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2021 > May
Navy Names Rear Adm. William Byrne as Next Warfare Development Director
ODNI Issues Report on Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities; Ben Huebner Quoted
VP Kamala Harris Named Head of National Space Council
William Nelson: Army’s New Capability Document to Help Inform Future Tactical Space Sensor Platform
NSA Teams With National Cryptologic Foundation to Promote Cyberecurity Awareness
Sen. Mark Warner: Mandatory Cyber Threat Reporting Bill in the Works
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded $6.2 Million of Additional Funding to Support the U.S. Army’s Blue Force Tracking System
David Spirk: DOD Working on New Data Policy
Kathleen Hicks: DOD 2022 Budget Request to Focus on Software, Munitions
Justice Department Reviews Efforts Against Foreign Cyber Threats; Lisa Monaco Quoted
AFS Appoints Chris Bjornson As Cloud Practice Lead and Ben Peavy As CIO
Noblis Acquires McKean Defense and its Affiliates; President, CEO Amr ElSawy Quoted
DARPA Picks Eight Teams for Subterranean Challenge Robot Competition Finals
Michael White: Hypersonics Key to Ensuring US Battlefield Dominance
NOAA Aims to Expand AI Tech Adoption; Sid-Ahmed Boukabara Quoted
Spacecom’s Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt Details Combatant Command’s Priorities
Navy Looks to Industry Best Practices to Transform Ship Sustainment Process; Vice Adm. William Galinis Quoted
NASA’s Vanessa Wyche Named Acting Director of Johnson Space Center; Bill Nelson Quoted
Military-Funded Research Creates Product to Stop Critical Bleeding; Joe Lichtenhan Quoted
Rimini Street UK Recognized in the Top Ten of the 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces
Battelle Creates AmplifyBio to Develop Next-Gen Therapies; Lou Von Thaer Quoted
Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt: Space Force Needs More Cyber Expertise
SAP NS2 Secures JAB Approval for its NS2 Cloud Platform; Harish Luthra Quoted
GSA, OMB Announce Updated Model for Technology Modernization Fund Disbursement; Katy Kale Quoted
Ted Kaouk: Federal CDO Council to Release Data Science Training Program Use Cases
Chris Ritter Discusses Algorithms, Data Efforts at Idaho National Lab
DOD OKs Vulnerability Search on Department’s Public IT Systems; Brett Goldstein Quoted
NGA Deputy Director Stacey Dixon Wins 2021 Wash100 Popular Vote Standings; Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted
Raytheon Intelligence and Space Awarded $228M USSF Contract for OCX Ground Systems; Barbara Baker Quoted
William Nelson: Army Wants to Access its Payloads on External Satellites
DARPA Event in June to Inform Industry on Upcoming Projects
Army Seeks Industry’s Help to Pursue Service-Wide Cloud Migration
MetTel Wins Gold Stevie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sales; Robert Dapkiewicz Quoted
Hughes and OneWeb to Develop LEO Communications for AFRL
CRS Issues Report on 5G Tech’s National Security Implications
Lisa Sanders: USSOCOM Eyes Potential Use Cases for AI at the Edge
FAA Updates Navigation Charts Amid Rising Commercial Space Launch Activity
Susie Perez Quinn Appointed NASA Chief of Staff; Bill Nelson Quoted
Senators Ask Biden to Help Advance Plan for Consolidated FBI Headquarters
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Encourages Small Businesses to Increase Ransomware Defense
QTS Announces Second Quarter Common Stock Dividend of $0.50 Per Share and Declares Preferred Stock Dividends
Lloyd Austin: DOD Needs Boosted Focus on Modern Digital Tech
Bob Kolasky: CISA Gains Insight Into 2020’s SolarWinds Cyber Attack
NASA Done With Critical Design Review of OSAM-1 Spacecraft
Raytheon Intelligence and Space Awarded $175M USAF Contract for Intelligence Services; David Appel Quoted
Space Force Accelerating Efforts to Develop Into a Fully Digital Service; Gen. John Raymond Quoted
House Lawmakers Ask OMB for IDEA Act Implementation Guidance
GAO: DOD Office for Intelligence and Security Should Develop Clear Oversight Expectations
