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By Lauren C. Williams Mar 03, 2021 The Defense Department will likely have to look even deeper for cost-savings as flat budget looms for 2022 and beyond. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the chairman for the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that while topline budget numbers dont adequately reflect value, the Pentagon and military services should look for cost-savings and where reinvestments can be made. "One of the ironies of the Budget Control Act was that it was designed to reduce the deficit ...

By Lauren C. Williams Mar 03, 2021 Unless the Air Force can modernize the IT infrastructure at the Air Force Academy, the school’s  accreditation could be in jeopardy, according to Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, the academys superintendent. "Our IT is woefully behind where we need to be a provider of cyber excellence," Clark testified during a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on March 2.  The Academy’s IT needs dont get the same attention as the Air Force’s broader enterprise...

At a recent hearing on the massive hack on SolarWinds IT management software, witnesses explained that they are still unsure how widespread the attack was, how hackers corrupted the Orion software and what they intend to do with the information they’ve accessed

Share this article Share this article ResearchAndMarkets.coms offering. The military embedded systems market size is projected to grow from USD 1.4 billion in 2020 to USD 2.1 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 8.3% from 2020 to 2025. Various improvements in integrated circuits and processor technologies have led to a decline in the overall hardware costs associated with embedded systems. Adoption of modern blade servers is growing, especially in network-centric military applications. Military electr...

In the wake of a wide-ranging hack involving SolarWinds IT management software and other commercial products, the White House is planning executive action to address cybersecurity gaps.

By Defense Systems Staff Feb 24, 2021 The Marine Corps Logistics Command in Albany, Ga., is gearing up for a 5G-enabled smart warehouse that will feature robotics, barcode scanning and holographic, augmented and virtual reality applications to help manage storage and maintenance of vehicles, materiel and supplies. A Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)-enabled private 5G wireless network is being installed as part of a multi-year initiative to create a 5G smart warehouse reference design. Th...

Defense industry experts call on lawmakers to push for procurement protest reforms to enhance national security.

By Justin Katz Feb 24, 2021 Einstein, a core component of the governments National Cybersecurity Protection System, was unable to stop the Solarwinds compromise because it focuses on attacks coming from outside the network, according to the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. CISA is exploring ways to monitor internal "anomalous activities," such as a network management system communicating through an encrypted channel to an entity outside the network, Brand...

The Local Tech Company Helping Dallas Get Vaccinated Blockit is being used across the country to help municipalities schedule vaccine appointments, but it hasnt always been easy. By Will Maddox Published in Healthcare Business February 23, 2021 4:00 pm The pandemic has made nearly every company and municipality take on responsibilities it didn’t once have, and the vaccination process has turned municipalities into medical booking companies. When the City of Dallas launched its vaccination h...

The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which guards India’s frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan, plans to use space and map-based technologies Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) and Geographical Information System (GIS) to assess any physical changes at the borders, presence of troops, or weaponry as well as border crimes, people familiar with the matter said