The Department of Justice is launching a new civil cyber fraud initiative to protect whistleblowers who expose federal contractors for committing cybersecurity failures and misrepresenting their cybersecurity capabilities. The effort is being led by the Civil Division’s Commercial Litigation Branch, Fraud Section, at the DOJ as part of an ongoing comprehensive cyber review ordered by […]
NASA plans on launching the Artemis 1 vehicle no earlier than February 2022. Mike Sarafin, Artemis 1 mission manager at NASA Headquarters, told reporters that the first launch window is set between Feb. 12 and 27, with additional launch opportunities slated from March 12 to 27 and from April 8 to 23. Critical to NASA’s […]
Matthew See has been serving as the principal at Booz Allen Hamilton since June 2019. His duties include leading the GSA Assisted Acquisition Services business/acquisition strategies for the Booz Allen Growth Office and overseeing the utilization of contract vehicles such as the Alliant/A2 GWAC, OASIS and Multiple Award Schedules. See took over as principal after […]
Top defense officials have raised concerns about the vulnerability of military networks and infrastructure to cyberattacks months after the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline. The May cyberattack, which was linked to a Russian criminal group, forced the pipeline operator to temporarily shut down operations for more than a week, disrupting gas supplies and raising fuel […]
A new inspector general report highlighted significant information technology challenges that the Small Business Administration has to deal with as it enters fiscal year 2022. The SBA’s IG Office identified IT upgrades as a long-standing problem within the agency, which was exacerbated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The report notes that investing in upgrades is essential […]
Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana expects the next round of Technology Modernization Fund awards to be made within a couple of weeks. “We are working every single week on the portfolio. Right now we are looking at the backlog of projects, some of them less complete than others in their submissions,” Martorana told Bloomberg. […]
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body has designated managed detection and response specialist Pondurance as a registered provider organization for the Department of Defense’s CMMC program. RPOs are authorized to offer consulting services to defense contractors gearing for CMMC audits and seeking compliance with the DOD’s new cybersecurity standards, Pondurance said. The CMMC-AB website […]
A team of experts from BAE Systems and Sierra Nevada Corporation has been tasked with developing the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation open architecture signals intelligence technology. The companies will collaborate on a sensor prototype that can collect and analyze electronic signals across the radio frequency spectrum to help warfighters understand their adversaries’ actions. They will […]
A new defense spending bill by the Senate Appropriations Committee proposes a $500 million boost to the budget requested by the U.S. Space Force for fiscal year 2022. If passed, the Space Force’s total budget for FY2022 would increase to $17.9 billion. Under the proposed budget, the nascent service branch would receive $120 million for […]
Pierre Chao is an operating partner at Enlightenment Capital, a Maryland-based private investment firm that provides capital and strategic support to middle-market businesses in the aerospace, defense, government and technology sector. Chao co-founded the firm in 2012. Initial investments were targeted at 11 portfolio companies, namely Vistronix, Aurora Flight Sciences, Phase One, Diplomat Group, SolAero/Vanguard […]
