The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to introduce a new operational strategy that will ensure that the U.S. military maintains information superiority over its adversaries. The roadmap aligns with the goals that DISA leadership outlined in its fiscal year 2022 budget. Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, DISA director and former Potomac Officers Club speaker, said that […]
The Defense Health Agency has awarded NetImpact Strategies the Ektropy Support Services contract. Ektropy is an information technology tool that the DHA uses to deliver insights into personnel, programs, cost and contracts. According to company director Lisa Liu, the award will ensure that the DHA will enable transparency and accountability in defense health-related activities. Work […]
The Department of Defense has appointed Jason Weiss as chief software officer, a role that will oversee the adoption of modern software development practices and application modernization. Weiss most recently served as the director of software modernization at the DOD. Weiss’ appointment comes as the Pentagon moves forward with its Joint All-Domain Command and Control […]
The Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate is reviewing air domain awareness technologies to support the agency’s airspace protection mission along the United States’ border with Canada. The evaluation comes after an S&T-led team conducted a three-week test and demonstration activity in Limestone Hills, Montana. The technologies tested during the three-week event include […]
The U.S. Coast Guard is planning to add more cyber offensive capabilities to defend the United States’ waterways and coastlines, as well as other activities that the service is involved in. The effort comes as the Coast Guard foresees the need to increase its cyber capabilities amid rising threats in the digital domain. Rear Adm. […]
Ball Aerospace and L3Harris Technologies have each secured a 20-month, $8 million NASA contract for work on Geostationary and Extended Observations. The GeoXO solution is a planned satellite constellation that will perform a variety of tasks for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The contracts were announced on Friday. Under the contracts, Ball and L3Harris […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Battelle a five-year, $89.6 million task order for human performance research and engineering in support of the 711th Human Performance Wing. The Columbus, Ohio-based company will administer a live-virtual-constructive testbed to support research and training activities for both conventional and special operations forces. The activity will also […]
An official from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said facial biometrics technology has helped the agency process over 100 million travelers since its implementation. To date, CBP uses biometric facial comparison tech to process passengers at 230 airports and eight seaports. The platform is also used to confirm passenger identities at a pilot port […]
The House of Representatives has passed the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act, a piece of legislation that would allow technology industry leaders to work for the government for a set period of time. The bill would also allow government employees to work with other government agencies. Supporters of the bill said the proposal would […]
NASA is planning a new project that would teach individuals how to use open-source tools and software to allow them to answer data-related questions on their own. The Transform to Open Science initiative comes as NASA expects an information collection expansion of around 50 petabytes per year by 2022. Kevin Murphy, the chief science data […]
