The Department of Veterans Affairs has deployed a platform from Forescout Technologies that gives comprehensive protection to the VA’s connected assets. The Forescout platform discovers, classifies and assesses network-connected devices. It classifies them according to type and ownership and determines their security posture, allowing an organization to set policies establishing authorized behaviors. VA deployed the capability across […]
Lockheed Martin is collaborating with Guardtime Federal to mitigate cyber threats across Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' software supply chain. The partnership will integrate immutable digital integrity into architecture supporting research, design, development, manufacturing, integration and sustainment of the firm's advanced products and services. The long-term agreement is eyed to integrate the aerospace community's first mathematically verifiable […]
Michael Kratsios, federal chief technology officer, compared the similarities and differences between the U.S. and European Union's artificial intelligence strategy. Speaking at a Hudson Institute event, Kratsios said both strategies take a "values-based approach" to regulating and encouraging AI innovation. The CTO, however, said that there is "some room for improvement" in the European Commission's […]
Raytheon will continue providing integrated logistics support and engineering services to the U.S. Navy's Guided Missile Destroyer 1000 ship class under a $121.5M cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification. Work on the effort will be performed in multiple locations in the U.S. and is expected to be completed by January 2021, the Department of Defense said […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded KBR a $276M task order in support of Naval Air Systems Command. Under the contract, KBR will provide state-of-the-art information technology services and equipment to NAVAIR and assist it in supporting global information grid and net-centric operations and delivering logistics IT capability to the Navy and other Department of Defense […]
Michael LaRouche, executive vice president and general manager of the National Security Group for Science Applications International Corp., has been appointed to the Intelligence and National Security Alliance's board of directors. INSA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit trade association, which aims to create public-private partnerships to advance intelligence and national security priorities. INSA President Suzanne Wilson […]
John Sherman, chief information officer of the Intelligence Community, recently revealed the National Security Agency's Hybrid Compute Initiative, which is an "evolution" of the agency’s current GovCloud environment. Speaking at an AFCEA NOVA conference, Sherman said the NSA intends to release a solicitation in March for HCI that will depart from the on-premise-only nature of […]
Software as a service company Smarsh has partnered with government technology solutions aggregator DLT Solutions to deliver text message records retention and oversight solutions to federal agencies. Under the agreement, DLT Solutions will distribute the Smarsh Federal Archive, a cloud-based mobile text message archiving solution, to the U.S. federal government. The platform can help agencies […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unveiled Tuesday its artificial intelligence strategy, which aims to coordinate efforts to use AI technologies across the agency. The agency said it is increasing institutional support to lower the cost of AI-related data processing and provide higher quality and more timely scientific products. NOAA's AI Strategy has five main […]
The U.S. Navy opened Tuesday a new development site for the military branch's cyberwarfare capabilities. Located at Fort Meade, Maryland, the Cyber Foundry will support both the Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group and Cyber Mission Force personnel across U.S. 10th Fleet. According to NCWDG, the Cyber Foundry will "enable and provide rapid response to Navy […]
