Timothy Bonacci serves as the president and CEO of Luma Financial Technologies, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based company that offers a platform for structured products and annuities. Luma said its platform was born out of the technology of Navian Capital, a structured products wholesaler that Bonacci co-founded in 2005. Bonacci has 20 years of experience in the […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $27 million for the research and development of techniques to efficiently convert ocean waves into carbon-free electricity. DOE said the investments will advance the commercial viability of wave energy converter technologies, which are currently limited by permitting challenges and the lack of available test sites. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has made its hardware vulnerability disclosure platform for ethical hackers and cybersecurity researchers open-source. DARPA launched the Finding Exploits to Thwart Tampering bug bounty program in April 2020, providing white-hat hackers the opportunity to help protect processors being developed for the System Security Integration Through Hardware and Firmware program. […]
The military services are turning to automation for help in ensuring they can get the best prices for goods and services from government contractors. The Army is working to introduce algorithms that can quickly determine the fairness of vendor prices, a task that typically requires much manpower, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. Rebecca Weirick, the […]
The U.S. Secret Service has held a virtual cyber incident response exercise focused on ransomware and cryptocurrency attacks. The Secret Service said it partnered with business leaders, law enforcers and other cybersecurity stakeholders to train on incident mitigation strategies. Cybersecurity executives were given a scenario where they tested their planning, collaboration and information sharing with […]
Iceye, a microsatellite manufacturer, announced that its constellation of synthetic-aperture radar satellites has demonstrated the ability to quickly determine small changes at a location consistently. The Daily Coherent Ground Track Repeat capability allows operators to monitor the movement of ships or identify granular changes on-ground on a daily basis, Iceye said Tuesday. “This is a […]
The Army wants to officially codify information advantage into doctrine in recognition of its effectiveness in influencing enemy forces, C4ISRNET reported in May. Command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities provide warfighters the situational awareness they need to achieve an information advantage. Advancements in C5ISR have also helped shorten the sensor-to-shooter timeline, […]
Michael Rickels serves as senior vice president of C4ISR solutions at Leidos, a defense and information technology company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The company’s C4ISR portfolio includes a distributed command and control framework, an international aircraft mission planner, an effects model for hazardous materials, tactical data links and strategic mission planning systems. Before he took […]
Orchestra Macrosystems, a predictive analytics company, has been awarded a contract to develop training management software for the Air Force. Under the terms of a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract, Orchestra will advance data capture technology to help the Air Force assess the physical readiness of its personnel. The company said its data […]
Draper, a defense engineering company, said it is developing modeling and simulation software for assessing the security of positioning, navigation and timing technology. The Multi-Domain Quantitative Decision Aid will help address the vulnerabilities associated with the military’s dependence on the Global Positioning System, Draper said. “GPS is highly accurate, but your ability to get a […]
