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The U.S. Army has decided to move to a later date in fiscal year 2022 the operational test and fielding phase of a HoloLens-based augmented reality headset from Microsoft. The decision will enable the service and the company to further improve the Integrated Visual Augmentation System to provide warfighters edge in multidomain operations, the Army […] More
The Defense Innovation Unit issued success memos to Zscaler, Google and McAfee for their secure cloud access platform prototypes and Rick Simon, program manager for the Secure Cloud Management project at DIU, said the agency will likely choose one of the prototypes to transition into the production phase in the first quarter of fiscal year […] More
The U.S. Army unveiled its Unified Network Plan that seeks to enable multidomain operations and Peraton is working on network operations capabilities to integrate sensors and data to provide the service better visibility across its planned unified network, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. “There’s no tool that’s going to save the world, so we’re working on […] More
L3Harris Technologies will perform a second study for NASA to assess and test a concept for satellite weather sensors or sounders designed to improve tracking of severe storms. “To produce accurate forecasts, weather prediction models require detailed observations of the Earth’s surface to the top of the atmosphere,” Ed Zoiss, president of space and airborne […] More
L3Harris Technologies has launched a packet-based, anti-jam network connection platform designed to support warfighters on the battlefield. Transport Aggregation Gateway is a patented technology that can automatically link soldiers across multiple communications networks and can lock in resilient anti-jam connections for primary, alternate, contingency and emergency communication data transfers in support of Department of Defense […] More
Jennifer Walsmith, vice president of cyber and information solutions business unit at Northrop Grumman, said the Multi-Domain Sensor System is critical to the U.S. Army’s future airborne signals intelligence payload program, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. “[The service’s aerial SIGINT payload initiative] will ultimately be integrated into the overall new Army suite of platforms,” she said. […] More
Shift5, an Arlington, Virginia-based cybersecurity company, has secured $20 million in a round of Series A financing led by 645 Ventures and plans to use the investment to deliver operational intelligence and cyber platforms to operators of military vehicles and commercial transportation systems. “Defending the cyber-physical attack surface of planes, trains, and tanks is a […] More
Mike Baker, chief information security officer at General Dynamics’ information technology business, said the release of the cybersecurity executive order seeks to show that implementing cyber hygiene practices is a top priority for the U.S. government. “One of the unifying themes across the order is the standardization of cyber practices across agencies – this includes […] More
CACI International has introduced its CORIAN 2.0 and CORIAN Tactical platforms designed to counter threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems. CORIAN 2.0 is a fixed-site multisensor system equipped with capability enhancements and new mechanical design to provide users with the capability to guard against multiple threats and can integrate with forward area air defense command […] More
An annual report from Microsoft has found that Russia accounted for 58 percent of all cyberattacks the company observed in the past year from nation states and that the percentage of agencies involved in defense, national security or foreign policy that are being targeted by Russian threat actors to gather intelligence rose from 3 percent […] More
Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies and a five-time Wash100 Award winner, said the company has come up with 3D maps of the Earth for government and military customers and plans to address the demand for such maps in commercial markets, SpaceNews reported Thursday. “We’re seeing interest from the […] More
Amazon Web Services has made data center-related investments valued at approximately $35 billion in Northern Virginia since 2011 driven by the growing demand for cloud services in public and commercial sectors and Shannon Kellogg, vice president of public policy at Amazon, said AWS will continue to invest in those facilities in the region, the Washington […] More
