Pulse Secure has obtained certification from the Defense Department to offer network access control and mobile virtual private network platforms to DoD customers. The company said Tuesday DoD added the Pulse Connect Secure 8.2 mobile VPN and Pulse Policy Secure 5.3 NAC tool to the DoD Unified Capabilities Approved Products List following a certification process run by the Defense Information Systems Agency. […] More

A Defense Science Board task force has published a report that describes ways to increase the capacity of U.S. undersea assets and manned platforms using unmanned systems. The report titled “Next-Generation Unmanned Undersea Systems” explores how unmanned systems could disrupt adversary strategies and perform operations that are on hold due to lack of assets, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory […] More

The Defense Department has placed Niksun‘s cybersecurity platforms on the Unified Capabilities Approved Products List that authorizes the products for use in government operational networks. Niksun said Monday NikOS Everest 5.0, Supreme Eagle, NetDetector and NetOmni obtained the UC APL status to validate that the offerings meet U.S. government test requirements. The company added Supreme Eagle, NetDetector and NetOmni are designed […] More

Redwood City, California-based security company Synack has secured a $2 million contract to help the Internal Revenue Service for the development of a pioneer model to protect government and taxpayer data. The IRS awarded the sole-source contract after the agency conducted a thorough market research into the crowdsourced security market and a trial of Synack’s security testing platform, […] More

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Johns Hopkins Medicine have partnered with the goal to help transform diagnosis and treatment of diseases through data analytics and systems engineering methods. APL said Monday the partnership seeks to bring together the Individualized Health Initiative and other Johns Hopkins assets in the field of precision medicine as well as to develop a “learning health system” […] More

API Technologies‘ ION Networks security brand has achieved certification to be included on the Defense Department‘s Unified Capabilities Approved Product List. The company said Thursday the Joint Interoperability Testing Command certified that API Technologies’ ION SA5600 and ION PRIISMS platforms are compliant with the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Security Technical Implementation Guides. UC-APL features a […] More

A Cubic business segment has demonstrated new training features on an F-18 fighter jet for Canada’s air force at the annual Maple Resolve air-ground training exercise. The company said Wednesday Cubic Global Defense has integrated its Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation with the Canadian Weapon Effect Simulation system on the F-18 aircraft that conducted simulated attacks and processed real-time kill notification weapon effects. Joint […] More

The U.K.’s ministry of defense and IBM have unveiled the Defense Cyber Aptitude Test assessment service during the IBM HR Summit 2016, the Recruiter reported Thursday. Recruiter writes that DCAT is designed to check a military service member’s potential to work in cyberspace-related fields by determining behavioral characteristics and testing attention to detail, numerical and verbal skills and ability to […] More

NASA’s Planetary Data System has unveiled Mercury’s initial global digital elevation model produced through the use of at least 100,000 images and data collected by the space agency’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging spacecraft. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory said Friday the global DEM details the planet’s lowest and highest elevation and other topographic features. […] More

Netclearance has unveiled its mBeaconCard wearable identity badge that works to support indoor tracking, access control and payments, among other workplace applications for the Internet of Things. The company said Tuesday the credit card-size badge is designed to integrate with Netclearance’s mBeacon2 and mBeacon3 IoT gateways, cloud-based and on-premise platforms and third-party apps and analytics tools. Netclearance CEO David Fernandez said mBeaconCard works […] More

A Toshiba medical systems unit has received a Defense Department authorization to operate one of the company’s ultrasound systems for the U.S. Air Force. Toshiba America Medical Systems‘ Aplio Platinum series ultrasound system has met Air Force and Defense Health Agency guidelines for patient health information malware and malicious software protection, the company said Thursday. Aplio Platinum systems contain Microsoft Windows […] More

A Fidelis Cybersecurity-designed threat defense offering has been added to the Defense Department’s list of products certified for interoperability and information assurance via an assessment stage. DoD approved the Fidelis Network product for deployment within defense agencies and networks as it has been included in the department’s Unified Capabilities  Approved Products List, Fidelis said Monday. Kurt Bertone, chief […] More