John Hill Testifies Before House Panel on Need for Common Guidelines for Space Operations
U.S. Spy Agencies Review Software Supplier Ties to Russia Following SolarWinds Hack
National AI Initiative Office Launches Online Portal for Programs, Initiatives
Fluor Reports First Quarter 2021 Results
Amyx Awarded Two Task Orders on DLA JETS Contract; William Schaefer Quoted
Brian Conrad: FedRAMP to Implement Threat-Based Scoring in Security Control Assessments
Air National Guard Equips New Comms, Targeting Pods on Reaper Aircraft
Becoming the Intelligence Community’s University: NIU transitions to ODNI
Leidos Completes $380M Acquisition of Gibbs and Cox; Roger Krone Quoted
White House Creates Climate Change Support Office via Executive Order
Joint Advisory Outlines Russian Intell Agency’s Additional Cyber Exploitation Techniques
Gina Raimondo: Commerce Department Seeks to Boost Supply Chain Resilience Through Proposed Office
Gen. John Raymond: Space Force Seeks to ‘Move at Speed’ Through Partnerships
Derek Tournear: SDA Prioritizes National Defense Space Architecture Delivery Goal
DARPA Program Aims to Configure Interconnected Military Networks With Autonomy Software; Mary Schurgot Quoted
Comtech Telecommunication Corp. Awarded $3.0 Million Order for Maintenance of Downrange Tracking Stations
Jennifer Granholm: DOE to Include Cybersecurity in FY 2022 Priorities
FBI’s Jill Sanborn Joins National Security Branch as Executive Assistant Director
DIU Seeks New Access Security Tool for Commercial Engagements
Honeywell Begins Next Stage in Energy Upgrade Project at Kunsan Air Base
Forcepoint Acquires Cyberinc; CEO Manny Rivelo Quoted
Guidehouse Plans New Headquarters in Tysons Corner, VA; CEO Scott McIntyre Quoted
Industry Experts Share Views on GSA’s Transactional Data Reporting Pilot
Robert Cabana Appointed NASA Associate Administrator; Bill Nelson Quoted
NSA, CISA, ODNI Issue ‘Potential Threat Vectors to 5G Infrastructure’ Analysis Paper
FBI Links Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack to ‘Darkside’ Group
GAO Recommends Policy Options for DOD’s Alternative PNT Tech Pursuit
Army Researchers Produce Anti-ferroelectric Thin Films From Lead Hafnate
Maximus Commits to Diversity and Equity Initiatives; CEO Bruce Caswell Quoted
SEACORP Receives $14.1M WAF Engineering and Technical Services; Bill Blackburn Quoted
AeroVironment Board of Directors Elect Wahid Nawabi to Become New Chairman; Arnold Fishman Quoted
Katie Olson to Temporarily Succeed Brett Goldstein as Defense Digital Service Director
AI-Focused Veterans Affairs Organization Shares Best Practices With Other Agencies
SOFWERX to Focus on Procurement Speed for USSOCOM; Brian Andrews Quoted
Anritsu and Orolia Form Partnership to Deliver 5G Assisted GPS CAT Solutions
Navy Warfare Center, Thermal Compaction Group to Collaborate on Plastic Waste Processor Development
House Panel Schedules Postal Service Reform Bill Markup; Art Sackler Quoted
Space Force, Industry Partners Integrate 5th SBIRS Satellite, Launch Vehicle
DOE Launches Funding Opportunity for QIS, Nuclear Physics Research; Timothy Hallman Quoted
FedRAMP Issues Guidance on Remote Data Center Testing
DHS Selects Fortem to Participate in Border Aerial Surveillance Program
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded $9.8 Million Contract with Tier-One Mobile Network Operator
Cobham Mission Systems Wins $7.1M NAVSUP Contract to Deliver Universal Water Activated Release System; VP of Business Development Matt Miller Quoted
Deep Labs, Snowflake Form Partnership to Prevent Government Fraud; CEO Scott Edington Quoted
Akima Global Technology Meets International Standards for IT Service Management; Juvy McCarthy Quoted
Tyvak Announces Ret. U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Christian ‘Boris’ Becker as Chief Executive Officer
DOD Agencies Use Machine Learning to Accommodate Complex Automation
Space Force to Integrate Multi-Manifest Satellite Vehicles for Future Mission
Air Force Bomber Demonstrates Hypersonic Kill Chain in Recent Exercise; Lt. Col. Joe Little Quoted
