House Armed Services Committee lawmakers are supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s use of commercial satellite data, a practice that private-sector leaders said is already being done by other parts of the government. Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of Maxar Technologies’ Public Sector Earth Intelligence sector, said during the Defense One Tech Summit […]
Leidos subsidiary Dynetics has concluded the first launch test for the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program. MACH-TB is designed to increase the speed at which commercially available hypersonic systems are tested. The program also calls on Dynetics to create an experimental glide body for data gathering and performance validation for hypersonic glide body […]
The U.S. Air Force is planning a career track for cybersecurity experts that allows them to shift paths or stay where they are for longer periods. Speaking at a Mitchell Institute webinar, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Brown Jr. said the career track plan allows cyber experts to stay in their path if they […]
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-based Arconic Corp. has secured a $45.5 million agreement with the Department of Defense’s Office for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to boost high-purity aluminum production. The DOD will use Defense Production Act Title III authorities and funding to enhance HPA production infrastructure at Arconic’s Iowa facility. The funding would […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Canteen Service is seeking a contractor to replace the agency’s Store Inventory Management System. According to a VA presolicitation, the current Oracle-based SIM solution is no longer approved per the Technical Reference Model and is at the end of its life. The current product also lacks a centralized database […]
Identiv, a Fremont, California-based internet of things security and identification solutions provider, received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program marketplace authorization for its cloud-based access control solutions. FedRAMP authorization was granted to the Hirsch Velocity security management software, Velocity Vision video management system and Hirsch Mx Controller suite. The products are physical access control solutions […]
NASA has selected seven companies to advance key commercial space-related missions under the Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative. Under CCSC-2, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, Sierra Space, SpaceX, Special Aerospace Services, ThinkOrbital and Vast Space will execute their respective missions. They will work on commercial space transportation, autonomy and robotics, low-Earth orbit ecosystems and infrastructure, […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has opened the Orion Cyber Operations Center-Hill, a facility designed to support the agency’s command and control modernization efforts. The center will serve as a hub where Department of Defense IT network requests are load-balanced across active data centers. Since its conception, the center has helped DISA replace aging infrastructure […]
The National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have released the “Harden Baseboard Management Controllers” cybersecurity information sheet to help baseboard management controllers protect their systems from cyberthreats. According to the agencies, BMCs are prone to a variety of cyberthreats, including security solutions shutdown, data manipulation and malware infection. The damage could […]
The House Armed Services Committee is urging the Department of Defense to study two additional corridors for long-distance hypersonic systems testing as demand for current testing infrastructure grows. According to the committee’s proposed 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, flying hypersonic missiles at a more regular pace is paramount, but achieving the goal is hindered by […]
