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  • SpiderOak Announces Availability of Cybersecurity Project Aranya
    in Cybersecurity, News

    SpiderOak Announces Availability of Cybersecurity Project Aranya

    SpiderOak has introduced the Aranya project, which offers an open source encryption-based software for securing space and tactical edge operations. Aranya, available on GitHub, will allow technology manufacturers to embed zero trust protections and secure-by-design concepts into their products and contribute to the project by helping advance cyber protections, SpiderOak said Thursday, adding that the […] More

  • DMI Booked $97M in Contracts During 3rd Quarter of 2024
    in Contract Awards, News

    DMI Booked $97M in Contracts During 3rd Quarter of 2024

    DMI said it won new prime and subcontractor awards worth $97 million in total from commercial and public sector customers in the third quarter of 2024. Services required under the contracts include enterprise mobility management, cybersecurity solutions, cloud and application development and infrastructure support services, DMI said Wednesday. DMI secured the latest awards after it […] More

  • Trane CEO David Regnery Joins L3Harris Board of Directors
    in Executive Moves, News

    Trane CEO David Regnery Joins L3Harris Board of Directors

    Trane Technologies Chair and CEO David Regnery will support L3Harris Technologies in its journey to transform the defense industry as a newly appointed member of the latter’s board of directors. Regnery has served as Trane’s CEO since July 2021 and as the company’s board chair since January 2022, L3Harris said Tuesday. He also held other […] More

  • Radiance & Ignite Fueling Innovation Form New Joint Venture
    in Industry News, News

    Radiance & Ignite Fueling Innovation Form New Joint Venture

    Radiance Ignite Technologies, a new joint venture between Radiance Technologies and Ignite Fueling Innovation, will offer defense and intelligence communities with a suite of services focused on technical intelligence, directed energy, space operations, electromagnetic spectrum operations, artificial intelligence and machine learning and systems engineering. The joint venture’s capabilities can enable government customers to develop advanced […] More

  • Lockheed Skunk Works, Air Force Test System for Real-Time Flight Control Adjustments
    in DOD, News, Technology

    Lockheed Skunk Works, Air Force Test System for Real-Time Flight Control Adjustments

    Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has conducted in-flight trials of its Smart Adaptive Flight Control Environment system in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Using the SAFE system enables real-time changes to flight control behavior, allowing operators to do away with traditional adjustment or improvement processes in between flight tests, Lockheed Martin said […] More

  • Ask Sage Secures IL5 Provisional Authorization From DISA
    in Artificial Intelligence, News

    Ask Sage Secures IL5 Provisional Authorization From DISA

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted Impact Level 5 provisional authorization to generative artificial intelligence platform Ask Sage. With the IL5 authorization, the Department of Defense and the defense industrial base can access the generative AI capability for various use cases, including those involving digital transformation, cybersecurity and complex data analysis, Ask Sage said […] More

  • Aretum Secures TSA Financial Management Support Contract
    in Contract Awards, News

    Aretum Secures TSA Financial Management Support Contract

    Aretum will provide the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Safety Administration with financial management and program support services under a $38.2 million contract. In a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, Aretum said the award was secured through its joint venture FMT. Commenting on the new contract, Jennifer Totman, Aretum’s executive vice president for the DHS sector, […] More

  • Dragos Establishes Subsidiary Focused on OT Cybersecurity
    in Cybersecurity, News

    Dragos Establishes Subsidiary Focused on OT Cybersecurity

    Dragos has announced the creation of Dragos Public Sector, a subsidiary designed to deliver operational technology cybersecurity offerings to U.S. federal agencies and other government entities. The subsidiary will offer products that enhance visibility into federal OT environments; help public sector organizations prioritize and mitigate cyber risks; and improve the government’s ability to detect, respond […] More

  • Electrosoft to Support NIST Digital Identity Guidelines Development Work Under New CAPSS Vehicle Task Order
    in Cybersecurity, News

    Electrosoft to Support NIST Digital Identity Guidelines Development Work Under New CAPSS Vehicle Task Order

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded Electrosoft a new task order under the Cybersecurity and Privacy Support Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the finalization of the fourth NIST Special Publication 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines revision. The contract work includes performing foundational and applied research to better understand new and emerging technologies, their […] More

  • Leidos Names Jeff Allison as Corporate Pricing VP
    in Executive Moves, News

    Leidos Names Jeff Allison as Corporate Pricing VP

    Leidos has promoted Jeff Allison to a vice president position responsible for corporate pricing. Allison, who previously served as the company’s health group pricing director, announced the appointment on Sunday in a LinkedIn post. The executive has served Leidos for over a decade starting in 2011, when he took on a managerial role tasked with […] More

  • Navy Awards Northrop Counter-IED Tool Production Follow-On Contract
    in DOD, News

    Navy Awards Northrop Counter-IED Tool Production Follow-On Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a follow-on contract to produce and deliver the next generation of an electronic warfare tool designed to counter improvised explosive devices and hostile unmanned aircraft systems. The JCREW/DRAKE 2.0 tool combines the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare counter-IED system and the Drone Restricted Access Using […] More

  • State Department Approves Iraq’s $65M Vessel Maintenance, Repair Technical Support FMS Request
    in Foreign Military Sales, News

    State Department Approves Iraq’s $65M Vessel Maintenance, Repair Technical Support FMS Request

    The Department of State has approved a potential $65 million foreign military sale of follow-on technical support for vessel maintenance and repair and related equipment to the Iraqi government. The services will be added to a previously approved FMS request, initially valued at $39 million, for ship repair, maintenance, sustainment and support services, among other […] More