William “Bill” LaPlante, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said the U.S. manufacturing ecosystem has been a critical engine of economic growth,
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A team from the U.S. Navy Reserve successfully resolved vulnerabilities within unclassified computer networks of the service branch during an annual U.S. Fleet Cyber Command operation. This year’s Operation Cyber Dragon, which
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The Federal Trade Commission voted to extend the deadline for submitting public comments regarding the need for new risk mitigation rules for commercial surveillance and lax data security practices. Input will be
More Riverside Research has secured a $49.4 million follow-on contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue research and development work aimed at securing microelectronics and embedded architectures in military weapon systems. The
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Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch, head of the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, said RCCTO will keep a 50-kilowatt laser weapon version of the service’s Stryker-based Short-Range Air Defense system,
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SpaceX and Space Systems Command are preparing to launch later in October the U.S. Space Force-44 mission aboard the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket. USSF-44 will lift off from a launch complex at
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NTT DATA announced on Thursday that the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Atlanta-based Aspirent, a leading data, analytics and advisory firm. The acquisition supports and enhances NTT DATA’s strategy to be
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Defense technology contracting company System High Corporation has landed a $150 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency calling for security-related assistance and other weapons system support. The cost-plus-fixed-fee level-of-effort award expects System
More NATO defense ministers have agreed to stand up a review board to oversee the responsible development and deployment of artificial intelligence and data projects across the intergovernmental alliance. The AI and data
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking public feedback on two programs that aim to incentivize local semiconductor manufacturers and create new regional institutes to boost the semiconductor research and
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