Summer Myatt

Federal organizations have recognized the potential for artificial intelligence to revolutionize the way the government operates, but the expansion of its use has illuminated the need for strong regulations surrounding this new technology. According to experts in the field, who came together for a panel discussion at ExecutiveBiz’s Trusted AI and Autonomy Forum on Tuesday, keeping a human in the loop is critical to harnessing the benefits of AI while ensuring the safety of its users. More

The National Science Foundation and its partners Ericsson, IBM, Intel and Samsung have committed approximately $45.6 million to fund 24 projects aimed at advancing the semiconductor industry through technology innovation and talent development. The investment will be used to help expedite research, accelerate commercialization and create practical training opportunities for the future workforce amid the rising demand for semiconductors in the U.S. More

Jeff Wehner, former vice president of federal civilian market at LMI, was appointed executive vice president and general manager of civilian division at technology services company Oasis Systems. He will be responsible for leading strategy, growth and profit and loss activities at Oasis Systems. More

Andrea Joyce, a 15-year Lockheed Martin veteran, has joined Westminster, Colorado-based satellite imagery provider Maxar Technologies as vice president of financial planning and analysis. Prior to Maxar, Joyce was business operations director for global security at Lockheed. More

Forescout will implement zero trust principles across the Department of Defense Information Network and deliver additional capabilities to improve the security of operational technology networks under the new Comply-to-Connect contract with DOD. “We look forward to introducing cloud-based advanced threat analysis tools into the C2C program's portfolio of capabilities and adding further value on DOD's zero trust journey," said Forescout CEO Barry Mainz. More

CRDF Global and its consortium of industry partners have mobilized support from the private sector to help the Ukrainian government build up its cyber defense and infrastructure in the wake of the Russian invasion. The Cyber Defense Assistance Collaborative has donated 1,600 cyber defense tools and provided over 800 training courses to help protect Ukraine's critical infrastructure against cyberattacks. More

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will host proposers' days on Oct. 5 and 6 for the Securing our Underlying Resources in Cyber Environments program. The SoURCE CODE program seeks technologies that will help forensic experts accelerate the process of attributing a cyber attack to its perpetrators by checking coding styles. More

Carahsoft Technology has added Palo Alto Networks to its Distributor Seller of Record program to streamline the procurement process for the latter's cybersecurity offerings available in Amazon Web Services' digital catalog. The network and cloud security product suite of Palo Alto Networks is now available to public sector customers through AWS Marketplace with the company's addition to the DSOR program. More

Ball Aerospace and NASA's team at Goddard Space Flight Center have assembled the primary camera system for the space agency's next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope. The Wide Field Instrument is constructed to be capable of providing a field of view over 100 times larger than Roman’s Hubble Space telescope predecessor while retaining the same resolution. More

The Department of Defense has exercised a one-year contract option for reactor technology company X-energy as the U.S. military is eyeing potential energy applications of nuclear power to bases and operations. DOD said Wednesday the Rockville, Maryland-based company will work on a complementary design of a transportable microreactor under Project Pele. More

A Boeing and Red 6 team has finished the initial flight testing of augmented reality technologies designed to enhance the combat capabilities of the U.S. Air Force. Incorporating Red 6’s Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System and Augmented Reality Command and Analytic Data Environment on the TA-4J tactical aircraft took less than a year to complete. More