All organizations use information and communication technologies to drive operational efficiency in their core processes. However, the dependence on such tools for the protection of critical information puts an organization’s mission at risk, according to researchers affiliated with the Air Force. The Department of Defense, a large and complex organization with many points of failure, […]
NASA appointed Willian Russ DeLoach as its chief of safety and mission assurance in January. He is responsible for developing and implementing all safety and mission assurance policies for the agency’s programs. In a press release, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, a 2019 Wash100 winner, commended DeLoach for his deep understanding of the agency’s safety environment […]
C3 AI has been awarded a production other transaction agreement to support the Missile Defense Agency’s development of enterprise artificial intelligence. OTAs serve as a vehicle for the Department of Defense to acquire research and development support without being subject to many of the laws and regulations governing federal contracts, according to a Mitre primer. […]
The Department of Commerce has created a high-level committee tasked with advising the president and federal agencies on matters related to artificial intelligence. The government is currently recruiting candidates for the new National AI Advisory Committee, which will work with the National AI Initiative Office within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, […]
The U.S. Space Force is reportedly close to launching a new cybersecurity certification process for operators of commercial communications satellites constellations. Jared Reece, program analyst at the Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office, said the goal is to ensure that industry can be trusted to conduct proper cybersecurity assessments of their own systems, Breaking Defense […]
Researchers from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have met with Army personnel at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri to demonstrate lidar survey data collection capabilities. Lidar, which can produce high-resolution 3D maps using various data collection methods, has the potential to further improve the Army’s mapping technology, Fort Leonard Wood said Thursday. The Army expects lidar […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is seeking public comment on its Zero Trust Maturity Model, a roadmap designed to help government agencies transition to the zero trust security architecture. CISA said the maturity model includes five pillars based on the foundations of zero trust: visibility, analytics, automation, orchestration and governance. The document provides specific […]
Michael Lewis serves as executive vice president and chief development officer at CACI International, a provider of technology and information solutions for national security missions. CACI’s offerings cover multi-domain warfare, electronic warfare, counter-unmanned aerial systems, agile development, network modeling and simulation, artificial intelligence and secure cloud, according to its website. As CDO, Lewis is responsible […]
The Office of Management and Budget has released a draft federal strategy on the government’s effort to transition to zero trust. The National Institute of Standards and Technology defines zero trust as a security architecture that does not automatically trust a user based solely on its physical or network location or asset ownership. Zero trust […]
The Air Force has selected 55 companies for spots on a potential $46 billion digital engineering design contract for future platforms. Some of the awardees are Booz Allen Hamilton, Sierra Nevada Corp., Kratos, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, L3Harris Technologies, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Parsons Government Services. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for services […]
