The Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research is planning to develop applications that will allow U.S. diplomats to access unclassified, open-source intelligence using their mobile devices, including publications related to foreign governments and blog posts of senior public officials in other countries. The INR has existing partnerships with national security companies to identify […]
Octo Metric JV, a joint venture between Octo and Metric5, has won a five-year, $29 million contract to provide IT transformation services to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of IT. Octo will deliver continuous learning and transformation support, training and hands-on coaching to CMS personnel. Deliverables will focus on transparency, business agility, […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded 15 companies a combined $15 million in Small Business Innovation Research phase two contracts to prototype mission-relevant capabilities over two years. DHS’ SBIR program, managed by the Science and Technology Directorate, allocated roughly $1 million to each awardee. Dimitri Kusnezov, DHS undersecretary for science and technology, said the […]
D-Fend Solutions announced on Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration has chosen its EnforceAir counter-drone solution to participate in the Airport UAS Detection and Mitigation Research Program. According to D-Fend Solutions, EnforceAir is the first radio frequency-cyber-based system participating in the program. The system is designed for 360-degree and long-range directional protection without collateral effect […]
The Department of Energy has awarded 106 research and development grants worth a combined $126 million to 90 small businesses undertaking clean energy, cybersecurity, fusion energy and nuclear nonproliferation projects. In a press release, the department said small businesses play a key role in efforts to decarbonize, ensure national security and achieve President Joe Biden’s […]
Niall Brennan has accepted the role of senior adviser to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director. He is expected to guide CDC Director Mandy Cohen on a multi-year data modernization initiative worth more than $1 billion. The agency aims to upgrade federal and state public health data and surveillance infrastructure after a high […]
A research team is launching a project to explore the possibility of a direct air capture facility to purge carbon dioxide from the air in California’s Southern San Joaquin Valley. The group is composed of researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment at the University of […]
Phoenix Air Unmanned has secured Federal Aviation Administration clearance to conduct aerial photography, surveys and powerline and pipeline inspections using SwissDrones SVO 50 V2 drones beyond visual line of sight. The company is allowed to fly such vehicles below 400 feet over certain roads and below pre-planned flight paths over sparsely populated areas, the FAA […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has started standardizing four algorithms designed to withstand quantum-enabled cyberattacks. The NIST released the draft standards for the CRYSTALS-Dilithium, CRYSTALS-Kyber and SPHINCS+ algorithms, which enable quantum-secure general encryption and digital signatures. The draft standard for the FALCON algorithm will be released in around a year. The cryptography community […]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have used electromagnetic transient domain analysis to identify the causes and effects of faults on the electricity grid of the United States. A ORNL team, in partnership with Southern California Edison, conducted a simulation where the EMT method was used to replicate the effects of an electrical fault that impacted […]
