SecuriGence will continue to provide multi-network support services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s information technology directorate under a $93.8 million task order modification. This award brings the cumulative face value of the MNSS task order from $177.5 million to $271.2 million and extends the company’s work pe...
A new Deltek analysis shows that agencies under the Department of Defense spent $239 million on other transaction agreements for cybersecurity-related activities between fiscal year 2020 and fiscal 2022. After a spending growth of nearly 21 percent from FY 2020 to FY 2021, DOD components’ spending on cybersecurity efforts using OTAs rose by 59...
New capabilities brought about by the digital revolution have transformed the way the Department of Defense approaches data and connectivity. While the department has already embarked on its journey to strengthen U.S. cyber capabilities, there are still steps that must be taken to ensure that data is secure at all levels. Though technology itse...
Executive Mosaic is excited to honor Stefanie Tompkins, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, with her second Wash100 Award for her incredible success in spearheading agency initiatives, championing innovation and working to cultivate the next generation of technology leaders. Each year, the Wash100 Award highligh...
The Department of Defense plans to explore the potential behind generative artificial intelligence during an upcoming AI conference in June, following a wave of commercial developments in the area. Maynard Holliday, deputy chief technology officer for critical technologies within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineer...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Atom Computing and PsiQuantum to demonstrate concepts for designing quantum machines. The three companies were selected for the initial phase of the Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing program based on their proposed novel approaches to building ...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected a Boeing (NYSE: BA) subsidiary to develop flight systems for an X-plane demonstrator aircraft designed to operate without the use of external mechanical controls. Manassas, Virginia-based Aurora Flight Sciences will aim to complete detailed design, development and critical design review proc...
Lisa Porter, former deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, has joined the board of directors of Fortress Information Security. She brings to the board over two decades of leadership experience in the defense industry, Fortress said Tuesday. “With Dr. Porter aboard, Fortress will expand its next-generation supply chain s...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $183 million in modifications to its procurement vehicle for technical and analytical support services, raising the contract’s maximum value to $1.03 billion. Seven companies hold prime positions on the TASS contract originally announced in August 2018 and valued at $850 million. A Depa...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to establish a “data-as-a-service” marketplace to utilize commercial satellites that carry sensor technology designed to monitor the space environment within low Earth orbit. A DARPA notice posted on SAM.gov is inviting potential offerors to submit abstracts through Feb. 2 as part of the s...
