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in Executive Moves, NewsDHS Vet Kevin McAleenan Joins Easy Dynamics Advisory Board
Kevin McAleenan, former acting secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has joined the advisory board at Tysons, Va.-based technology services provider Easy Dynamics. He will provide advice to the company's management team on national security and law enforcement matters.
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IARPA to Host Virtual Proposers’ Day for RF Anomaly Detection Program
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will formally introduce a program at an upcoming virtual meeting that seeks to explore methods to automate the detection and characterization of radio frequency anomalies. IARPA is scheduled to host the Proposers' Day for its Securing Compartmented Information with Smart Radio Systems initiative on Thursday, according to an Aug. 5 presolicitation notice.
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Defense Innovation Unit Taps LookingGlass for Data Analytics Prototyping
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions has secured a prototyping contract from the Department of Defense's innovation arm to develop an analytics technology intended to help users examine cybersecurity threat data.
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in Contract Awards, News
L3Harris to Develop Warfighter Tech Simulation, Test Equipment for Air Force
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a potential seven-year, $55M contract to help the U.S. Air Force build platforms for testing warfighter systems or technologies designed to address critical and urgent mission requirements.
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General Dynamics Receives NSA Certification for Data at Rest Security Tech
The National Security Agency has certified a compact device General Dynamics' mission systems unit designed to protect sensitive data at rest in manned or unmanned systems.
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in NewsHughes’ Rick Lober: Commercial Satcom Network Mgmt Systems Key to Efficient Global Operations
Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems’ defense and intelligence systems segment, has said the Department of Defense should consider tapping industry for network management resources to support end-to-end global operations.
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Splunk’s Bill Wright: Zero-Trust Concepts Also Bring Automation Benefits
Bill Wright, director of federal government affairs at Splunk, has said that implementing a zero-trust architecture will enable agencies to augment security procedures while leveraging data across the information technology infrastructure.
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Air Force Uses Surrogate Aircraft to Test Northrop B-21 Bomber Avionics
The U.S. Air Force has begun testing on a surrogate aircraft the avionics and other subsystems of the Northrop Grumman-built B-21 Raider bomber in an effort to keep the aircraft development work on track, FlightGlobal reported Saturday.
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Phil Carrai: Kratos Eyes ‘Revolution’ in Ground Segment to Back P-LEO Satellite Constellations
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions is working on new ground infrastructure that could be used to support proliferated low-Earth orbit constellations of small satellites, Breaking Defense reported Monday. “We think that p-LEO is a big deal. And there’s got to be a revolution that has to hit the ground segment,†said Phil Carrai, president of space, training and cyber division at Kratos.
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in NewsIntelsat Launches Galaxy 30 Satellite with Northrop’s MEV-2; Stephen Spengler Quoted
Intelsat has launched the Galaxy 30, a geosynchronous communications satellite that will provide high-performance television distribution service to North American customers, the company announced Saturday. The Intelsat 10-02 satellite is scheduled to be its first customer in early 2021.