The U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office, or CSCO, forecasts $2.3 billion in contracting opportunities for commercial satellite services for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Maneuverable GEO Program
A new survey by Pew Research Center has found that 86 percent of U.S. adults have heard of Bitcoin, Ether and other cryptocurrencies and 16 percent said they have used, traded or
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Vice President Kamala Harris has announced initiatives to advance cooperation on space and cybersecurity with France and other international partners. The U.S. government will form a regular bilateral dialogue with France to
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Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), said he believes the Department of Defense should reform its system of procurement to address the “DOD valley of death” between developing a
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Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said she wants the community of private hackers to play a role and help strengthen U.S. cyber defense initiatives, Wired reported Wednesday.
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Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, the U.S. Army’s director for hypersonics, directed energy, space and rapid acquisition, said his office completed in late September the deployment of a hypersonic weapon system to the
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking public comments on a research and development plan for orbital debris. OSTP will use feedback and recommendations to help inform
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The Information Technology Industry (ITI) Council, a tech trade association, has provided the U.S. government with several recommendations to establish a resilient supply chain for semiconductors and address the current chip shortage.
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Keith Alexander, a retired U.S. Army general and founder, chairman and co-CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, said the concept of collective defense against cyberthreats involves the use of behavioral analytics to detect beaconing,
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The Department of the Treasury has sanctioned virtual currency exchange Chatex and its associated network of three companies for facilitating transactions for threat actors involved in ransomware attacks. The Treasury said Monday
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Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said DOD’s innovation steering group oversees an initiative called the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve
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