Several satellite communication industry executives have expressed optimism that the Department of Defense will turn to commercial satellite providers to fulfill the government’s military satcom needs. For fiscal year 2025, the Pentagon inserted a $134 million line item for commercial satcom integration, a significant increase compared to the $71 million sought in the 2024 budget. […]
The Department of Defense has launched Alpha-1, a new platform with a set of capabilities and tools designed to help the armed services accelerate artificial intelligence deployment. Data labeling is the first project for the platform. Navy Capt. Xavier Lugo, lead of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s Task Force Lima, said the solution […]
The Department of the Treasury has issued a report addressing artificial intelligence-related cybersecurity risks affecting financial services companies. The “Managing Artificial Intelligence-Specific Cybersecurity Risks in the Finance Services Sector” highlights several opportunities and challenges associated with the technology, including using the technology to address a widening capability gap, improve regulatory coordination and provide a clear […]
The Department of the Treasury has issued a report addressing artificial intelligence-related cybersecurity risks affecting financial services companies. The “Managing Artificial Intelligence-Specific Cybersecurity Risks in the Finance Services Sector” highlights several opportunities and challenges associated with the technology, including using the technology to address a widening capability gap, improve regulatory coordination and provide a clear […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has unveiled a new road map, laying down its plans to modernize the initiative. The road map is focused on four primary goals: ensuring the program’s cybersecurity leadership, improving customer experience, developing a trusted marketplace and building smarter, technology-forward operations. To ensure the program meets the goals, FedRAMP […]
Six higher education institutions have received funding from the Department of Energy to establish electric power cybersecurity centers to improve energy security research and establish cybersecurity education programs. The selected organizations will work with energy operators and owners and the department’s national laboratories on innovative research focused on developing a series of training programs that […]
U.S. Space Force officials are calling for greater investment in artificial intelligence and machine learning to ensure the United States remains a leader in space. Speaking at the Mitchell Institute’s Spacepower Security Forum on Wednesday, Space Forces-Space Commander Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess said that while some units have completed integrating the technology, AI could be […]
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $754 million contract to supply the second round of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle family of vehicles to replace the existing Vietnam War-era M113 fleet. The mission-ready AMPV offers the Armored Brigade Combat Team critical survivability, mobility and interoperability. The contractor initially received the AMPV engineering and manufacturing […]
The U.S. Army will soon release a new version of its cloud services infrastructure that streamlines the way users access secure cloud applications. In a webinar broadcasted by Federal News Network on Tuesday, Army Chief Information Officer Leonel Garciga said the so-called cArmy 2.0 builds on lessons the service branch learned from its initial implementation […]
Mission-centric data solutions provider Hitachi Vantara Federal has joined the International Biometrics + Identity Association as a member in the Technology and Solutions Provider category. Intesh Singh, head of smart spaces and video intelligence at Hitachi Digital Services, said the membership holds much promise given the global organization’s extensive industry knowledge and experience and the […]
