ExecutiveBiz News on Video 9/28/2022

Government infrastructure builder Conti Federal Services has received a $140.9 million contract award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of an aircraft facility at a U.S. Air Force base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The firm-fixed-price contract tasks Conti Federal’s team with constructing a structure customized to house various aircraft maintenance processes at Francis E. […]

Forcepoint has received Authorized designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for expanded services of its cloud-native Security Service Edge platform. The company said Tuesday the expanded FedRAMP certification covers Forcepoint ONE’s security services, including Cloud Access Security Broker, Secure Web Gateway, Zero Trust Network Access and Data Loss Prevention. Forcepoint ONE is […]

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has awarded contracts to six lead organizations for the study of artificial intelligence techniques that could advance linguistic fingerprinting technology. The awardees will participate in the Human Interpretable Attribution of Text Using Underlying Structure program, which aims to create AI technologies capable of multilingual authorship attribution and privacy preservation, […]

Michael Groen, a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general who most recently led the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, has been named an adviser at quantum software developer Zapata Computing. In his advisory role, the 36-year USMC veteran will aim to help Zapata Computing grow its public sector offering through product and go-to-market […]

The State Department has tapped independent nonprofit organization CRDF Global to support an international initiative aimed at raising awareness of the peaceful uses of nuclear technologies. Under a $3.9 million cooperative agreement, CRDF will help the U.S. and U.K. governments in their joint effort that seeks to encourage sustained dialogue on the potential uses of […]

Seven startup companies presented novel undersea technology platforms at an event hosted by a U.S. Navy warfare center in Rhode Island. It was the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s first demo day under Northeast Tech Bridge, a program meant to increase the service branch’s access to local innovation ecosystems. The showcase featured AnyLog, Boston […]

The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International launched a cybersecurity pilot program that seeks to strengthen the industrial base for commercial small unmanned aerial systems using industry’s security expertise. The AUVSI Trusted Cyber Program will help establish a cybersecurity standard for commercial applications to enable small drones to meet government requirements and consumer needs, the […]

The Department of Homeland Security has certified the vulnerability risk management products of Rapid7, a Carahsoft partner, for inclusion in the approved products list under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. Rapid7’s Nexpose, AppSpider and Metasploit Pro offerings are now available for use by government agencies to monitor threat exposure, test security controls and prioritize […]

An Air Force Special Operations Command spokeswoman said the flight test of a Lockheed Martin-built laser weapon on the AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft could begin in the summer of 2023, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. The publication cited Lt. Col. Rebecca Heyse, director of AFSOC public affairs, as saying the command will use data from the Airborne […]

Scott Aken, CEO of Axellio, has noted the current “hardware-heavy” setup of network traffic analysis and highlighted the potential of virtualizing traffic analysis applications through the use of next generation network visibility platforms. In a contributed column Solutions Review published Tuesday, Aken said virtualization could enable software-defined analysis applications for network and cybersecurity platforms. “The […]