Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a $919 million task order to support the U.S. military using technology-based solutions. Under the Engineering, Development, Integration, and Technology-based Solutions task order, Booz Allen will offer technologies that would allow Army program executive offices, U.S. Special Operations Command, the Army Development Command Soldier Center and the Department of Defense […]
An official from the Department of Defense’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response told lawmakers that the department’s threat-sharing pilot program has shown progress and that more resources should be allocated to scale the program. Speaking at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing, Cybersecurity Office Director Puesh Kumar said the Energy Threat […]
Burlington, Massachusetts-based software company N-able is partnering with the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to help managed service providers and their customers protect themselves from cyber threats through information and resource sharing. Under the partnership, N-able will have access to expertise from the JCDC and its members who gather, analyze and share cyberthreat information with MSPs […]
Leesburg, Virginia-based Quantum Computing Inc. secured a follow-on task order on Feb. 8 to continue supporting NASA’s remote sensing and climate change monitoring efforts. Under the task order, QCI will test its QLiDAR quantum photonic system for remote sensing applications and process satellite images using its photonic-based reservoir computing technology. Specifically, QCI will run data […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory recently demonstrated the Tactical High-power Operational Responder, a counter-drone swarm technology that uses microwaves to shoot down targets. According to the AFRL, the THOR showcase on April 5 was the first time that the solution was tested against actual drones. Adrian Lucero, THOR program manager at the AFRL Directed Energy […]
Iridium Communications has announced that five of its spare satellites were launched on Saturday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Saturday launch brings the total number of spare Iridium satellites in orbit to 14. Iridium currently has 80 next-generation satellites, which enable weather-resilient, global connectivity. The spare satellites were able to contact engineers on […]
The U.S. Air Force plans to improve its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities with a focus on digital infrastructure. Lt. Gen. Leah Lauderback, deputy chief of staff for ISR and cyber effects operations at the Air Force, said during a Mitchell Institute webinar that the service now has the funding it needs to pursue ISR […]
The U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force will broaden its partnerships to enhance cybersecurity information sharing. CYBERCOM has two initiatives to help the CNMF work with its private sector and international partners. The first initiative, dubbed “under advisement,” will allow CNMF members to share threat indicators in unclassified spaces and chat rooms. The second […]
Composable infrastructure provider Liqid has delivered two composable supercomputers to the Department of Defense. The supercomputers are powered by NVIDIA A100 graphics processing units and Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 central processing units. Both GPUs and CPUs are designed to deliver enhanced capabilities for high-performance computing, artificial intelligence processing, networking and data analytics. The supercomputers will […]
The U.S. Space Force has awarded orbital logistics and space mining company TransAstra Corp. a phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research contract to explore new use cases for its Omnivore propulsion technology. Under the SBIR award, TransAstra will explore government and commercial use cases for the propulsion system. The Omnivore thruster uses solar reflectors to […]
