The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded four organizations $55 million in contracts under the Signature Management using Operational Knowledge and Environments program. Under the SMOKE program, the contractors will develop signature management technologies and automate threat-emulated infrastructure to realistically simulate threats and support efforts to detect complicated cyber threats in a more efficient […]
The U.S. Army‘s Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation demonstrated some of the service’s latest simulation technology during the 2022 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2. PEO STRI sponsored three separate booths that featured the Reconfigurable Collective Virtual Trainer – Ground solution for the Bradley Fighting […]
A 6u cubesat that missed its original chance to go into orbit around the moon could still make its primary mission if engineers could fix its thrusters. The NASA-funded LunaH-Map cubesat was one of 10 secondary payloads flown on the Artemis 1 mission that launched on Nov. 16. It was deployed several hours after launch […]
Bret Mahoney, a Potomac Officers Club member, is the chief operating officer at New York-headquartered J.H. Whitney Investment Management‘s strategic services segment. Mahoney oversees the development of strategic and technical analysis for J.H. Whitney Strategic Services, which invests proprietary capital in emerging growth companies and supports efforts in digital transformation and other technology areas. He […]
Dayne Baird, a Potomac Officers Club member, is a managing director at The Carlyle Group. Baird currently manages Carlyle’s work with CNSI, ManTech International and Two Six Technologies. He is also a member of the boards of those companies. The managing director is knowledgeable in various financial matters, including financial modeling, private equity, due diligence, […]
The U.S. Air Force had several wins in 2022 in the development space, according to a Breaking Defense article that looks back at the U.S. military’s performance for the year. One of the successes involves the testing of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. In 2022, the service was able to log two booster launches […]
The Office of Management and Budget has issued new guidance that requires all federal agencies to digitally store and manage records by the end of June 2024. A memorandum that OMB issued jointly with the National Archives and Records Administration includes a timeline for agencies to move away from paper-based records and a date by […]
Absolute Software, an IT and cybersecurity company based in Canada, has announced that its Absolute Secure Endpoint solution suite has been granted a ready designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Absolute Secure Endpoint is designed to support federal agencies in their efforts to strengthen cyber resiliency. It allows authorized users to maintain […]
The U.S. Navy has declared full-rate production of the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion rotor-wing aircraft. The declaration is expected to increase production to over 20 helicopters annually moving forward. Bill Falk, director of the Sikorsky CH-53K program, said the announcement stabilizes the company’s domestic supply chain and ensures that the U.S. Marine Corps will have […]
The appropriations bill that Congress approved on Friday includes provisions for memory safety, according to a security researcher who worked with the U.S. Senate. Jack Cable said in a Twitter post on Tuesday that Congress included a law in the fiscal year 2023 omnibus bill that requires the national cyber director to study memory safety […]