Klas Government Releases Innovative VoyagerGPU; Chris Ericksen Quoted
Navy Announces Transition to ‘Flank Speed’ Cloud Collaboration Platform
Brandon Wales: CISA to Pilot ‘Threat Hardened Cloud Environment’
James Geurts: DOD Officials Ramp Up Efforts to Improve Procurement Process
New NSF Program Studying Use of AI to Enable Early Disease Outbreak Detection; Katharina Dittmar Quoted
IRS Builds Contract Award Timeframe Forecasting Tool; Shanna Webbers Quoted
KBR Secures $51.2M NOAA Contract to Monitor Space Weather; Byron Bright Quoted
Teledyne to Hold Investor Meetings
Yll Bajraktari of AI Commission Underscores Need for US Companies to Develop AI Tech Responsibly
Gen. John Raymond: Space Force to Help Air Force Apply Ground Tracking Satellites
NSWC Dahlgren Division to Unify Naval Combat Simulation Systems; Howard Kohl Quoted
UMD College Park to Continue Cooperative Research for NASA
DataRobot Announces AI for Health Incubator; Sally Embrey Quoted
Air Force Lists Potential New KC-46A Tanker Aircraft Bases
Air Combat Command to Update Force Generation Model; Gen. Mark Kelly Quoted
Frederick Stefany: Navy Eyes Digital Engineering Collaboration With Industry
Gen. John Hyten: JROC Eyes May Release of New Acquisition Requirements Guidance
First Company to Clear DOD’s Initial Assessment Awaits Certification as CMMC Assessor; Matthew Montgomery Quoted
Bipartisan Senate Bills Seek to Implement Commission’s National AI Strategy
MDA to Develop Next Generation Space-Based Hypersonic Weapon Sensors
QTS Further Expands its Connectivity Ecosystem with Telia Carrier, the World’s #1 Ranked Global Internet Backbone
Veritone Announces MARVEZL.ai VAAS Solution; CEO Ryan Steelberg Quoted
Navy Team Triumphs in AWS’ Inter-Service Machine Learning Race
SEACORP Secures Naval Undersea Warfare Center Contract; VP Jason Vetovis Quoted
DISA Launches Zero Trust Reference Architecture; Brandon Iske, Joe Brinker Quoted
GAO Recommends Quantitative, Mission-Critical Skill Gap Assessment in FAA Workforce
OMB Announces Graduation of First Group of Federal Employees From Data Science Upskilling Initiative
Stacy Cummings on Defense Acquisition Reform
Stefanie Tompkins: DARPA Seeks Natural Language Processing Tech for Cross-Cultural Military Communications
Mike Wetklow, Stephen Kunze on CFO Council’s Draft Plan for Future of Federal Financial Management
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Homeland Security Committee Reintroduce Bill to Secure Pipeline Infrastructure
CAE USA Secures $135M USSOCOM Contract; Ray Duquette Quoted
USAF Airman Paul Olexa Pitches Idea to Reduce Foreign Debris Threats
Noblis Appoints Four New Members To Its Board of Trustees; Amr ElSawy Quoted
NIST Turns to Public for Feedback on IoT Security White Paper
NSA Engages With Academia to Address Vehicle Cyber Vulnerabilities
FTC: Consumers Lost $80M to Cryptocurrency Scams Over Six-Month Period
Nicolas Chaillan on DOD’s DevSecOps Adoption
Procurement Collusion Strike Force Combats Illegal Schemes Targeting Federal Contracts; Richard Powers Quoted
NIST Seeks Position Papers on Standards to Improve Software Supply Chain Security
GSA, DOE Lab Release Blueprint for GEB Integration Into Federal Energy Savings Performance Contracts; Kevin Kampschroer Quoted
Epirus Appoints Mark Esper to its Board of Directors; Chairman Grant Verstandig Quoted
Accenture Acquires Homburg and Partner; Edwin van der Ouderaa Quoted
BlueHalo Supports Expansion of Boys and Girls Club of North Alabama; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted
CISA Creates Working Group to Secure Space Systems Infrastructure; Brandon Wales Quoted
Space Force Eyes Large Investment in Cloud to Drive Data-Driven Decision Making
Army Chief Scientist Philip Perconti to Step Down From Government Service
Forcepoint Appoints Parag Patel As Senior Vice President of Global Channel Sales; John DiLullo Quoted
SSTI Receives NIST Manufacturing Partnership Support Grant
