President Joe Biden has mandated the Department of Commerce to evaluate and mitigate risks associated with artificial intelligence systems. Under a new executive order signed Monday, the department must ensure that AI systems are safe, secure and trustworthy, and it must also promote an innovative and competitive ecosystem to allow developers to create solutions that […]
The Naval Information Warfare Center has awarded HawkEye 360 a contract for radio frequency data and related services. HawkEye 360 will use SeaVision, a web-based platform the U.S. military and its allies use to share unclassified information needed to improve maritime domain awareness. The company will use SeaVision to share RF data and analytics and […]
The U.S. Space Systems Command has allocated 11 launch service missions to United Launch Alliance and 10 more such missions to SpaceX under the fiscal year 2024 National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract. According to the SSC, the ULA launch contracts include several missions for the U.S. Space Force and the […]
Northrop Grumman announced that it has secured a potential $732 million contract from the Space Development Agency to design and build Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha satellites. Northrop will provide 38 data transport satellites, as well as ground elements and five years of operations and sustainment, slated for launch in December 2026. The Transport Layer, a […]
The U.S. Army Pacific hosted the third iteration of its Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Summit in Hawaii on Oct. 25 and 26, where participants talked about the emerging technologies’ implications in the Indo-Pacific region. During the event, speakers discussed the importance of the Army’s engagement with the AI/ML community, use case experimentation, AI/ML advancements and other […]
President Joe Biden has mandated the Department of Defense to look for ways to use artificial intelligence to protect national security networks. The requirement is part of the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” executive order signed on Monday. Under the EO, the secretaries of defense and homeland security must identify, […]
The deputy chief of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s computer security division said the agency has been updating its software supply chain guidance to ensure that cyberthreats are kept at bay. In a Federal News Network interview, Jon Boyens shared that the NIST started focusing on the software aspect of supply chain risk […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has introduced an artificial intelligence tool for weather forecast translation. Ken Graham, director of NOAA’s National Weather Service, said the AI use case will replace the agency’s manual translation capabilities and improve community and individual readiness and resilience. The current AI-based translation capability can translate English weather forecasts from […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a new logging management software to help organizations detect cyberthreats. The “Logging Made Easy” software is a Windows-based log management solution that allows users to use readily available data to detect and address threats more efficiently. It can be used to identify vetted protective monitoring capabilities, secure […]
A technology safeguards agreement signed by the U.S. and Australian governments could see the United States launch rockets from Australian spaceports, the U.S. Department of State announced Oct. 26. The deal allows spaceport projects in Australia to sign deals to host launches by U.S. companies. Jeremy Hallett, executive chairman of the Space Industry Association of […]
