US DoD announces cooperative agreement on STEM education, outreach programs
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it had awarded Research Triangle Institute a $190 million agreement to provide STEM education and outreach to communities across the country. The award, the Defense Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Consortium (DSEC)... Read More »
DOD convenes climate summit to strengthen regional security collaboration
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Defense hosted the Climate and Defense Summit of the Americas to gather senior leaders in the Western Hemisphere to address defense and security challenges posed by climate change. Officials said the summit, held at the U.S. Naval Academy on Aug. 22 and 23,... Read More »
DHS announces nearly $724M in preparedness grants
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it had allocated nearly $724 million to federal preparedness grants. The allocations include $454.4 million in funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant program, an increase of nearly $150 million over last year’s allocations. The... Read More »
DoD awards $13M in grants for Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program
On August 7, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it had awarded seven more Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program awards to seven more firms. The awards brings the number of awards to date up to 13 for a total of $23 million. Awardees included Modular Genetics, Battelle and... Read More »
Senator requests information from TSA on surveillance
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) requested information from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) asking for information on whether or not security systems have been improperly surveilling American citizens. Paul, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and... Read More »
Committee passes Healthcare Cybersecurity Act
On August 12, U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) applauded the passage of legislation to protect health care and the public health sectors’ cybersecurity through the U.S. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee earlier this month. Young and U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the... Read More »
DoD awards more than $46M in research grants
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it had awarded more than $46 million in grants to support basic research in national security topics. The DoD awarded 19 grants to university-based faculty teams under its Minerva Research Initiative. The grants are three- to five-year awards... Read More »
DHS S&T looks for solutions to reduce risks to power infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced Friday that it was looking for Software Artifact Dependency Graph (ADG) Generation capabilities to understand risks within the software that power cyber and physical infrastructure. The solicitation... Read More »
DOD, LLNL and NNSA partnering on biodefense supercomputer
The U.S. Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration said earlier this month that they will partner with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to work on a biodefense supercomputing system. On Thursday, the DoD said it was working with NNSA to increase the computing... Read More »
Smiths Detection moves forward in partnership with SeeTrue
On Thursday, Smiths Detection, a business within Smiths Group, announced it was accelerating its partnership with AI-based threat detection software provider, SeeTrue. Smiths Detection said it had successfully integrated and tested SeeTrue’s technology into its advanced CT security checkpoint... Read More »
DHS S&T requests research and development project proposals
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced it was inviting the scientific and technical communities to propose research and development projects that will support national security. The program, the Long Range Broad Agency... Read More »
Legislation strengthening cybersecurity measures introduced
On Thursday, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and James Lankford (R-OK) introduce legislation they said will strengthen federal cybersecurity by forcing federal contractors to adhere to cybersecurity guidelines. The legislation, the Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of... Read More »
U.S. Air Force reaches price agreement with Boeing for prototype program
On Friday, the U.S. Air Force announced it had reached a price agreement with Boeing for the E-7A Wedgetail weapon system rapid prototype program. At a total contract value of $2.5 million, the agreement paves the way for the delivery of two operationally representative prototypes of the E-7A... Read More »
Legislation to combat illicit fentanyl entering the U.S. introduced
On Thursday, U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Rob Wyden (D-OR), Cynthia Lummus (R-WY), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced legislation to combat illicit goods, including fentanyl, from entering the country. The legislation, the Fighting Illicit Goods, Helping Trustworthy... Read More »