U.S. Air Forces Central has partnered with George Mason University to enhance warfighter training, education and research capabilities. Under a cooperative research and development agreement signed on July 14, personnel will engage in applied R&D programs with the Volgenau School of Engineering’s national security and defense teams at the university’s Rapid Prototyping Research Center and […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Noblis a potential three-year, $82 million task order to provide research and development support to the Science and Technology Directorate. Under the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance III task order, Noblis will provide strategic planning, program support and operational management to help S&T deliver technologies to stakeholders and […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected 40 post-quantum cryptography algorithms as candidates for the PQC standardization catalog, which is designed to help U.S. networks prepare for quantum computing. The algorithms were selected out of 50 submissions received in September as part of NIST’s efforts to boost quantum computing capabilities. According to the […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory has postponed the launch of its Navigation Technology Satellite-3 to the second quarter of 2024 because of the delayed debut of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. According to ULA, it delayed the Vulcan Centaur’s debut to fix a testing issue discovered in March. ULA CEO Tory Bruno said the […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded RTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies, a follow-on contract to build and fly additional Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept flight vehicles with enhancements based on lessons learned during the earlier parts of the weapon’s development. Under the DARPA contract, RTX and partner Northrop Grumman will apply data and lessons to […]
Lakshmi Raman, director of artificial intelligence innovation at the CIA and a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, recently said that the agency is in an “experimentation phase” when it comes to determining uses for large language models. Raman said during a July 14 panel at the Intelligence and National Security Summit that […]
The chief of space operations said the U.S. military should offer satellite defense capabilities to its European allies and take a strong stance against adversarial efforts to take down U.S. and allied spacecraft. Speaking at the Royal International Air Tattoo, 2023 Wash100 awardee U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman said the United States should protect […]
The Environmental Protection Agency has criticized a federal appellate court’s decision to temporarily stop a new rule that would add cybersecurity assessments to public water system auditing. The EPA issued a rule in March expanding Sanitary Survey Programs by adding cybersecurity assessments of water systems. The rule was subsequently challenged by lawsuits from the attorneys […]
Mike Hettinger, founder of Hettinger Strategy Group and former staff director of the House Oversight Government Operations Subcommittee, expressed disappointment at the Senate Committee on Appropriations’s approval of legislation that would rescind $290 million from the Technology Modernization Fund. The rescission was part of the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill, FedScoop reported. Hettinger […]
Telecommunications provider Fairwinds Technologies has awarded Comtech a $30 million contract to support U.S. Army tactical communications. Under the contract, Comtech will provide its Troposcatter Family of Systems to improve the Army’s beyond-line-of-sight communications capabilities across all domains. The Troposcatter FOS works to support various commercial and government applications, including military operations, disaster response, emergency […]
