The Department of Defense is using a newly developed dashboard to gain insights into its own activities. According to DOD officials, the Pulse analytics program gives senior defense leaders a standardized way of determining if the department is achieving its goals and performance metrics. The program was created by the DOD Chief Digital and Artificial […]
The Department of Defense FutureG & 5G Office has launched the 2023 5G Challenge, a program designed to accelerate the adoption of open interfaces, interoperable components and multi-vendor solutions. The challenge will help deploy Open Radio Access Network systems, which the DOD said is critical in future communications infrastructure and a key focus area in […]
The National Science Foundation has published a solicitation for its potential $27.8 million Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems program. The POSE program aims to use open-source environments to support innovation efforts and address socio-economic challenges. The program’s desired outcomes would benefit open-source ecosystems and would enable safe and secure OSE development that would come from […]
An official from the Department of Homeland Security recently visited Israel to discuss cybersecurity matters with his counterparts in the country and other Middle Eastern nations. During the CyberTech Global Conference in Tel Aviv, DHS Under Secretary for Policy Robert Silvers said the Abraham Accords, which focus on maintaining and strengthening peace in the Middle […]
SpaceX and Astrotech Space Operations will work with NASA on its potential 10-year, $100 million Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract. The contract tasks SpaceX and Astrotech Space Operations to support operations at the Kennedy Space Center, the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Vanderberg Space Force Base. The task orders under the contract will focus on […]
House lawmakers are working on plans to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record modernization program. Democrats from the House Veterans Affairs Committee are expected to introduce a new bill that would focus on the Oracle Cerner EHR system, which has been causing problems for the VA in recent years. According to two […]
The Department of the Navy has awarded Reston, Virginia-based national security and technology company Peraton the 10-year, $4 billion Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services Full Deployment Production Units contract. Peraton will produce units, kits, modules, components, software, spare parts and development items for shore, surface and submarine platforms. The contract was awarded by the […]
The U.S. ambassador-at-large for cyberspace and digital policy said technologies and other tools and mechanisms could play significant roles in geopolitical contests. Speaking at a German Marshall Fund event, Nathaniel Fick shared the benefits that cloud technologies could offer. He noted that before the start of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine moved its government enterprise to the […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Intel and the University of California, San Diego, to join the Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emergent Execution Engines program. During the four-year HARDEN program, Intel and UC San Diego will investigate how the company’s Cryptographic Capability Computing system could improve security for legacy and future systems. C3 […]
The U.S. Space Force’s effort to replace its space object catalog with a modern space command and control capability has been delayed by a year. According to Col. Chris Kadala, senior materiel leader for operational command and control at the Space Force, the replacement for the Space Defense Operation Center will be ready in late […]
