The U.S. government has released a new strategy that seeks to increase the role that industry stakeholders have when it comes to cybersecurity. According to acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden, the strategy seeks to rebalance cyber risk management by moving the burden of ensuring cybersecurity from “individuals, small businesses and local governments” towards the […]
NASA has developed a communications networking protocol for automatic information delivery that will be used for Artemis missions. The Delay Tolerant Networking protocol uses a “store-and-forward” process to ensure that information will be delivered regardless of signal difficulties. DTN would either forward data as it is received or store it for future transmission in case […]
President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to expand domestic production of hypersonic system materials. According to a memorandum issued by the White House on Wednesday, the federal government will be tasked with accelerating and stimulating the production of hypersonic system components, such as engines; avionics; and position, navigation and guidance systems. The […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded artificial intelligence-enabled marketing analytics technology provider Tomi .ai a patent for its website visitor scoring platform. The company’s scoring platform uses behavioral first-party data from customers’ websites and sales data from their customer relationship management systems to identify trends. The data gathered is processed using machine learning […]
Department of Defense officials said generative artificial intelligence could ease red tape and take over time-consuming tasks. Speaking at a Billington Cybersecurity-hosted event, Lauren Knausenberger, the chief information officer at the Department of the Air Force, shared that a generative AI-powered chatbot like ChatGPT could find files, answer frequently asked questions and perform other clerical […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched the first CHIPS for America funding opportunity for semiconductor-related manufacturing capabilities. The CHIPS for America program is an avenue for interested entities to secure funding for the construction, expansion or modernization of commercial semiconductor production facilities. The funding program will cover leading-edge, current generation and mature-node […]
Reston, Virginia-headquartered technology consulting firm Raft has secured a $100 million prime contract to develop software for Kessel Run. Under the contract, Raft will work with the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Detachment 12 in developing applications that provide product discovery, management, design and engineering services. The solutions will be part of Kessel […]
A U.S. Army program executive office is working on a combination of armored vehicles and communications equipment to enable the service to engage in longer, more dispersed fights using stronger formations. PEO Command, Control and Communications-Tactical has ramped up its focus on Capability Set 25, a collection of commercial off-the-shelf technologies and specialized military equipment. […]
Wireless networking solutions provider Cambium Networks and end-to-end communications solutions company Future Technologies Ventures have secured a multimillion-dollar Department of Defense contract for wireless network solutions. Under the contract, Future Technologies will create a connectivity solution for the DOD’s Private 5G network, edge computing infrastructure and other mission-critical use cases. The solution will be based […]
A spokesperson from the U.S. Marshals Service said the agency was hacked earlier in February. According to the spokesperson, the incident was discovered on Feb. 17 when the agency found a “ransomware and data exfiltration event” that affected a standalone system. The affected system was disconnected from the agency’s network. The Department of Justice, the […]
