Valiant Integrated Services will compete for task orders to provide modeling and simulation, exercises and assessment support for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency under a potential 10-year, $850 million contract vehicle. The company said Tuesday it will also carry out mission rehearsal, training and countermeasures assessments to address threats posed by weapons of mass destruction […] More

Noblis has received a U.S. patent for a machine learning-based method generating models that can imitate different security checkpoint setups and show how each configuration responds to various kinds of threat.  The Reston, Virginia-based nonprofit organization said Thursday its iterative modeling system employs algorithms based on concepts from rule-based adversarial games. Noblis researchers particularly utilized chess […] More

The U.S. Army has granted AttackIQ a three-year, authority to operate accreditation for a threat emulation platform after the company completed a risk-based evaluation process. AttackIQ aims to help the military branch manage its critical asset defense posture with the Security Optimization Platform under the “Assess Only” ATO designation, the company said Wednesday. The certification gives Army […] More

General Atomics has won computational time on a pair of supercomputer machines through a Department of Energy-sponsored allocation program that will help the company perform fusion energy simulations. The company said Wednesday its team of scientists will have access to two high-performance computing systems located at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and the […] More

SciTec has received a $26.6 million contract to help the U.S. Army update and maintain two systems used to simulate missile plume signatures. The company said Thursday it will perform calibrations on the branch’s Joint Mobile Infrared Countermeasure Test System and Multi-Spectral Sea and Land Target System under the five-year contract. Army personnel use both […] More

United Launch Alliance has sent to space its Atlas V rocket carrying a national security mission for the U.S. Space Force, marking the 151st time the company hosted a launch with 100 percent mission success. The company said Saturday its Atlas V 541 configuration rocket launched from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force […] More

CAE’s U.S. business arm has secured a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a prototype of simulation software designed to support testing, training, evaluation and development of multidomain warfighting capabilities. CAE USA said Thursday it will develop a software emulator that will work to simulate a range of physical and digital threats […] More

Slowly but surely, America is now on its way to recovery from the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. Small businesses, who were the most affected by the government-mandated lockdowns and supply chain stagnation, are reopening their doors once again. But another barrier seems to block these small businesses from making a full recovery—government regulations on […] More

When starting a business, you need to be aware of certain federal regulations to run a company. Otherwise, employers could face lawsuits, fines, or even shut the company down altogether. In addition, small business owners are the most impacted regarding this matter because they often lack the knowledge and resources to comply. Here are ten […] More

L3Harris Technologies and Elbit Systems of America have secured contracts from the Defense Logistics Agency to produce monocular night-vision image intensifiers for the U.S. Army. The ordering period for both one-time spot-buy contracts is scheduled to conclude on April 10, 2023, the Department of Defense said Friday. DLA’s separate awards to L3Harris’ integrated vision solutions […] More

Northrop Grumman has received a potential $2 billion contract from United Launch Alliance to ramp up production of Graphite Epoxy Motor and extended length variation solid rocket boosters for ULA’s Atlas and Vulcan Centaur launch vehicles. The multiyear contract with ULA will also allow Northrop to modernize and expand tooling and existing facilities, Northrop said […] More

As a business owner, you must follow different rules and laws depending on your industry and where your business resides. But there are a few types of business rules that almost every business owner will have to deal with. We’ll go over some of the most important rules and regulations that you need to follow […] More