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Azure OpenAI and Azure Machine Learning, plus 24 other Microsoft products, have been cleared for use under the Intelligence Community Directive, or ICD, 503. Issued by the director of national intelligence in 2008, the directive serves as the Intelligence Community’s guidance for risk management and certification of information systems. The products’ generative artificial intelligence shortens […] More
The non-profit national security advisory firm MITRE is inviting cyber engineers and other industry professionals to test the capabilities of D3FEND 1.0, its newly launched cybersecurity ontology providing ways to create a common language and defense concepts in the cyber domain. The ontology has tripled its semantic graph size since the release of D3FEND’s beta […] More
Fairbanks Morse Defense, a Beloit, Wisconsin-based marine technology supplier, has opened a service center in Guam to strengthen its support to the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet. George Whittier, FMD’s CEO, said the Guam facility is aligned with the company’s goal of serving customers anywhere and anytime. “Guam’s strategic importance to U.S. naval operations in […] More
IBM has awarded Concurrent Technologies Corp. a $51 million subcontract for continuing support to the assistant secretary of the Air Force for energy, installations and environment, or SAF/IE. According to CTC, the job contract is up to July 2029 and follows through a partnership that started in 2008. The new award calls for CTC to […] More
Amazon Web Services has announced that U.S. government customers can now generally access the machine learning service Amazon Bedrock from its Top Secret cloud. The classified AWS environment provides users with secure access to Bedrock’s generative artificial intelligence and foundation models, including the Claude 3.5 Sonnet of AI company Anthropic, AWS said in a blog […] More
Space systems and software company Auria has announced the integration of a network detection and response, or NDR, capability to its cybersecurity platform CAASI, short for Cognitive Autonomous Artificial System Intelligence. Advanced artificial intelligence and unsupervised machine learning have been incorporated into the next-generation CAASI NDR for increased threat detection in the increasingly complex cloud […] More
C3 AI has appointed former CAE USA executive Jason Rahimitabar as vice president of strategy and business development of its federal business. Rahimitabar announced his move to the California-based technology company in a LinkedIn post. He noted that his new role supports C3 AI’s goal of empowering government agencies with capabilities in artificial intelligence and […] More
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 will come equipped with 12 cameras, a vision processor and two floodlights from Redwire to support the lunar lander autonomously touchdown on the moon’s surface. The mission’s launch is scheduled around mid-January at the Kennedy Space Center, Redwire said Thursday. The Jacksonville, Florida-based company noted that the mission is […] More
Rocket Lab has announced the addition of its new Neutron rocket to NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare, or VADR, contract. Its small orbital launch vehicle Electron is already under VADR contract and demonstrated capabilities in the NASA PREFIRE and TROPICS missions, the company said Thursday. Rocket Lab described Neutron as a medium-lift reusable […] More
Low Earth orbit satellites of York Space Systems and SpaceX have completed a laser communication link test involving the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The test demonstrated the first laser communication connection between two PWSA satellites, advancing space-based communication, York said Thursday. The test linked a data transport satellite deployed by York to […] More
Cybersecurity company Appgate has announced the appointment of John Zangardi, Mirtillo Consulting’s CEO and a past Wash100 awardee, as member of its federal advisory board. Zangardi, former Redhorse Corporation CEO and president, is also bringing in key leadership experience in the public sector, including past roles as chief information officer for the Department of Homeland […] More
Leidos has appointed Megan Block as vice president and national security capture excellence head. In this capacity, Block will handle planning and proposal development on business opportunities in defense, intelligence and homeland security, the company said Tuesday. Block will also manage Leidos’ national security sector growth office and support company proposals and bids through collaboration with […] More
