Air Force Life Cycle Management Center officials announced the launch of a new application giving airmen the ability to deliver feedback on their gear directly to leaders. Called “GearFit,” the application is envisioned to reduce the layers that valuable user-end information on equipment needs to pass through before getting to decision-makers, Air Force Magazine reported […]
Software developer ZeroEyes has received a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Air Force’s innovation arm, AFWERX, for the research and development of unmanned ground vehicle automated threat detection. Funding in the amount of $1.2 million was awarded for the delivery of gun-detection capabilities to drones deployed at Minot Air Force Base, […]
Brandon Wales, executive director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, on Monday called on all organizations, large and small, to invest more in cybersecurity because ransomware hackers do not discriminate when choosing their victims. He said that hackers may not be exclusively targeting large companies but smaller entities as well, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Wales […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover prototype recently passed the most realistic lunar terrain navigation simulations conducted at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The VIPER rover’s capabilities are being tested in preparation for its planned mission to the moon’s south pole, where soil conditions are especially […]
Sandeep Shilawat is vice president of cloud and edge computing at government services contractor ManTech, working out of Herndon, Virginia. He is a seasoned technology thought leader with experience in the commercial and federal technology markets, according to his LinkedIn profile. In the course of his extended career, Shilawat has built state-of-the-art systems, software and […]
Gurvais Grigg is the global public sector chief technology officer at software developer Chainalysis, working out of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area. He is a bilingual technology executive who has over 27 years of experience in national security and law enforcement as well as conducting investigations in the private sector, according to his LinkedIn profile. Grigg […]
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines recently told high school students that they too can embark on careers in intelligence and national security. Speaking at the National Student Leadership Conference on Intelligence and National Security, she explained to the pupils how intelligence community officers work round-the-clock to deliver insights to protect the American public and […]
Two senior officers who are in line to take over key commands within the U.S. armed forces said they will need more air support and a greater presence in partner countries to counter the growing influence of Russia and China. Marine Lt. Gen. Michael Langley and Army Lt. Gen. Bryan Fenton also told lawmakers that […]
The Transportation Security Administration is revising cybersecurity guidelines for pipeline operators that were put in place in July 2021 to take into consideration recommendations made by industry stakeholders. The revision of guidelines was greenlighted after the agency received more than 380 requests from operators to implement alternative measures to those earlier specified, NextGov reported Friday. […]
Booz Allen Hamilton, an information technology consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia, announced that it has been authorized by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body as a CMMC third-party assessment organization. The authorization is in line with the Department of Defense’s efforts to help its contractors obtain CMMC certification, Booz Allen said Friday. In […]
