Federal civilian agencies are increasingly providing the data necessary through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA’s) dashboards to provide awareness of cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities, which in turn allows the agency to help its government partners lower cyber ...

AURORA, Colo.—Advances in commercial satellite imagery collection and dissemination are such that the U.S. intelligence community has been able to provide commercial satellite imagery to Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders in just “minutes,” an official with the National Geospatial ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. --As the Army emphasizes modular open system architecture (MOSA) as a key priority for its Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platforms and upgrades to its current fleet, a lead aviation official said this week the service is having success making the business case to industry to address � ...

Aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin [LMT] published an open-source, non-proprietary Mission Augmentation Port (MAP) interface standard for on-orbit spacecraft docking on Monday and made it available for download on their website. The company hopes the standard will accelerate the development of ...

The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday approved a dozen bills, including two that codify existing acquisition policies within the Department of Homeland Security. The Reducing Costs of DHS Acquisitions Act (H.R. 6871) would require DHS to report to Congress when a major acquisition ...

The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) said Monday evening it has canceled its Global Force Symposium and Exposition scheduled for late March in Huntsville, Alabama due to COVID-related concerns. The organization cited “health and safety reasons and Defense Department travel ...

As the Pentagon moves ahead on its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) effort, officials leading the program’s accreditation body said the assessment process to certify third-party auditors is likely to begin again by late January. During a town hall discussion on Monday, ...

The National Security Agency (NSA) is seeking collaboration with the private sector on cybersecurity issues, David Luber, deputy of the Cybersecurity Directorate, said Wednesday at CyberSatGov in Reston, Va. Luber highlighted the agency’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, an engagement hub ...

The Army has selected Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and General Dynamics Missions Systems [GD] for a potential 10-year, $774.2 million deal to deliver the Next Generation Load Device-Medium (NGLD-M) modernized cryptographic key device. The new NGLD-M will replace the current Simple Key Loader device ...

Boeing [BA] signed agreements with ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH and Lufthansa Technik on June 17 outlining joint efforts to support a potential German P-8A Poseidon selection as the country’s next maritime surveillance aircraft. Boeing said these memorandum of understanding “may ...