cyber
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Attain selected for development, deployment of secure web services in CESO PMO program
MCLEAN, Va. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials selected technology consulting firm Attain, LLC. for the Compartmented Enterprise Services Organization (CESO) Program Management Office (PMO) to deliver mission-essential services across the Department of Defense (DoD), the intelligence community, and the civilian government.
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Applying deep learning techniques to expand defense capabilities
Leveraging advanced data center computing techniques holds the promise of delivering powerful ways to solve complex defense mission challenges. Deep learning is an increasingly popular technique that can be used to process very large data sets. As the goals for defense systems move in the direction of greater autonomy, deep learning techniques that were once too tough for more traditional processing technologies can now be supported.
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$717 billion Defense Authorization Bill for FY 19 passes Congress with bipartisan support, says DoD
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) reports the passage of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with bipartisan support: a vote of 87-10 in the Senate and 359-54 in the House. The FY19 NDAA authorizes a $717 billion national defense budget that builds up the U.S. military, increases lethality, strengthens strategic alliances and partnerships, and reforms the way the military conducts business.
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The state of cyber resiliency metrics on embedded systems
The ability of an embedded system to identify, prevent, and respond to cyberattacks intended to disrupt its operational capabilities is defined by measuring its level of cybersecurity and cyber resiliency. The concept of cyberattacks can refer to either electronic warfare (EW) like signal jamming or to cyberwarfare, for example, such as sending malformed packets to disrupt the system. How do the metrics used to measure a system's cyber resiliency relate specifically to embedded systems, and what are the special considerations that embedded-system designers must undertake when applying cyber resiliency metrics?
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U.S. DoD awards $551 million contract for COTS cybersecurity products and services
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded has awarded three companies spots on a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) worth up to $551 million over five years to provide McAfee cybersecurity products across the DoD.
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DARPA program is applying systematic functional grammars to increase cyber resiliency
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Grammar-Based Elicitation and Analysis of Requirements for Cyber Assured Systems Engineering (GearCASE) effort, Charles River Analytics Inc. is applying systemic functional grammars to increase cyber resilience.
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U.S. Navy ships to equip with portable satcom systems
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced that it has won a contract worth up to $10 million to produce mobile Shipboard Carry-On/Off Satellite Communication Systems (SCOSS) for U.S. Navy ships.
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NAVAIR signs $47 million ManTech contract for heavy-lift helicopter tech support
HERNDON, Va. Technology services provider ManTech announced a four-year, $47 million award with the U.S. Information Analysis Center (DoD IAC) Defense Systems Technical Area Task (DS TAT) multiaward contract to provide technical support and collaboration for the U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) H-53 heavy lift helicopter program (PMA-261).
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Predicting geopolitical events with greater accuracy the goal of IARPA, Raytheon project
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded a contract worth $14.5 million from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to develop a system that improves the accuracy of predicting a range of geopolitical events, including elections, conflict, and disease outbreak. The contract was previously awarded in 2017 during IARPA’s Hybrid Forecasting Competition. Raytheon [...]
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Space Force and COTS procurement
President Donald Trump recently called for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to create a new branch of the U.S. armed forces, a Space Force, to deal with threats outside our atmosphere. The move, like many Trump announcements, created immediate controversy, with some critics opining that it's a waste of money and others saying that militarizing a peaceful environment is a stroke of genius or long overdue.
Mariana Iriarte, Technology Editor
Lisa Daigle, Assistant Managing Editor
Lisa Daigle, Assistant Managing Editor
Mariana Iriarte, Technology Editor
Lisa Daigle, Assistant Managing Editor
Lisa Daigle, Assistant Managing Editor
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