The Department of Defense is not fully compliant with its cybersecurity requirements for controlled unclassified information, a government watchdog said. According to the Government Accountability Office, CUI is information that, while not classified, is still sensitive and must be protected from public disclosure. A review of the DOD’s 2,900 CUI systems showed that the department […]
CACI International announced that it has completed a demonstration of a space-to-space optical communications capability in low-Earth orbit for the Department of Defense. The test was a part of the Mandrake II program, which is aimed at building the algorithms needed to maintain high-speed communication links between future military satellites. Mandrake II is a technology […]
KBR, a global technology and engineering company, has secured two task orders under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center multiple-award contract. The 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron awards task orders under the IAC MAC to expand the Defense Technical Information Center repository and support the scientific community, the company said. The two new task orders […]
The Space Force will likely establish its own component in the U.S. Cyber Command in the future, a senior official said. The nascent military service relies on the Air Force to have a connection with the combatant command. Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman, the deputy chief of space operations for cyber and nuclear, said that cyber […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $53 million in grants for small businesses working on technologies to address climate change. DOE said the funding will support 259 projects across 38 states. Developing clean energy solutions support President Joe Biden’s effort to decarbonize the U.S. economy by 2050, DOE said Wednesday. The fields covered by the […]
Three senators have asked appropriators to add at least $300 million to the Technology Modernization Fund for fiscal year 2023. TMF is a government-wide program authorized in 2017 to finance information technology modernization projects proposed by government agencies. While the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 injected $1 billion into TMF, Sens. Mark Warner, Steve […]
The number of lucrative business opportunities in government contracting is one of the sector’s selling points. Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek and a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Experts program, said that businesses should look out for higher agency budgets, propped up by new spending legislation as well as annual […]
Kristin Cochran serves as the vice president of digital solutions at Siemens Government Technologies, a Siemens division focused on serving U.S. government customers. SGT said it offers products, technologies and software to help clients solve challenges in energy, automation and digitalization. The company has capabilities in smart infrastructure, energy resilience, cyber, trusted traceability and finance, […]
The Department of Defense has awarded L3Harris Technologies a five-year blanket purchase agreement focused on artificial intelligence data readiness. L3Harris said it will support the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’s Data Readiness for AI Development program, which is aimed at allowing the DOD to more effectively deploy the emerging technology. The company explained that data needs […]
The Department of Energy and the Israel Innovation Authority have jointly earmarked $4 million in grants for clean energy technology projects. DOE made the funding available through Binational Industrial Research and Development Energy, a long-standing program promoting cooperation between the United States and Israel on renewable energy research. The latest round of funding focuses on […]
