The Department of Defense has awarded Neya Systems a contract to create a Tactical Assault Kit plugin for controlling robots with sensors for hazardous materials. Neya Systems said its Mission Planning and Management System will allow TAK operators to deploy systems equipped with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear sensors. “MPMS is an end-to-end solution for […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released its Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Platform for federal civilian agencies. CISA said the VDP Platform serves as a centrally managed online website that government agencies can use to list systems covered by their vulnerability disclosure policies. Security researchers and members of the public may analyze the items listed […]
Ball Aerospace said its Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 spacecraft has completed the preliminary design review phase and will enter the critical design phase. The spacecraft was designed under the terms of a contract awarded by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center on behalf of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Ball Aerospace said. Makenzie Lystrup, vice […]
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant to a new artificial intelligence optimization institute led by the University of California San Diego. UC San Diego said The Institute for Learning-enabled Optimization at Scale will develop optimization tools for AI and machine learning that can support strategically important disciplines, including semiconductor design, robotics […]
Customer Value Partners, a management consulting firm, said it has been tasked to provide user-centered product engineering services to the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Work will be done under the agency’s $84 million Services for Product Engineering and Enterprise Delivery, CVP said Tuesday. “This work aligns with our growth strategy […]
The Department of Energy has announced $42.3 million in investments in industry efforts to decarbonize the U.S. manufacturing sector. DOE said the funding opportunity will improve the country’s economic competitiveness while cleaning the industrial sector, which reportedly generated 23 percent of the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. “With these investments, the Department of […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Peraton a potential $130 million contract to support the Defense Manpower Data Center‘s modernization efforts. DMDC helps the Pentagon resolve human resource issues, serving as a source for identifying and authenticating personnel during their affiliation with the department. It helps assess entitlements for more than 40 million service members, […]
The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command has launched a cloud-enabled DevSecOps pipeline designed to handle secret-level information and applications. Known as the Overmatch Software Armory, the pipeline serves as an Impact Level 6 digital environment that automatically integrates security in every stage of the software development process, the Navy said. “Previously, if we wanted to […]
George Barnes, deputy director of the National Security Agency, stressed the importance of collaboration in countering the rise of ransomware attacks. He said that a shared response among government agencies and the public will help discourage the criminal business model and reduce its impact. “We have to try not to reward bad behavior. So we […]
The White House has released a memo pushing government agencies and the private sector to enhance critical infrastructure cybersecurity. President Joe Biden directed the Department of Homeland Security to work with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish baseline cybersecurity goals and practices for critical infrastructure operators. According to the White House, such […]
