Cyber experts noted during a recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce virtual panel that ransomware victims’ hesitance to report is making it difficult to implement federal cyber defense efforts. Eric Goldstein, executive assistant director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s cybersecurity division, said it is hard to understand the scope of the problem because some […]
Momentus failed to secure a payload review for its Vigoride-1 tug from the Federal Aviation Administration, further delaying the launch of the spacecraft, which is now months behind schedule. According to Momentus’ May 11 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the FAA rejected the company’s application for a payload review due to concerns that […]
USS Miguel Keith, an expeditionary sea base ship, is now in active service following a Navy commissioning ceremony held at Naval Air Station North Island. The ship is named in honor of Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient Lance Cpl. Miguel Keith, a Vietnam war hero. Capt. Troy Fendrick has been designated as USS Miguel […]
Owen Brown is the vice president for research and development at Scientific Systems Company Inc., a Woburn, Massachusetts-based company that develops advanced technologies for navigation, mission planning and autonomy systems. Brown is in charge of the strategic development and implementation of Scientific Systems’ programs across areas such as robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision […]
Patrick Baker has been serving as the director of the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command since December 2019. DEVCOM is an organization focused on creating, integrating and delivering technology-enabled solutions to soldiers. It is part of the Army Research Laboratory, the service’s sole fundamental research laboratory whose research spans areas such as weapons, sensors, electron […]
Nelson Pedreiro is a long-time Lockheed Martin executive currently serving as the vice president of the company’s Advanced Technology Center. Pedreiro has been the VP of ATC, a research lab for Lockheed Martin Space, for more than three years. His responsibilities include overseeing technology development and transition into spacecraft and missile products, according to his […]
CGI’s Momentum Enterprise Suite Software as a Service has received authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board. The milestone indicates that the SaaS platform can now be used by federal agencies for cloud deployment. FedRAMP granted the authorization after a rigorous authorization process and a six-month trial, CGI said. In […]
The Army will partner with nontraditional defense contractors to sustain its fleet of future robotic combat vehicles. According to a statement released by the Army Applications Laboratory, efforts are underway to establish a cohort of innovators that will develop hardware and software components for sensor capabilities that will be used for RCV sustainment efforts. The […]
The Association of American Medical Colleges has called on the Department of Health and Human Services to tighten privacy standards related to individually identifiable health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. AAMA raised concerns regarding the confidentiality of protected health information after the HHS proposed changes to the HIPAA privacy rule. The […]
The Space Force said in a recently published vision document that it wants to promote digital capabilities among its military and civilian workforce. According to the “Vision for a Digital Service” document, the nascent service branch seeks to establish a digital culture and employ digitally minded and technology savvy personnel. The Space Force’s aspirational vision […]
