The U.S. Cyber Command has created a concept of operations and stood up a capability management office to address issues with its cyber capabilities architecture. The move follows recommendations from Congress and government oversight bodies. USCYBERCOM published a concept of operations as a response to the Government Accountability Office‘s concerns about interoperability goals. Col. Ben […]
CACI International announced that it has been awarded a new five-year single-award task order potentially worth $785 million for Special Operations Forces Emerging Threats, Operations, and Planning Support. The deal calls for the delivery of expertise in integrated information warfare and electronic warfare solutions, training, readiness and modernization to advance U.S. Army Special Operations Command […]
The Army’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center is developing an open-architecture software package designed to enable modularity among positioning, timing and navigation sensors. PNT services are “invisible utilities” that support many applications within critical infrastructure, including agriculture and telecommunications, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Army’s new pntOS […]
The U.S. Navy has completed autonomous test flights of two unmanned aerial resupply drones being considered for future acquisition programs. Tests in St. Inigoes, Maryland, featured the Tactical Resupply UAS, which is being developed by Malloy Aeronautics and a Maryland-based firm called SURVICE Engineering Company, as well as the PteroDynamics-built Blue Water logistics UAS. The […]
Raytheon Missiles & Defense on Thursday announced that, in partnership with the Office of U.S. Naval Research, it has completed successful demonstrations of the Network Cooperative Radar program, an advanced radar system that helps the Navy create distributed sensing networks to defend against evolving threats. NCR supports the Navy’s Distributed Maritime Operations concept by giving […]
The U.S. Air Force’s 75th Security Forces Squadron has deployed Street Smarts Virtual Reality, a digital solution that allows personnel to engage in three-dimensional training simulations. The platform can simulate real-life situations, including domestic violence, suicidal ideation and active shootings. The squadron adopted the system after hearing positive feedback from the Air Force Global Strike […]
Two senators have proposed new legislation that would require the Department of Defense to launch a pilot program aimed at increasing the accessibility and availability of its datasets for accelerated software and artificial intelligence capabilities development. The effort would be co-led by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center director or another appropriate official and the defense […]
Twenty-six Fortinet Security Fabric solutions have been certified for inclusion in the approved products list of the Department of Defense Information Network. The DODIN APL is a master list of products that have completed interoperability and cybersecurity certification required by DOD customers. The certified solutions comprise the Fortinet Security Fabric, a cybersecurity platform designed to […]
Science Applications International Corp. announced that it has been awarded a contract to compete for task orders worth up to $93 million for supporting Tactical Integrated Threat/Target Training Systems for the U.S. Navy’s Adaptive Combat Environment Systems group. Support for the TTS includes range data collection and specialized instrumentation for systems under test, data at […]
Massachusetts-based technology company AiRANACULUS announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity for enhanced communications security. The project will require the development of new smart radio techniques to enable monitoring of radio frequency emissions across a wide range of frequencies at data rates that can approach terabytes per […]
