Aerospace company Rocket Lab has launched an experimental satellite for the U.S. Space Force as part of an effort to demonstrate various space-based capabilities. Sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Monolith satellite mission is aimed at testing whether large deployable sensors can be used with 6U or 12U-sized satellite buses, C4ISRNET reported Friday. […]
Reggie Brothers, a member of the Potomac Officers Club, serves as the CEO of BigBear .ai, a provider of data and digital capabilities to the national defense and intelligence communities. The company uses artificial intelligence, analytics and cloud technologies to generate intelligence for government and business clients, according to Brothers’ LinkedIn profile. He is a […]
Dentsu International has announced three new members of the executive leadership team of its Isobar Public Sector brand. Isobar is a global practice focused on delivering digital transformation and information technology modernization to government customers. The practice has served clients from the Air Force, the Air National Guard and the Army, Dentsu said Tuesday. Isobar […]
Machine learning is a subfield of artificial intelligence that has gained significant traction over the past decade. Technologists have shown that machine learning has moved on from mere technology demonstrations and can now be applied to real-world business applications, according to a timeline published by Dataversity. The government has taken notice of the tool’s potential and has begun leveraging […]
The Department of Energy announced it has invested $60 million in efforts to enhance energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions in manufacturing. DOE said the funding will go to a group of university-based Industrial Assessment Centers, which are government-funded institutions tasked with promoting ideas related to energy conservation. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said students from […]
Lawmakers want to require the military services to perform an audit of their legacy information technology systems, applications and software. The House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems said such a mandate will help in identifying redundant and misplaced investments, FCW reported Tuesday. A senior Department of Defense technology official […]
Tyto Athene announced that its Mutual Telecom Services subsidiary has been awarded a contract to provide large-scale managed services to the Department of Energy community in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Mutual Telecom Services will support the Oak Ridge Federal-Integrated Communications Network under the terms of a five-year, $43.5 million contract, Tyto Athene said Tuesday. Jason Alexander, […]
One of the Transportation Security Agency’s recent directives required pipeline operators to adopt cybersecurity best practices, the agency’s top official said. TSA Administrator David Pekoske said that while the directive provides some flexibility to operators, it also enforces a cybersecurity mandate for most critical pipeline systems, Nextgov reported Tuesday. “The whole idea behind the second […]
Science Applications International Corporation has been awarded an $85 million single-award Navy contract for software support and cloud migration services. SAIC said it will continue providing software engineering, DevSecOps and cyber services to the systems used in the Navy’s Joint Expeditionary Command and Control program. Operated by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, […]
Army Gen. James Dickinson, head of U.S. Space Command, said the organization’s mission is closely linked with that of U.S. Cyber Command. According to the general, USSPACECOM and USCYBERCOM share an operating environment and face similar cybersecurity threats, Air Force Magazine reported Tuesday. “That’s why our two combatant commands are so closely aligned—that’s why together […]
