U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced legislation recently that would give the U.S. State Department the authorization to fund arming U.S. partners and... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense, referred to as the U.S. Department of War by the Trump administration, announced that it has entered into agreements with eight of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies to deploy AI capabilities on the department’s classified networks. The... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with the U.S. Departments of War, Energy, State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have published a guide to applying Zero Trust principals to operational technology systems within organizations. The guide,... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) and John Moolenaar (R-MI) announced the launch of a joint investigation into the national security risks posed by artificial intelligence models developed by Chinese companies. Garbarino, chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said his committee... Read More »
Legislation that would protect public servants across all levels of government introduced. U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Dan Goldman (D-NY) introduced the Providing Resources and Oversight to Ensure Confidentiality of Those who serve (PROTECT) Act to strengthen data security and prevent... Read More »
The U.S. Navy announced its MQ-25A Stingray completed its first test flight on April 25, a key step for unmanned carrier operations. The first flight left from Boeing’s facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, IL and flew for approximately two hours, officials said. During the flight,... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) joined the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre and other federal and international partners to release a new cybersecurity advisory about China. The advisory, “Defending Against China-Nexus Covert Networks of... Read More »
Officials with the U.S. Department of Defense, referred to by the Trump administration as the Department of War, and other federal agencies gathered Thursday at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story to show off the DoW’s progress on Golden Dome for America. Golden Dome is President... Read More »
The U.S. Army recently awarded Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV), a defense technology company, a prototype agreement for the rapid development, delivery and testing of the Switchblade 400 loitering munition. Switchblade 400, a medium-range, man-portable, anti-armor loitering munition, is a key component … Read More
The Army Contracting Command recently awarded Texas-based KBR, a science, technology and engineering solutions company, two up to $449 million task order modifications to continue providing intelligent, data-driven logistics support to the U.S. Army in Europe and North America. The … Read More
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently opened the application period for $1.1 billion in Flood Mitigation Assistance program funding. The program funds community-led projects that reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to structures and buildings insured … Read More
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry between San Diego and Mexico recently seized nearly $2.8 million in fentanyl and methamphetamine during two seizures in April. “Smugglers use complex techniques to conceal dangerous … Read More
Project QuiltWorks, a tech industry coalition, recently launched to assess, prioritize and continuously remediate production code vulnerabilities that frontier artificial intelligence models are uncovering. Project QuiltWorks uses the CrowdStrike Falcon platform with remediation input from leading systems integrators and frontier … Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard recently seized approximately 7,050 pounds of cocaine worth more than $53 million during two interdictions, one in the Caribbean and one in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Cutter Escanaba’s crew offloaded the contraband on Monday at … Read More
L3Harris Technologies, a Florida-based defense technology company, recently closed on a $1 billion Department of Defense investment in the company’s Missile Solutions (MSL) business. The company is in the process of transforming and growing its MSL production operations and will … Read More
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced that FEMA has released more than $657 million in funding to reimburse for COVID-19 expenses. The funding will provide states, local governments and healthcare facilities for their costs responding to the … Read More
