The Department of Homeland Security has concluded the first phase of its inaugural Hack DHS bug bounty program, with $125,600 in prizes awarded to successful cybersecurity researchers. The DHS said Friday 450
Agnes Gereben Schaefer, a senior political scientist at global policy think tank RAND, has been nominated to become the assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs. The White House
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The U.S. and the U.K. have announced new bilateral innovation prize challenges aimed at innovating technologies that use data while protecting privacy and intellectual property. Starting in the spring of 2022, the
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Pravina Raghavan, a two-decade business advisory professional, has joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as director of NIST’s Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership. She will lead the public-private partnership that
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The U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command has approved KC-46A Pegasus’ fourth interim capability release mission set that expands the types of aircraft the tanker can support during missions. Under the ICR,
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The Federal Aviation Administration has released two airworthiness directives aimed at protecting aviation safety equipment from the potential effects of 5G technologies. The two directives call for the ban on any transport
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Heidi Shyu, Department of Defense undersecretary for research and engineering, said collaboration with vendors should begin early in the product development cycle to align technology with specific military requirements, DOD News reported
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The U.S. Navy has deployed its Boeing-built unmanned refueling tanker prototype to the USS George H. W. Bush aircraft carrier for at-sea testing, USNI News reported Thursday. Rear Adm. Andrew Loiselle, Navy’s
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NASA has announced new job openings for flight directors that will lead human spaceflight missions from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The space agency said Friday that it is looking
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The U.S. Marine Corps deployed a Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, built by Lockheed Martin, from an AH-1Z attack helicopter during a recent operational test series held off the Florida coast. USMC pilots targeted
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The Transportation Security Administration has released a pair of directives to bolster cybersecurity of systems and infrastructure within the U.S. surface transportation sector. Freight and passenger rail operators must create an incident
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