Year: 2020

Mark Esper: AI Could Transform Every Aspect of Battlefield

Mark Esper, secretary of the Department of Defense (DoD) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said he believes artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the battlefield and the country that is first to deploy AI will gain a significant advantage over its adversaries, DoD News reported Wednesday. "History informs us that those who are first […]

Maria Roat: Zero Trust, Quantum Concepts Key to Fortifying Federal Systems

Maria Roat, deputy federal chief information officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, has said that federal agencies need to evolve their systems to ensure their capacity to handle quantum technologies and withstand emerging threats. Roat told attendees at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit that agencies should consider investing in zero-trust architecture efforts to support system […]

James Geurts Discusses US Navy Modernization of Unmanned Systems

James Geurts, Assistant Secretary for Research, Development, and Acquisition with the U.S. Navy and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, recently addressed the challenges the U.S. Navy has faced deploying unmanned systems. He noted that the service branch has encountered obstacles to obtain and use the systems effectively on a global scale.  Geurts stated that the U.S. […]

Christopher Krebs: Agencies Shifting to Telework Should Boost Investments in Cyber Tools

Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and a 2020 Wash100 Awardee, said agencies transitioning to the cloud to support telework should consolidate and increase investments in security tools to better manage cyber threats, Nextgov reported Tuesday. "We have to make sure that … when we have all these federal agencies […]

Army Opens New ARCYBER Headquarters in Georgia; Gen. Paul Nakasone Quoted

The U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) has opened its new headquarters location at Fort Gordon in Georgia as part of the Army’s plans to consolidate the component's cyberspace, education, training and capability development operations. The new facility, dubbed Fortitude Hall, spans 336,000 square-feet and is valued at $366 million, the Army said Thursday. Ron Pontius, […]

Vice Adm. Ross Myers to Lead Navy’s Fleet Cyber; Gen. Paul Nakasone Quoted

Vice Adm. Ross Myers, former deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command, has been assigned to lead Fleet Cyber, a command tasked to administer the U.S. Navy's information and cyber activities.  Myers leaves his USCYBERCOM post to Maj. Gen. Charles Moore who also received a promotion to lieutenant general. , USCYBERCOM said Thursday. “As the J5, chief […]

White House Seeks Help for Navy’s Advance Columbia-Class Submarine Program

The White House has asked Congress to exempt the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program and other initiatives from restrictions in a continuing resolution that could block funding for “new start” programs, Defense News reported Thursday. The Senate and House have begun discussions to pass a stopgap funding bill before the end of September […]

Air Force Conducts 2nd ABMS Field Exercise

The U.S. Air Force has concluded the second field test for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) to assess the platform’s capacity to thwart adversarial threats through space and ground infrastructure. The Air Force, along with the U.S. Northern Command and Space Command, conducted the on-ramp assessment from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3, the service […]

CISA, EAC Launch Election Risk Profile Tool; Christopher Krebs Quoted

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Election Assistance Commission (US EAC) have unveiled a new tool designed to help local and state election officials assess and mitigate election security risks. The Election Risk Profile Tool can help federal agencies and election officials manage cybersecurity threats to the election infrastructure subsector, identify areas of highest […]

Aaron Weis: Navy to Implement Microsoft-Built Enterprise Collaboration Platform in 2021

Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the U.S. Navy and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the service is transitioning away from a Microsoft-built collaboration tool temporarily deployed for telework operations, C4ISRnet reported Wednesday. Weis told attendees at a Navy Gold Coast webinar that the service plans to implement a Microsoft Office 365 enterprise platform that includes the […]

General Dynamics Mission Systems-Dedrone Team to Advance Drone Technology; Chris Brady Quoted

General Dynamics Missions Systems (GDMS) has made a strategic counter-drone partnership with Dedrone, providing General Dynamics' global network with access to Dedrone's complete drone detection and defeat technology.  "The intrusion of private and restricted airspace by unmanned aerial systems is one of the fastest-growing threats facing our customers, and Dedrone's counter UAS technology platform is […]

Emily Murphy: ASTRO Contract Vehicle to Use Section 876 Authority in FY 2018 NDAA

Emily Murphy, head of the General Services Administration (GSA) and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the ASTRO master contract for unmanned, manned and robotic systems will be the first contract vehicle to use a provision in the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will require price as an evaluation criterion only at the task […]