. Saltzman identified overclassification and incompatible […]
The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Peraton a potential five-year, $74 million task order to provide cybersecurity support services to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s Dam Neck Activity. According to Tom Afferton, president of the cyber mission sector at Peraton and a 4×24 member, the company will use its information management and […]
The Federal Aviation Administration is testing and evaluating Hidden Level’s Airspace Monitoring Service as part of the agency’s Airport Unmanned Aircraft Systems Detection and Mitigation Research Program. Hidden Level, a provider of sensor solutions to military and commercial customers, has deployed the service for evaluation in 2022. AMS offers improved situational awareness through the use […]
Frank Sturek, a Potomac Officers Club member, has joined Compendium Federal Technology as CEO following the company’s acquisition earlier in January. He brings to the company his knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations and experience in business development and new business capture. CFT provides technology and engineering solutions to government and commercial clients, including tactical communications […]
Seven federal laboratories have received contract awards with a combined value of $1.1 million from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to accelerate the research and development and commercialization of federally funded technologies designed to address critical homeland security challenges. Within the next two years, the laboratories are expected to reach technology […]
A National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force report containing an implementation plan and road map for creating a resource infrastructure called NAIRR to support AI research and development is now ready to be forwarded to Congress and President Joe Biden in the coming weeks. The task force, composed of people from the government, academia […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Epoch Concepts a contract valued at $216.8 million to add the company’s IT solutions to the Enterprise Software Initiative DevSecOps Agency Catalog. The service-disabled, veteran-owned small business offers storage and infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, among other products. Through the DevSecOps Agency Catalog, the DOD, the intelligence […]
Two House lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking to establish a National Digital Reserve Corps to address gaps in the government’s tech and cyber workforce. Under the bill proposed by Reps. Tony Gonzales and Robin Kelly, private sector personnel with skills and experience in resolving digital challenges can sign up to be part of the […]
