The Department of Homeland Security is touting a cybersecurity tool called Trusted Mobile System, designed to protect devices and software applications against most cyberattacks. Developed in partnership with Intelligent Automation Inc., TrustedMS prevents attackers from exploiting vulnerabilities in apps and driver updates that have not yet been discovered. TrustMS serves as a layer of protection […]
The U.S. Army expects to issue requests for proposals for a potential $10B multi-award contracts in the next six months. In his speech at the AFCEA Belvoir event held on Sept. 29, Ross Guckert, program executive officer at Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems, disclosed that the organization will offer multi-billion contracts for IT services. […]
Consulting firm EnDyna has secured a $13.5M contract from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to provide vulnerability disclosure policy shared services that government agencies can use to allow researchers to identify security weaknesses. Formally designated as a quality service management office, the VDP system is the first of the three initial services CISA will […]
The Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit to develop prototype systems that can automatically resolve complicated financial and accounting errors. Rachael Martin, mission director of JAIC's Business Process Transformation Mission Initiative, said the effort is the first instance of the DoD turning to machine learning and for […]
Machine intelligence company Primer has been awarded a multimillion-dollar Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop a solution against disinformation. The Air Force and the Special Operations Command awarded the deal to develop a machine learning-based platform that can automatically identify and assess suspected disinformation. “We've entered a new era where information warfare and the […]
Northrop Grumman is set to support the Defense Intelligence Agency's Transforming All-Source Analysis with Location-Based Object Services program in line with a $690M task order awarded by the DIA and the General Services Administration's Federal Systems Integration and Management Center. The effort is designed to help the DIA quickly deliver actionable intelligence and improve its decision […]
Cybersecurity company Shift5 has landed a contract with the Air Force Cyber Resiliency of Weapon Systems office to provide software security services that enhance the warfighter capability. The Small Business Innovative Research Phase III award is an extension of Shift5’s existing SBIR Phase II project via AFWERX. Work starts in September 2020 and will mainly […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory has brought back its experimental robot pilot for a flight test at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. ROBOpilot was first flight-tested in August 2019 but was later grounded after being damaged in a landing accident. On Sept. 24, the Air Force returned ROBOpilot to the skies for a 2.2-hour test flight […]
Shield AI has received a $7.2M contract from the U.S. Air Force to implement artificial intelligence capabilities that will help aviation warfighters perform in areas without GPS. The agency, through the AFWERX innovation program, awarded the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research deal that will partner the California-based software organization with the Office of the […]
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. announced that it has flight-tested the Sparrowhawk small unmanned aircraft system in a captive carry configuration. According to AS-ASI, the Sparrowhawk is a launch and recovery aircraft designed with a focus on the Advanced Battle Management System’s attritableONE technologies. “Sparrowhawk extends and multiplies MQ-9-based sensors, reduces manpower and increases ISR […]
