The Department of Defense has scrapped the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud program in favor of a new multi-cloud, multi-vendor contract. The DOD will issue a presolicitation for the planned Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract to be followed by the release of a formal solicitation in October, with awards slated to be made by June […]
Satellogic, a satellite imagery provider based in Uruguay, is set to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company CF Acquisition Corp. V. The merger is expected to close early in the fourth quarter, providing Satellogic with $271 million in cash and a valuation of $1.1 billion. Funding from the transaction will help […]
Bryan Martz is the vice president of cyber and C5ISR at Varen Technologies, an information technology services provider based in Columbia, Maryland. The company’s cyber and C5ISR services are split into three areas: cyber operations support, military support services and strategic support services. Specific services include cyber education, vulnerability assessment, cyber systems engineering and tactical […]
John Levy currently works as the C4ISR solutions director at Spectrum, an employee-owned business specializing in operations support, digital services, and technology and management consulting. Levy assumed his current role in January 2017. He is responsible for the company’s C4ISR pipeline, with an emphasis on business intelligence and intelligence information sharing, according to his LinkedIn […]
Leidos has announced several executive changes within its ranks as part of what the company describes as optimization efforts. Paul Engola, who currently serves as chief human resources officer, will transition as executive vice president for national security space. Engola has been with Leidos for five years, during which time he also served as chief […]
Rep. Stephanie Bice criticized the slow migration process of defense agencies and field activities to the MilCloud 2.0 environment, an on-premise cloud-based infrastructure services offering managed by the Department of Defense. Speaking at a House subcommittee hearing, the lawmaker expressed frustration about how only a small percentage of DAFAs have migrated to MilCloud 2.0 since […]
The Air Force completed a flight test of a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger drone at Edwards Air Force Base using the Skyborg autonomy core system. “The ACS accomplished basic aviation behaviors and responded to navigational commands, while reacting to geo-fences, adhering to aircraft flight envelopes, and demonstrating coordinated maneuvering,” the service said in a statement. […]
The Department of Homeland Security has added nearly 300 new cybersecurity professionals to its ranks, with 500 tentative jobs still up for grabs. The massive hiring campaign was launched in early May as part of the agency’s 60-day cybersecurity workforce sprint. Initially, the plan was to hire 200 new cyber employees by July 1. Given […]
A proposed bill in the Senate aims to give private companies authorization to initiate counter attacks on hackers. If passed, the legislation would direct the Department of Homeland Security to study the pros and cons of legalizing counter-hacking efforts across the private sector. Under federal law, companies are prohibited from any type of unauthorized access […]
Fifty officers and enlisted personnel from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps are set to transition to the Space Force. The new guardians, composed of space operators, intelligence, acquisition and cyber specialists, were selected from a pool of more than 3,700 applicants seeking to join the space branch. According to the Space Force, they will […]
