SOS International has been awarded a five-year task order to modernize the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s joint information-sharing capabilities. The $43 million task order was awarded under the Mission Partner Environment contract managed by the Secretary of the Air Force Administrative Assistant Mission Partner Capabilities Office, SOSi said. “The scope of the MPE program is rapidly […]
Homeland security officials have stressed the importance of supply chain security amid the federal government’s increasing adoption of 5G-enabled technologies. Serena Reynolds, leader of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s 5G initiatives, said the government and its contractors should educate themselves on the dangers of untrusted vendors, GovernmentCIO Media & Research reported. One official at […]
Army researchers have developed a software tool designed to help cybersecurity analysts identify the best course of action in near real time. The repeatable experimentation system uses virtualization and simulation techniques to assess the viability of cybersecurity algorithms in various situations. RES runs multiple virtual experiments in parallel and packages their results for other researchers […]
The United States and several allied nations are developing a satellite-based quantum encryption network based on existing private-sector technology. The Federated Quantum System is expected to enable secure communications among the militaries of the United States, Japan, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Austria and the United Kingdom, SpaceNews reported. FQS will be based on the commercial encryption […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking to procure 260 user licenses for a software-as-a-service facilities management system. The provider will also perform migration services in support of NIST’s Office of Facilities and Property Management, which is responsible for modernizing the agency’s sites. According to an NIST notice posted on SAM .gov, deliverables […]
The Air Force Materiel Command has launched a 12-member office focused on growing the Air Force’s digital governance and digital acquisition activities. Operating under the AFMC Engineering and Technical Management Directorate, the new Digital Transformation Office has broader and less specialized responsibilities than other digital-focused divisions in the command, AFMC said in a press release. […]
Digital engineering techniques can bolster the Air Force community’s manufacturing capabilities during times of war, according to a top materiel official. Gen. Arnold Bunch, commander of the Air Force Materiel Command, said digital engineering would allow the Air Force’s industrial base to update components and weapons systems at the speed of relevance, Nextgov reported Wednesday. […]
Jen Easterly and Chris Inglis, nominees for two of the highest cybersecurity positions in the federal government, said they favor imposing mandatory cybersecurity standards on critical infrastructure organizations. During a Senate hearing, Easterly and Inglis said that voluntary standards failed to fend off the advanced persistent SolarWinds attack and the ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline, […]
The Space Force is scheduled to conduct a technology demonstration of a monitoring satellite designed to provide space domain awareness and shorten mission planning timelines. Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond, a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the TacRL-2 mission satellite will be launched on June 13 on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket released […]
The head of the U.S. Northern Command has requested $79.8 million for the commands’ unfunded priority list, which contains items that did not make the cut for the Department of Defense’s annual budget request. According to Gen. Glen VanHerck’s request, USNORTHCOM and the North American Aerospace Defense Command would use the funding to finance experiments […]
