DoD CIO implores industry to put a greater focus on ‘foundational cybersecurity’
“Compliance does not equal security. It did not when I was in industry, and it does not from my seat where I am today," DoD CIO Kirsten Davie said.
DARPA aims to make defense firms ‘much, much harder’ to hack with ‘formal methods’ push
Right now, DARPA's Kathleen Fisher said, much of the defense industrial base is "choosing to leave the doors open, leave the windows up and not use the locks" in cyberspace.
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Built for another era, our air-and-missile-defense industrial base needs more builders
New entrants are filling unmet needs in air-and-missile defense.
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Space-based capabilities are critical to enabling a missile shield for America
To keep our homeland safe, we need a new approach to missile defense.
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Setting national security priorities in a changed world
In an unpredictable world, a strong and innovative military is essential to protect the United States and its economic interests.
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The L3Harris difference: Delivering on Aerojet Rocketdyne
L3Harris is answering the Department of Defense’s call for strengthened competition, safeguarding a future for the nation and democracy worldwide.
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US defense industrial strength is our first line of defense
Successful implementation of the National Defense Industrial Strategy may very well be the deciding factor in our future as a global military power.
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Scaling AI for Defense Teams Without Increasing Data Risk
AI is expanding the mission data footprint across defense environments, increasing the need for scalable, layered data-at-rest (DAR) protection.
NSA Calls For Review Of Op Tech Security
Operational technologies, or OT, are prevalent in critical infrastructure environments. "Without direct action to harden OT networks and control systems against vulnerabilities... owners and operators will remain at indefensible levels of risk," NSA says.
DIB Calls BS On Buzzwords: Defense Innovation Board
Besides digging out ineptitude with a sharp spade, the DIB guide also offers constructive suggestions, even including 16 specific software programs to use for specific purposes, from version control to bug reports.
Can The Pentagon Protect Young Innovators?
CRYSTAL CITY: Ash Carter created the Defense Innovation Advisory Board so the military could tap the expertise of a panel of civilian luminaries, from Google’s Eric Schmidt to pop astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. But the board is less interested in being oracular than in embracing and adopting enthusiastic young innovators. To paraphrase several participants at […]
Lockheed Upgrades Joint ISR System With Free Open-Source Software
ARLINGTON, VA: At $2.6 million, the contract award that Lockheed Martin will announce today to upgrade something called the Distributed Common Ground System is a rounding error in the aerospace giant’s $46.5 billion annual revenue. But in an age of austerity, when mega-programs like Lockheed’s flagship Joint Strike Fighter are under ever-increasing scrutiny, small can […]
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Europe rearms: Battle management, counter-UAS, and real AI at the edge
Mapping Europe’s modernization from the Eastern drone wall to actual artificial intelligence resident in tanks.