Astra Space‘s Rocket 3.3 with serial number LV0007 reached orbit on Saturday, carrying with it a payload for the U.S. Space Force‘s Space Test Program. The launch took place at the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska. The rocket reached an altitude of about 500 kilometers after the first and second stages fired successfully. […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Northrop Grumman an expanded scope of work contract to develop a satellite communications-enabled, open architecture-based Freedom Radio. Northrop Grumman will demonstrate a satcom-enabled version of the Freedom Radio to see if it can provide secure and resilient data management and delivery in near real-time. A satellite-based Freedom […]
U.S. federal prosecutors have indicted two Iranian nationals for their involvement in an attempt to influence American voters during the 2020 presidential elections. Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Mousa Kazemi and Sajjad Kashian were slapped with multiple charges, including conspiracy, computer fraud and transmission of interstate threats. Officials said the two individuals obtained confidential voter information from […]
Intuitive Machines has secured a $77.5 million NASA contract to transport research equipment to the Moon under the space agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. The launch is expected to take place in 2024. As part of the contract, Intuitive Machines will provide a variety of services, including payload integration, delivery and operations. The company […]
A Department of Defense official said the U.S. Army is set to field the first battle-ready hypersonic weapon sometime in 2022 or 2023 and the U.S. Navy is expected to follow suit. Speaking at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Ascend space technology conference, Gillian Bussey, director of the Pentagon’s Joint Hypersonics Transition Office, […]
Nitin Natarajan is the deputy director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. He has over 25 years of experience in policy and operational management and is knowledgeable on matters related to homeland security, emergency response, critical infrastructure protection and environmental issues. Natarajan has been the CISA deputy director since Feb. 16. In his current […]
The Department of Defense has awarded GreyNoise Intelligence a potential five-year, $30 million contract to help the agency learn more about internet-wide scan and attack activities. The award follows GreyNoise’s initial prototype activity with the Defense Innovation Unit. The contract will allow the company to sell its platform and guide system and organization control teams […]
Penguin Computing, a provider of high-performance computing and artificial intelligence solutions, has released Penguin Computing on Demand HPC/AI Cloud. The solution includes software, hardware and management platforms that eliminate challenges associated with traditional cloud computing. GovPOD HPC/AI Cloud gives federal government users the ability to take advantage of a high-performance computing environment in the cloud […]
The Department of the Treasury has formed a bilateral partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Finance to protect critical financial infrastructure and combat ransomware threats. The partnership, which was announced on Sunday, is part of a task force between Washington and Jerusalem that focuses on financial technology innovation and cybersecurity. Through the partnership, Israel and the […]
President Joe Biden has signed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which contains almost $2 billion in funding for cybersecurity initiatives. The Federal Emergency Management Agency received the largest chunk of the cybersecurity funding, getting $1 billion for a cyber grant program that would support state and local governments over the next four […]
