A report out from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said their preliminary enforcement numbers for September show the lowest number of border... Read More »
After less than a year of flight efficiency and reliability testing, Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary on Monday introduced its vertical take-off and landing Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) Nomad aircraft. The Nomad system combines the versatility of a helicopter with the speed and range of a... Read More »
Matt Hartman, former acting head of cyber at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), will join Merlin Group, a network of affiliates investing in cyber technology companies, as its chief strategy officer, officials said. Hartman’s appointment will strengthen Merlin... Read More »
Deep cuts in funding from the federal government to the state of New York will negatively impact that state’s ability to carry out counterterrorism and response training. Earlier this month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the impact of the cuts, more than $187 million, would jeopardize... Read More »
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem this week signed an Enhanced Border Security Partnership with General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Minister of the Interior for Bahrain. The agreement strengthens the relationship between the U.S. and Bahrain, officials said, and... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced it would use a new model to equip state, local, tribal and territorial governments with funding, tools and expertise to combat cyber threats. CISA said its cooperative agreement with the Center for Internet Security ended on... Read More »
In an effort to move disaster relief from Washington, D.C. to the states, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would return nearly $3.5 billion to local communities. Noem said FEMA is shifting from D.C.-centric bureaucracy to a... Read More »
The Department of War recently awarded two companies $33.5 million in Defense Production Act Title III grants to expand the solid rocket motor industrial base. The grants also aim to boost supply chain resiliency and increase domestic production in strategic priority areas. "To meet the... Read More »
Smiths Detection, a threat detection and security screening technologies company, recently launched a modular baggage and air cargo screening solution designed to help airports keep pace with change. The solution, SDX 10080 SCT, uses advanced dual-energy computed tomography and an … Read More
Raytheon, an RTX company, and Anduril announced on Tuesday they have successfully tested an advanced solid rocket motor. Under a contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate the companies were able to demonstrate collaborative innovation in rocket … Read More
Defense and national security company Xcelerate Solutions announced Monday it had acquired Columbia, Maryland-based software development and maintenance company clearAvenue. clearAvenue also provides business intelligence and analysis, AI/ML, big data analytics and infrastructure, as well as cloud services support across … Read More
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently sanctioned 12 Mexico-based companies and eight Mexican nationals affiliated with the Sinaloa Cartel’s Los Chapitos faction for supplying illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals to the cartel. The U.S. … Read More
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and its law enforcement partners made more than 8,600 arrests this summer as part of an initiative to crack down on violent crime, the agency said. Operation Summer Heat targeted violent crime across the country … Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard’s newest commissioned icebreaker, the cutter Storis, arrived in Seattle on Friday following a 112-day inaugural patrol and will enter a six-week training period. The cutter left Pascagoula, Miss., on June 1, then transited the Panama Canal … Read More
The U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence has named Brigadier General Linda J. Riedel of the South Carolina National Guard to serve as its deputy commanding general. Officials said Riedle is expected to begin serving as the DCG in addition … Read More
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently identified 17 people and 21 entities that were involved in networks that facilitate the acquisition of sensitive goods and technology for Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed … Read More
