Kratos Unmanned Systems Division, a unit of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, is set to provide support services for the Air Force’s Skyborg program under the terms of a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ceiling of $400M. Services provided for the contract will specifically support the development, integration and prototype air vehicle delivery of […]
The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm has confirmed that malicious actors had been exploiting a critical vulnerability in software used by the government and the private sector. DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency said F5 Networks, the software's developer, released a patch for the weakness on June 30, CyberScoop reported. "Unpatched F5 BIG-IP devices are […]
The Air Force's cyber systems unit has a requirement for industry to research and develop technologies for missions in cyberspace. The systems division of the Air Force's Life Cycle Management Center has posted a request for information for system development lifecycle support and for the development of a range of cyberspace-focused operational technology, C4ISRNET reported […]
The Air Force is looking to work with small businesses to fulfill the cybersecurity research and development requirements outlined in the third iteration of its agile cyber technology contract vehicle. As indicated in a pre-solicitation notice, market research reviews on all three versions of the contract vehicle justified the need for ACT 3 to be […]
The Naval Air System's Command's Cyber Warfare Detachment is conducting research and development to remedy shortcomings in its cyber resiliency strategy for protecting its weapons systems. In a July 17 broad agency announcement, the CWD said most cybersecurity measures are not fit to protect its weapons systems. The agency explained that it needs research and development […]
The Defense Innovation Unit has tapped LogicHub, an automated detection and response solutions provider, to build an intelligence decision automation platform prototype for the Air Force. LogicHub’s iDAP prototype will leverage a machine learning-powered automated alert triage to reduce the response time needed to address malicious activity on the Air Force Network. The envisioned prototype […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched Finding Exploits to Thwart Tampering, a new bug bounty program for ethical hackers and cybersecurity researchers. Officials said the program was created to find potential weaknesses in new secure processors in development on the System Security Integration Through Hardware and Firmware program, Homeland Preparedness News reported. “We are […]
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has been tasked with developing an autonomous software suite for small, handheld unmanned aircraft systems under the terms of a three-year, $3.2M contract with the Army. In addition to being platform-agnostic and scalable to larger platforms, the software must enable the Army’s fleet of handheld UAS to operate with less […]
The House Appropriations Committee has voted to move its 2021 budget proposal for financial services and general government, tacking on funding for technology modernization and telecommunications security. The committee proposed adding another $25M to the Technology Modernization Fund, a funding vehicle designed to support agencies' information technology modernization projects, Nextgov reported Wednesday. The Trump administration […]
The Air Force’s AFWERX has awarded Geospark Analytics a Special Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract for the company’s Hyperion cloud-based platform. Hyperion is a platform that provides analysts and operations situational awareness and AI-based forecasts of political, economic and social risk across the globe, Geospark said Wednesday. “We are excited to once again […]
