The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center responded to the pandemic by making its workforce more flexible and investing in critical information technology infrastructure, an official said. AFLCMC Commander Lt. Gen. Shaun Morris stressed the importance of digital engineering, Agile software development and open systems architecture for flexibility, the Air Force said Thursday. “When you […]
The Air Force has tasked Intelligent Artifacts to explore and develop a sensor fusion technology under the terms of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract. The New York-based artificial intelligence company will evaluate how its explainable AI software solution can help the Air Force meet command and control, battle management and communications mission requirements […]
A team of scientists from The University of Alabama in Huntsville intends to use a pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy equipment funded by the Department of Defense to move forward with a hypersonics fuel research project. The Py-GC/MS instrument, which will be used by the university’s Propulsion Research Center, was purchased through a $186K DOD grant awarded […]
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body has designated ADNET Technologies as a registered provider organization. RPOs are certified to provide advice, consulting and recommendations to companies seeking to become compliant with CMMC requirements, ADNET said Tuesday. “As we have seen, cybercrime can have far-reaching and serious effects. This designation allows ADNET to help organizations […]
Microsoft has announced that defense contractors may now submit other forms of evidence to access the Microsoft Government Community Cloud High environment. Richard Wakeman, senior director of aerospace and defense in the Azure Global Team, said Department of Defense officials believe that cybersecurity maturity is not a checklist or one-time exercise. Katie Arrington, the DOD […]
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body has approved cybersecurity company Coalfire Federal as a registered provider organization. RPOs are certified to provide advice, consulting and recommendations to companies seeking to become compliant with CMMC requirements. “RPOs will play a critical role within the CMMC ecosystem," Coalfire President Bill Malone said. “The Department of Defense estimates […]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has established an office responsible for implementing the United States' national artificial intelligence strategy. The National AI Initiative Office will oversee AI-related research and policymaking in support of the government, industry and academia, FedScoop reported Tuesday. “The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office will be integral to […]
Frank Konieczny, chief technology officer of the Air Force, detailed efforts by one of the service’s task force to push some mission-critical applications to a zero-trust environment during a recent event hosted by the Scoop News Group. According to Konieczny, the said task force is examining how many applications can be migrated to a zero-trust […]
The Department of Defense has released a document outlining its strategy for countering small unmanned aircraft systems. The document covers three lines of effort aimed at addressing the proliferation of sUAS. Sean Gainey, director of the Army's Joint C-sUAS Office, said that the Department of Defense spent the past five years dealing with the proliferation […]
The Navy and the Marine Corps are on the verge of establishing the Naval Digital Marketplace, a centralized service that will govern their acquisition of cloud-related products and services. Travis Methvin, the project manager for the Naval Commercial Cloud Services Office, said that the centralization of cloud will make it easier for industry players to […]
