The 72 satellites comprising the Beta portion of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer constellation will carry payloads enabling the Integrated Broadcast Service, a legacy Department of Defense network involved in the transmission of intelligence and targeting data from multiple sources. IBS payloads have historically operated in geosynchronous orbit. T2TL Beta will bring […]
The Space Systems Command and the National Reconnaissance Office will launch the SILENTBARKER mission on Aug. 29 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission, also designated NROL-107, aims to provide space domain awareness as required by the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. The mission payload will be sent into orbit […]
Artificial intelligence systems, like any other kind of software system, must be secure by design, according to a recent Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency article. Christine Lai, AI security lead, and Jonathan Spring, senior technical adviser at the agency, say in the article that a product is secure by design when it is built to […]
The Department of Energy and the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute, a public-private partnership led by the University of Texas at San Antonio, are soliciting research proposals with the aim of enhancing the cybersecurity of manufacturing in the United States. A request for proposals issued by the organizations says that projects must fall within three industry […]
AFWERX has awarded California-based software company Real-Time Innovations a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract worth $1.25 million to enhance RTI Connext. Connext is a software framework meant for use in developing modular real-time systems. The software framework is compliant with the Object Management Group Data Distribution Service, an open standard for messaging that […]
Staff from Department of Energy national laboratories released over the summer a report that describes an initiative that seeks to produce artificial intelligence tools to accelerate research and development efforts relevant to the agency’s mission. The report, titled “Advanced Research Directions on AI for Science, Energy, and Security,” envisions the application of AI in multiple […]
The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics is conducting market research to determine the availability of vendors with the expertise and resources to operate and maintain the Cost Analysis and Visualization Environment system in cArmy, a cloud ecosystem meant for use by the U.S. Army. CAVE is an application used by […]
U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, head of the U.S. Southern Command, participated in a Center for Strategic and International Studies event on Friday, where she said partnerships with Latin American countries in space could help push back against the threat China poses. Richardson, who had accompanied NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during his recent tour of […]
The Momentum financial management software has received approval from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Management Quality Service Management Office to be included in the FM QSMO Marketplace, a hub for various commercial and federal solutions and services. The software is a product of CGI Federal, a subsidiary of IT and business consulting services […]
The White House announced on July 25 the intention of President Joe Biden to nominate Harry Coker as the next national cyber director. According to his LinkedIn profile, Coker served in the U.S. Navy from 1980 to 2000. Afterward, he joined the U.S. government, serving on the Community Management Staff of the Intelligence Community, holding […]
