The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence has offered the government initial policy recommendations that align with a broader effort to facilitate the Department of Defense’s transition to a digital enterprise. Specifically, the commission wants the government to double non-defense AI research and development funding to $2B for fiscal year 2021 and again in 2022 […]
ThousandEyes, a San Francisco-based network intelligence company, has been designated Federal Risk and Authorization and Management Program ready. With its new status, ThousandEyes may now offer its Digital Experience Monitoring platform to federal agencies. The offering will help digitally transitioning agencies with citizen services, employee productivity and new WAN architectures, the company announced Tuesday. ThousandEye […]
The Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs have joined together to accelerate the delivery of three-dimensional printed personal protective equipment and other medical supplies in support of America’s efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the joint effort, the federal agencies will solicit designs […]
The Army is seeking proposals for the development of virtual critical care wards to be deployed in new field hospitals that are being built by military and aid groups to address the novel coronavirus pandemic. Army officials indicated in a pre-solicitation notice that the requirement calls for enabling existing critical-care telemedicine technology to be linked […]
The U.S. Space Force has confirmed that its radar technology called Space Fence is officially online. Space Fence is capable of detecting and tracking space objects smaller than four inches through the use of a solid-state S-band technology. Space Force said in a news release that the radar technology can track commercial and military satellites, […]
The U.S. and Australian air forces are developing unmanned jets that can support manned counterparts as decoys, weapons carriers or sensor platforms. Under the U.S. Air Force's XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator project, Kratos is developing an unmanned, long-range, high subsonic aircraft. Kratos President Steve Fendley said Valkyrie was designed to be an affordable solution for tactical unmanned […]
The Air Force's AFWERX has announced that it is seeking submissions for nine challenge activities that support either the establishment of an integrated technology base or enhance space technology development. AFWERX's "Base of the Future" has five challenge areas that support the hurricane-hit Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. The Air Force is inviting companies, academic institutions, […]
The White House has indicated its intent to work with U.S. allies to fulfill the four lines of efforts outlined in the administration’s national 5G security strategy policy document. As stated in the document, the administration intends to facilitate the domestic rollout of 5G as well as assess the risks and identify the core security […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Liteye Systems a $3M add-on specialty special order for counter unmanned aerial systems to support the defense industrial base. DHS reportedly identified the DIB as a critical infrastructure sector during the coronavirus outbreak. The contract extends Liteye's provision of its U.S.-configured Anti-UAS Defense Systems. Liteye CEO Kenneth Geyer […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Efiia Consulting a contract for its Medical Public Health Information Sharing Environment to enhance the agency's communication with health partners. Efiia's public health information-sharing platform will support the agency's Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Office during the coronavirus outbreak. CWMDO is currently incapable of coordinating with the medical community effectively […]
