SALLY COLE, SENIOR EDITOR

The cyber domain is playing a more visible role in offensive military operations, but serious vulnerabilities exist within weapons systems that must be addressed today to avoid being rendered useless via cyberattacks during future battles.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Charles River Analytics Inc., developer of intelligent systems solutions, has received funding from U.S. Army to develop a Controller Area Network Defense in Depth (CANDID) custom hardware/software solution. CANDID can help analysts detect cybersecurity breaches in tanks that rely on vulnerable commercial protocols and electronic systems.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Cyberengineering firm Radiance Technologies has won a potential five-year, $99.9 million contract to design, build, develop, and integrate a set of tools and models for the U.S. Air Force to use in the assessment of cyber vulnerabilities on Internet of things-based devices and other distributed systems.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a $14 million contract with Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command to provide full spectrum cyberspace support.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Perspecta Inc. has won the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) Enterprise Modernization program from the United States Air Force Enterprise Information Technology and Cyber Infrastructure Division of the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks (C3I&N) Program Executive Office (PEO).

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Radiant Geospatial Solutions (Ypsilanti, Michigan, a Maxar company) a $14.2 million contract for Red Wing Next Generation Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Cloud.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, announced that the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) has named the company as one of six award winners for an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has awarded spots to 16 companies on a potential 10-year, $17.1 billion contract to provide military intelligence support for national-security policymakers, defense planners, and warfighters in the field.

RICHARD WHALEY, MERCURY SYSTEMS

Market-intelligence firm IDC predicts that the sum of the world’s collective data, estimated at 33 zettabytes currently, will eclipse 175 zettabytes by 2025. That’s equivalent to forty billion pounds of common one-terabyte storage disks. Intelligence and military applications rely on massive data pipelines to drive intelligence gathering and mission-critical decision-making. The speed at which the warfighter is able to collect, process, analyze, and understand data directly impacts mission success.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

To help military and government agencies keep pace with rapidly evolving threats, Raytheon has developed a virtual software factory — a mix of physical coding spaces, cloud-based tools, and software experts — to deliver new capabilities to the military.

WIND RIVER

Today, multi-national corporations and startups alike are addressing the emerging sector of commercial spacecraft. Known as “new space,” it is where companies are introducing new designs that propel them at the forefront of technological advancement in areas such as 5G networking and big data imaging.