FCC to Track Providers’ Compliance With Robocall Mitigation Standards Via New Database
Tonya Ugoretz on Potential Data Breach Reporting Law
Tim Persons: GAO Plans to Build Up Cloud Capabilities Through Innovation Lab
NASA Eyes New AI Tech to Streamline Spacecraft Fault Diagnosis Process; Conrad Schiff Quoted
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded Order to Provide Rugged Baseband Equipment
Lockheed, Air Force Start up F-16 Production Line to Support Foreign Allies; Col. Brian Pearson Quoted
NOAA’s Growing AI Use Prompts Larger Data Storage Need; Jamese Sims Quoted
USSOCOM to Address Future Warfare Challenges via Emerging Tech; Gen. Richard Clarke Quoted
Smartronix Acquires C2S Consulting Group; Peter LaMontagne Quoted
Ball Aerospace-Microsoft Team Completes Demonstrations of Cloud-Based Data Processing
Linda Jacksta Joins Deep Water Point; Debbie Dowling Quoted
Stacy Cummings Comments on Initial Results of DOD’s Software Acquisition Changes
Air Force Conducts Information Warfare Exercises; Jeffrey Phillips Quoted
Air Force Approves Neo4j Graph Database Container for DOD Networks; Nicolas Chaillan Quoted
Greg Dyer Joins Aspetto to Grow Enterprise IT Division, Bridge Public-Private Tech Sectors; CEO Abbas Haider Quoted
DOE Allots New Funds for Nuclear Waste Reduction; Jennifer Granholm Quoted
NASA Prepares Navigation System for Future Supersonic Flight Tests
Air Force Uses Continuous Evaluation to Maintain Secret Access Integrity Among Personnel; Alecia Davis Quoted
Col. Ken Kuebler: Air Force Special Operations Command Eyes Amphibious Aircraft
Federal CIO Clare Martorana on Governmentwide IT Modernization Plan
DHS Seeks Industry Participants for 2021 Biometric Technology Demo Event; Arun Vemury Quoted
NIST Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Model for AI User Trust
Contractors Propose US Government-Industry Collaboration Forums for Afghan Drawdown
Stephen Forbes: DARPA ‘Likely’ to Choose Two Payloads for ‘Blackjack’ Satellites
Lisa Costa: SOCOM Seeks More Flexible Tools to Address Mission Needs
Federal Agencies Launch Efforts to Address National Security, Public Safety Risks of Drones
NSF-VMware Partnership Awards Digital Sustainability Research Grants to University Teams; Gurdip Singh Quoted
Serco Designated VETS Indexes Five Star Employer For Veteran Support Efforts
Lumen Technologies declares quarterly cash dividend
Astroport Space Technologies Awarded Phase One STTR NASA Contract for Lunar Construction Research; Sam Ximenes Quoted
NASA Announces Winners of Watts on the Moon Challenge’s First Phase
Gen. Richard Clarke: Future Warfare to Observe Multi-Domain Nature With Special Operations
DARPA-Funded Project Demonstrates Security of Puzzle-Protected Computer Processor
Ball Aerospace Ships TEMPO Spectrometer For Spacecraft Integration; Makenzie Lystrup Quoted
Trade Groups Urge Congress to Increase Fiscal 2022 CISA Budget by $750M
Air Force Holds Small UAS Training for Civil Engineering Missions
Army Futures Command Looking to Evolve Collaboration Tools to Meet Needs of Hybrid Workforce; Col. Dave Lamy Quoted
New National Cybersecurity CoE Project Focuses on Trusted IoT Device Onboarding Processes
Oceanographic Research Center Licenses Northrop’s Power Connector Tech; Andrew Hamilton Quoted
White House Seeks to Mitigate Climate-Related Financial Risk With New Executive Order
Advanced Battle Management System Moves to New Operational Phase; Gen. Charles Brown Quoted
DOD Plans To Replace DMSP Weather Satellites Within Five Years; Gen. David Thompson Quoted
CISA Adviser Josh Corman: Organizations Must Consider Importance of Product Security
Chamber of Commerce Urges U.S. Government to Combat Cyber Threats Internationally; Christopher Roberti Quoted
NIST Seeks Industry Input on Data Classification Practices
Jefferson Consulting Group Announces Janet Clement as New CEO
Lumen Technologies to Present at Investor Conferences
Monica McEwen and Amy Chaput Join Deloitte As Managing Directors
SBA, Millennium Challenge Corp. Partner to Drive Small Business Innovation for Global Applications
