Sen. Ron Wyden has asked the Intelligence Community to explain the widespread cybersecurity problems it has been facing. In a letter to Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Wyden noted that Congress exempted the IC from the Department of Homeland Security's regulations on cybersecurity technology and policy adoption, MeriTalk reported. "Congress did so reasonably expecting […]
The Department of Defense has appointed Dave Spirk as the new chief data officer within the agency's Office of the Chief Information Officer, effective June 22. Spirk previously spent nearly two years in the same role with the Special Operations Command, FCW reported. “Dave brings extensive experience and a thorough understanding of how data empowers […]
Federal agencies should aspire to emulate the Department of Defense's model for facilitating telework during the coronavirus pandemic, according to information technology experts. Jeanette Manfra, Google Cloud's director of government security and compliance, said telework arrangements require employees to have access to a zero-trust cloud computing architecture, DOD reported. "Security compliance acts as blocker sometimes. You have […]
The Department of Defense has awarded five coronavirus action contracts worth a total of $187M under the Defense Production Production Act Title III program. DOD Spokesperson Mike Andrews said the awards are geared toward sustaining the domestic industrial bases and workforces in shipbuilding, aircraft manufacturing and clothing and textiles. "These actions will help to retain […]
Legislators have introduced a bipartisan bill designed to strengthen the Department of Defense's 5G technology systems and infrastructure department-wide. The DoD 5G Act would require the secretary of defense to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in the military's telecommunications infrastructure, C4ISRNET reported. "As the U.S. continues to invest in disruptive new technologies, such as 5G, it […]
Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would direct the Department of Defense to issue grants for small manufacturers to help them comply with cybersecurity guidelines. The bipartisan Small Manufacturer Cybersecurity Enhancement Act authorizes the secretary of defense to provide grants to Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers or cybersecurity services to small defense manufacturers, FedScoop reported. "Cyber vulnerabilities […]
The Space Development Agency wants to first demonstrate its technologies and business model before it merges with the Space Force, according to agency Director Derek Tournear. Tournear, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, said SDA wants to prove the utility of its space systems, which includes a large constellation of small satellites in low Earth […]
SOS International announced that it has purchased a stake in Applications Technology, a company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to create automatic speech recognition and machine translation technologies. Under the agreement, SOSi became the exclusive reseller of AppTek products to federal, state and local government customers, SOSi said Wednesday. “With technology, there’s often a […]
Draganfly, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, has appointed homeland security veteran John Mitnick into its board of directors. "Having worked with John since last November in his capacity as an advisor to the company, I know that his previous experience at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and as a senior executive of a […]
The Marine Corps is reportedly collaborating with the Department of Defense's research and development community on how the service can adopt land-based hypersonic weapons and. Mike White, DOD's assistant director for hypersonics, said DARPA is helping the Marine Corps explore how the service can use its agility to take full advantage of hypersonic weapons, USNI News […]
