The Marine Corps is pushing forward with its modernization priorities despite years of flat budgets. Speaking at the recent McAleese Defense Programs Conference, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger said the service has been able to pursue the transformation of its troops without asking for extra money from the White House or Congress in the […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has formed a group consisting of government and industry members that will develop strategies to protect space systems supporting the nation’s critical infrastructure. The Space Systems Critical Infrastructure Working Group will work towards making commercial space systems more resilient and secure. Efforts will be focused on addressing areas that […]
SpaceX has launched 52 additional Starlink satellites via a reusable Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. The satellites were launched May 15, marking the fourth Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites in 17 days and the ninth overall since March. More than 1,600 Starlink satellites have been put […]
Melanie Kyle Gingrich has been named the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body’s new vice president of training and development. She will take over the duties of CMMC-AB training head from Ben Tchoubineh, who has been in charge of the organization’s training efforts since 2019, FCW reported. According to her LinkedIn profile, Gingrich has prior […]
The Missile Defense Agency plans to deorbit a pair of experimental missile warning satellites that have been in operation for more than a decade. MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill confirmed the planned deorbiting of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System during his appearance at the 12th annual McAleese Conference. Hill attributed the retirement of […]
Tom McNeal, vice president of the partner channel and public sector for Neustar, emphasized the need to de-weaponize the civilian data released during the SolarWinds hack. At the hands of cyber actors, personally identifiable information could be further exploited to launch new attacks, McNeal wrote in an opinion piece published by Nextgov. To de-weaponize stolen […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded KBR a $51.2 million contract to build and operate an antenna network to help provide accurate space weather forecasts. KBR’s space weather follow-on antenna network is being built to transmit continuous mission data with the SWFO-Lagrange 1 observatory and its ground segment. It is expected to perform […]
The Department of Energy is investing $6.2 million in eight university-led projects to advance research on efficient hydrogen gas turbines. The research grantees are Georgia Tech, University of Central Florida, San Diego State University, Purdue University, Purdue University, Ohio State University, University of Alabama and University of California, Irvine. With the exception of SDSU, which […]
President Joe Biden has issued an executive order imposing tight deadlines on agencies like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to implement measures to improve the nation’s cyber posture. The EO released May 12 requires agencies to enact Biden’s plan to revamp the federal government’s cybersecurity under timelines as short as 30 days within the […]
The Space Force is working with the Air Force to deploy small radar satellites that will serve as ground moving target indicators. The GMTI project has been ongoing since 2018 under the leadership of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. While it was initially kept under wraps, the project is now being discussed more openly […]
