The Department of Defense has awarded Epiq Solutions a contract for radio frequency sensor and processing technologies. Under the terms of the deal, Epiq will deliver its solutions to the Defense Innovation Unit in support of the government’s Spectrum and Wireless Monitoring project, which is aimed at strengthening defenses against both unintended and malicious information-bearing […]
The departments of Energy and Transportation have launched a joint office tasked with building out a national electric vehicle charging network. The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation will use the $7.5 billion that President Joe Biden made available for the effort through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, DOE said Tuesday. DOE added that the effort […]
Michael Saylor, CEO and chairman of data analytics company MicroStrategy, will speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s “Digital Currency and National Security Forum” on Jan. 27, 2022. The virtual event will bring together government and industry leaders to discuss the implications of digital currencies for the U.S. economy and national security. As head of MicroStrategy, […]
Eric Stallmer serves as Voyager Space Holding’s executive vice president for government affairs and public policy. Voyager is a provider of launch and on-orbit services to customers in the national defense, aerospace, science and technology, energy and safety, health care and environmental services industries. In his role, Stallmer is responsible for communicating corporate interests to […]
ManTech International announced that it has closed its acquisition of Gryphon Technologies from AE Industrial Partners for $350 million in cash. Founded in 1998, Gryphon Technologies is a Washington D.C.-based systems engineering company that specializes in the defense market, ManTech said. Kevin Philips, chairman, CEO and president of ManTech, said that Gryphon complements ManTech’s capabilities […]
The Department of Defense plans to use a novel approach to awarding task orders under its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, an official said. Danielle Metz, the DOD’s deputy chief information officer for information enterprise, said that the JWCC contractors will not submit bids to win task orders, Federal News Network reported. Instead, a computer […]
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra has announced that Lawrence Tabak will serve as acting director at the National Institutes of Health, effective Dec. 20. Tabak will take over the role from NIH Director Francis Collins, who in October announced plans to step down by the end of 2021. Collins has held the […]
Chainalysis, a blockchain data platform company, will provide the data and tools that stock trading platform Robinhood needs to launch its crypto wallet. Robinhood said it will use Chainalysis’ monitoring compliance solution, investigation software and certification programs to help meet regulatory requirements. The crypto wallet is expected to be released to all Robinhood users in […]
Cybersecurity officials and executives have issued warnings about a critical vulnerability in an Apache logging framework that could let an attacker remotely take control of a system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the flaw affects versions 2.0-beta9 to 2.14.1 of the Log4j framework, an open-source, Java-based logging tool used for enterprise applications and […]
The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, which has passed the House of Representatives and sent to the Senate, includes a provision that would require the Department of Defense to submit a report on the military’s use of commercial satellite communications services. Congress is particularly interested in the DOD’s use of satellites in non-geostationary orbits, including […]
