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GSA, DHS Post RFI on Vulnerability Disclosure Platform
The General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security issued in December a request for information on potential vendors that could provide the federal government with a centralized, cloud-based vulnerability disclosure platform, FCW reported Thursday.
Zscaler’s Drew Schnabel on 5G in Federal IT Space
Drew Schnabel, vice president of federal at Zscaler, told MeriTalk in an interview published Thursday he believes 5G will have the biggest impact on federal information technology in 2020.
L3Harris Develops Navigation Technology Satellite-3 for Air Force
L3Harris Technologies is working on an experimental satellite that could help deliver advanced position, navigation and timing capabilities to warfighters under an $84M contract with the U.S. Air Force, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday.
Matt Desch on Iridium NEXT, Partnership With SpaceX
Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications and a 2019 Wash100 award recipient, told Bloomberg in an audio interview posted Tuesday about the company’s use of SpaceX-built rockets and the role of the private sector in space exploration. He said SpaceX and other launch service providers have helped drive down the cost for a lot of satellite suppliers.
NASA Introduces Mars 2020 Rover
NASA has unveiled to the media the rover unit that will be fielded for the agency’s Mars exploration mission in 2020.
NVIDIA Creates AI Training Environment With Synthetic Data
NVIDIA has developed a synthetic environment that deploys virtual sensor data to help train driverless cars, C4ISRnet reported Saturday.
Embraer Tests KC-390 Millennium Aircraft’s Extraction, Gravity Airdrop Features
Embraer has completed an airdrop testing campaign for its KC-390 Millennium multimission medium airlifter. The company said Thursday it worked with Brazil’s air force and army to carry out a series of tests at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground facilities in Arizona.
NetCentrics’ Robert Schofield on Making the Case for Implementing Orchestration in Federal Space
Robert Schofield, director of enterprise solutions at NetCentrics, wrote in a Federal News Network commentary piece published Friday about the four questions information technology and security team leaders at federal agencies should expect and consider answering when it comes to implementing security orchestration.
MarketsandMarkets: Growing Cyber Threats to Drive Intrusion Detection & Prevention Tech Market Size
A MarketsandMarkets forecast, released by Reportlinker, said the global market for instrusion detection and prevention systems will see an 8.3 percent compound annual growth rate to reach $7.1B in value by 2024.
DoD Seeks Industry Input on AI-Supported Search & Rescue Drone Platforms
The Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center asked industry to provide information on the potential of AI technology to accelerate drone swarm deployment to search-and-rescue missions, Nextgov reported Thursday.
Air Force Seeks Technical Concepts for Base Control System Security Analysis
The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to provide information on technical concepts and approaches that might be used to automatically identify, map and perform security analysis of base control systems.