Defense company Leidos and space-based radio frequency geolocation startup Hawkeye 360 announced a partnership founded on the pursuit of analytics. As part of the deal, the Virginia-headquartered defense firm has invested $5 million to help grow the startup’s business in order to keep pace with rising demand, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Under the agreement, Leidos […]
Ethan Gordon is a market research manager at PeopleScout, working out of Herndon, Virginia. He is a market research professional with a background in economics and statistics, as well as experience with big data analytics and predictive modeling, according to his LinkedIn profile. Gordon points out that the most fun he has ever had writing […]
Tim Herbert is the executive vice president of research and market intelligence at the Computing Technology Industry Association, working out of Washington, D.C. He has 20 years of research and analysis experience, and “led hundreds of research studies, crunched a lot of numbers, written a lot of research reports and have given a lot of […]
The Army wants to use virtual reality technology to train its personnel on how to fend off unwanted sexual advances on the job. In a request for information, the service reached out to potential suppliers of 200 VR headsets and six associated software programs, NextGov reported Thursday. Once obtained, the Army intends to use the […]
The James Webb Space Telescope, which was launched in French Guiana on Christmas Day in 2021, has unfolded its primary mirror, completing the major steps in the post-launch deployment of the giant observatory. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that its controllers issued commands to deploy an assembly called the starboard primary mirror wing, […]
New Jersey-based Pivot Point Security, an information security advisory firm, announced the launch of its Federal Risk and Compliance “FedRisk” practice to help organizations doing business with federal agencies meet their unique and complex cybersecurity attestation and compliance requirements. FedRisk takes a targeted, “data first” approach that empowers clients to define and execute on their […]
The Coast Guard recently adopted a new version of its integrated financial, procurement and asset management system to take much of the burden off clerical work. The new management system, dubbed the Financial System Modernization Solution, emphasizes security, data integrity and more accurate, transparent financial reporting, FedScoop reported Friday. Stacy Marcott, the Department of Homeland […]
Austin-headquartered Slingshot Aerospace has been tasked to develop a new analytics tool that would spot likely sources of electronic interference on the ground under a $2 million deal with the Space Force. The contract is funded by the Space Systems Command’s commercially augmented space inter-networked operations or “CASINO” program, which seeks new military applications for […]
Cyber experts from the government and the private sector said zero trust has become the gold standard for cybersecurity and will go a long way to protecting organizations. They cautioned, however, that it is not a “silver bullet” for tackling threats, telling chief information officers that they should not be lulled into complacency, GovernmentCIO reported […]
Cyberattacks have become a significant threat to the maritime critical infrastructure and the U.S. Coast Guard must come to terms with their inevitability. A ranking USCG officer told lawmakers that the maritime critical infrastructure faces “very substantial threats” on a daily basis, adding that the traditional prevention and response framework currently in use may not […]
