The U.S. Air Force will build a cyber-focused team tasked with supporting tactical air missions, a move in line with the service’s “cyber-enabled air superiority” concept. According to an Air Force spokesperson, the cyber team would perform non-kinetic operations in line with offensive kinetic operations. The spokesperson added that the projected unit’s mission differs from […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Teledyne FLIR Defense a potential five-year, $93.9 million contract for its Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems nano-unmanned aerial systems. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Teledyne FLIR Defense will provide the nano-UAS, equipment, spare parts and training services. The Black Hornet 3 PRS is a pocket-sized drone that can transmit live […]
The U.S. Army’s deputy principal information operations adviser said the service is continuing to adopt artificial intelligence to support its “information advantage” concept. Speaking at an Association of the U.S. Army event in June, Maj. Gen. Matthew Easley shared that AI and machine learning could benefit decision-making, soldier information protection, education and information warfare, all […]
The Department of Labor will modify its unemployment systems modernization and anti-fraud strategy after Congress cut funding by $1 billion. According to a department advisory issued on July 13, future efforts will focus on improving unemployment system user interface integrity. Specifically, the agency will use $100 million of its remaining funds for fraud prevention and […]
The Department of Justice is merging the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section to go after ransomware actors targeting digital assets. According to Nicole Argentieri, principal deputy attorney general at DOJ, ransomware deterrence is a key priority for the department, and combining the two investigation units would double the […]
A Department of Homeland Security official said the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program will use enhanced visibility across federal networks to identify technologies vulnerable to cyber threats. Michael Duffy, associate director of capability building at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said in a blog post that CDM’s operational and incident response elements will be […]
John Plumb, the assistant secretary of defense for space policy, said at the recent Aspen Security Conference in Colorado that the Department of Defense is working to ensure the resilience of its satellites. To this end, the DOD has adopted an architecture involving proliferated satellites in low Earth orbit, which offers two advantages over the […]
The National Science Foundation, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office have agreed to extend public access to digital elevation models generated using commercially obtained imagery. Under the agreement, NRO modified its contract with Maxar Technologies, thereby providing the U.S. government long-term access to imagery collected over the Arctic and Antarctic. The imagery […]
KBR has secured a potential nine-year, $1.93 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide support services for NASA space exploration missions. Work under the Integrated Mission Operations Contract III involves avionics and software support, capability development, and the provision of spaceflight operations products and services. The contract will benefit the NASA Johnson Space Center Flight Operations Directorate, […]
Experts in artificial intelligence said during a House Armed Services Committee hearing that the Department of Defense’s procurement process is hindering the adoption of artificial intelligence at the agency. Haniyeh Mahmoudian, an AI ethics specialist at DataRobot, said long procurement cycles and delays cannot keep up with the speed at which AI is being developed, […]
