The Department of Homeland Security seeks public comments on what homeland security challenges affect citizens and communities in the U.S. DHS said Tuesday it aims to address border security, counterterrorism, cybersecurity, disaster preparedness and response, drug interdiction, immigration enforcement and trade enforcement challenges via the My DHS Idea campaign. Interested participants …

Robert Catalanotti, managing director of Middle East initiatives at Virginia-based government services integrator SOS International, has been appointed senior adviser to the assistant secretary for international security affairs at the Defense Department. Catalanotti will also join the Senior Executive Service, DoD said Tuesday. The retired U.S. Army major general previously served as director …

The U.S. and Israel have formed a bilateral cyber working group that will work to protect critical infrastructure in both countries against potential threats and determine the location of cyber attackers, The Times of Israel reported Monday. Thomas Bossert, assistant to President Donald Trump for homeland security and counterterrorism, said …

The U.S. Air Force will operationalize various elements of its cybersecurity plan which was structured to evaluate and address potential attacks as well as develop cyber resilience in weapons systems and platforms during the acquisition process, Defense Systems reported Friday. The report noted that the service branch will implement various …

Military members from the U.S. and NATO have concluded the Saber Strike 17 cooperative month-long training exercise which took place at various locations in the Baltics and Poland. The operation involved 11,000 U.S. and NATO military members from 20 countries, including: Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, …

The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a portable ground-based system designed to scan and map atmospheric gas plumes. NIST said Friday the “comb and copter” system has potential to search for leaks in gas and oil fields as well as examine the …

Rear Adm. Samuel Paparo, a U.S. Navy corporate fellow at Lockheed Martin, has been appointed to serve as commander of Carrier Strike Group 10 in Norfolk, Virginia, the Defense Department said Friday. Paparo joined the Navy in 1987 and has supported Lockheed’s efforts to develop long-range objectives and strategic plans since …

The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the U.S. Army establish metrics to determine if contracts awarded to companies meet cost, schedule and performance goals. GAO said in a report published Thursday the military branch should also record rationales for all decision and develop measurable objectives to assess the effects of organizational changes …

The General Services Administration‘s Data Center Optimization Initiative Program Management Office has released a report to share lessons learned on cloud transformation efforts for the data center community. Dan Pomeroy, director of the DCOI PMO, said in a post published June 14 that the whitepaper tackles findings and guidance on four cloud …

The Federal Aviation Administration will establish a new aviation rule-making committee tasked to develop standards on how to identify and track unmanned aerial vehicles. FAA said Wednesday that panel will consist of stakeholders from the aviation community, unmanned aircraft industry, industry member organization, researchers and standards groups. The committee will help …