The Department of Defense needs to implement DevSecOps across its enterprise to be able to support continuous information technology modernization, one expert said. Steve Wallace, a systems innovation scientist at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said DevSecOps prevents situations where the DOD needs to update everything at once, leading to a “technical deficit,” Federal News […]
The Department of Defense has selected three prime contractors to help demonstrate a nuclear thermal propulsion system above low Earth orbit by 2025. General Atomics, Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin will participate in the first phase of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program, the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency said. DARPA believes that […]
FLIR Systems has been tasked to rapidly develop new fabrics that can help protect troops and medical workers from chemical and biological threats. Work will be done under a potential $20.5 million contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The contract includes a two-year base period of performance, one two-year option period and […]
Sentar has been awarded a follow-on contract to provide integrated logistics support, engineering and technical services to Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific. The two-year $4.5 million contract benefits the Cyber Analytics In-Service Engineering Agency, Sentar said Tuesday. Under the terms of the new task order, Sentar will work with NIWC Pacific in all technical and […]
Nvidia, a computer graphics company, has launched an application framework designed to provide artificial intelligence capabilities to cybersecurity developers. Morpheus is a cloud-native cybersecurity framework that uses machine learning techniques to identify threats such as leaks of unencrypted data, phishing attacks and malware, Nvidia said Monday. Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, said Morpheus […]
Phosphorus Cybersecurity has been awarded a contract to help the U.S. Air Force establish its 5G ecosystem and secure the military internet of things. The Air Force needs a scalable 5G solution to address the expanded attack surface brought about by the military’s rapid adoption of IoT technologies, Phosphorus said. Phosphorus and the Air Force […]
The Department of Defense has earmarked over $311 million for a domestic investment program aimed at lowering Chinese investment in small American technology companies. Business intelligence company Govini estimated that Chinese investment in the U.S. defense supply chain swelled by 420 percent in the last decade, Breaking Defense reported Monday. “Our adversaries are very well […]
Marc Jones serves as vice president for Cast’s North American public sector business. Cast is a software intelligence company that develops tools for examining software architecture, critical flaws, quality grades, sizing metrics, open-source usage and cloud readiness levels. Jones has been with Cast since 1996, overseeing the company’s technology evolution from a niche corporate application […]
Brett Clark serves as the director of sales for the North American public sector at Nearmap, an information technology and services company that specializes in capturing high-definition aerial imagery. Since taking on the role in July 2020, he has been responsible for Nearmap’s government and public education sector sales throughout North America, according to his […]
Amazon Web Services said its cloud computing services are now available for customers on the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific’s Secret Wide Area Network. In 2020, NIWC Pacific made the AWS Secret Region Impact Level 6 environment available for both internal and external customers in the Department of Defense, AWS said. IL-6 is the Pentagon’s […]