Johns Hopkins APL Demos Cybersecurity Technologies for Industrial Control Systems; David Halla Quoted
GAO: DOD Should Adopt Leading Practices for Space Systems Acquisition
Kevin Cox: CDM on Track to Field Cyber Dashboard at All CFO Act Civilian Agencies
OIG Offers Recommendations to Help NASA Improve Cybersecurity Readiness
NASA Developing New Earth System Observatory for Guiding Climate Change Mitigation Efforts; Bill Nelson Quoted
Battelle, Catahoula Resources Form Partnership to Accelerate Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage; Matt Vaughan Quoted
Frost and Sullivan Award Pavilion Its 2020 North American Technology Innovation Award For Hyperparallel Data Platform
Space-Based Capabilities Critical to U.S. National Security, DOD Officials Say
Bill Hunt Named SEC Cloud Center of Excellence Assistant Director
Space Force Opens Warfighting Laboratory Under AFRL; Col. Eric Felt Quoted
True North Solutions and Unanet A/E Sign Agreement For Data Management Services; Blair Hanel Quoted
CISA’s Nitin Natarajan: Tighter Cryptocurrency Regulations Won’t Deter Ransomware Attackers
Report: DHS to Issue Two Cybersecurity Directives for Pipeline Companies; Sarah Peck Quoted
GAO: Federal Agencies Should Implement ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Practices
DOD Seeks AI Algorithms for Air Domain Collaborative Autonomy Project
Rima Kasia Oueid: DOE, Industry Should Collaborate to Develop Quantum-Based Grid Management Tech
Stephen Volz on NOAA’s Portfolio Approach to Earth-Observation Mission
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded $1.6 Million Contract for High-Power Solid-State Amplifiers
Federal CIO Clare Martorana: Government to Prioritize Cybersecurity in TMF Funding Boost
Booz Allen, Databricks Partner To Drive AI Development; SVP John Larson Quoted
Air Force Department to Decide on How to Handle Data Sharing; Taylor Flaxington Quoted
Navy Now Ready to Use New Precision Landing System on Aircraft Carriers
Alion Awarded $87M DOD Contract For NAVSEA SEA21 Technical Analysis; Glenn Goodman Quoted
Darlene Costello: DOD, Space Industry Work Together to Combat IP Theft
OIG Urges DHS to Improve Data Collection, Management
Army, University of Maryland Sign Cooperative AI Research Pact
Censeo Report: Executive Order on Minimum Wage Increase Could Impact Over 30K Contracts
Thomas Kenney: Common Standards Needed to Manage Future Joint Warfighting Data, Tech
Cobham Signs Agreement For Fuel Tank Inerting Solution For Fifth U.S. Major Commercial Airline
Rep. Darren Soto Presents Bill to Establish Blockchain Coordination Office
AFRL Demonstrates Networked Weapon Operations With Small Diameter Bomb
DHS Taps 25 Small Businesses for 29 Homeland Security Research Projects; Kathryn Coulter Mitchell Quoted
Maximus And CNSI To Support Medicaid Claims Processing; Bruce Caswell, Todd Stottlemyer Quoted
Alion Receives $64 Million Task Order to Support Air Force Life Cycle Management Center; Terri Walker-Spoonhour Quoted
AT&T Lands Four DHS Task Orders Worth $306M For IT Modernization; Stacy Schwartz Quoted
Rear Adm. Jeffrey Scheidt to be Assigned as DOD Deputy Principal Cyber Adviser
TSA Requires Pipeline Industry to Report Cybersecurity Incidents; DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Quoted
Lloyd Austin: President’s FY 2022 Budget Could Enable DOD to Go After Needed Capabilities
Matt Olsen Nominated to Lead DOJ’s National Security Division
DOE Announces $100M in Research Grants to Early-Career Scientists; Jennifer Granholm Quoted
DOD Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule for Postaward Debriefings
President Biden Eyes $6T Budget Proposal to Bolster U.S. Economy, Livelihood
Battelle Partners with Ohio State and Northwestern To Combat COVID-19 ‘Misinformation’
Senate Confirms Christine Wormuth for Army Secretary Role
AFRL Nano-Bio Materials Consortium Announces Government-Industry Collaboration for Medical Tech
NRO To Use Commercial Launch Providers For Low-Risk Space Missions; Col. Robert Bongiovi Quoted