New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her state had received $9 million in federal grants to support the delivery of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) hard tokens to counties, municipalities, school... Read More »
The Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) of the U.S. Department of Defense, referred to by the Trump administration as the U.S. Department of War, recently announced the launch of a new digital platform for small businesses, LYNX. The LYNX system will strengthen supplier readiness, improve... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is telling critical infrastructure organizations to take action against threats from insiders. As part of CISA’s “Assembling a Multi-Disciplinary Insider Threat Management Team” report, the agency is supporting efforts to... Read More »
Lockheed Martin announced it had signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to quadruple its production of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors from 96 to 400 per year. The announcement builds on the first-of-its-kind agreement signed between Lockheed and... Read More »
Security control testing company Scythe and AI runtime assurance company Starseer announced a strategic partnership recently that would help organizations defend themselves against AI-driven cyber-attacks. The companies said the partnership will combine their spheres of expertise in order to... Read More »
PG&E Corporation joined Lockheed Martin, Salesforce, and Wells Fargo recently in announcing the launch of Emberpoint LLC, a next-generation wildfire solution. Officials said Emberpoint will help first responders detect, prevent and fight wildfires, using artificial intelligence, autonomous... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wants answers from tech companies about suspected North Korean infiltration of U.S. companies. Ogles, the chair of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, said he has sent a letter to LinkedIn, Amazon Web Services and Palo Alto Networks... Read More »
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security. “This full-year appropriations bill will bolster the border security wins provided by House Republicans in our reconciliation package and ensure the safety of... Read More »
The U.S. government recently awarded Maryland-based Lockheed Martin, a global defense technology company, with a $328.5 million foreign military sales (FMS) contract for the production of IRST21 Legion-ES sensor systems. IRST21 is Lockheed Martin’s next-generation infrared search-and-track sensor capability. It … Read More
RTX’s Raytheon announced Monday it had been selected by The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop advanced maritime sensing and targeting systems. Under the DARPA contract, Raytheon’s Advanced Technology team will design, build and demonstrate a system that … Read More
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Security held a two-part New World Screwworm simulation exercise in January to strengthen national readiness and improve coordination for emerging animal and public health threats. The New World Screwworm is a … Read More
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently merged the Defense Innovation Board and the Defense Science Board into the new Science and Technology Innovation Board (STIB). The STIB will be a forum where leading scientists and industry experts can provide … Read More
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released more than $2.2 billion in disaster relief funds for natural disasters from 2021 through 2024. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said the money would be to support ongoing recovery efforts. “This investment will repair … Read More
The U.S. Army recently established Army Rapid Implementation of AI (Project ARIA) to identify, analyze and develop AI-driven solutions to three of the Army’s top problems. The Army partnered with artificial intelligence, technology, and industry experts as the project seeks … Read More
Col. James T. Horne III, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, recently revealed a new strategic plan outlining priorities for 2026 and beyond for Vandenberg Space Force Base, a critical hub for national defense and U.S. space operations. “We must expand … Read More
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint Inter-Agency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) recently released updated guidance for counter-unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operations. The guidance streamlines and consolidates existing policies for detecting and mitigating UAS under the authority of 10 U.S. Code … Read More
