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Rich Abott
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UncategorizedHouse Appropriators Approve Big Cut To Air Force AEHF, Slash New Air Force One Funding
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) approved a $140 million cut to the Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program when it passed its version of the fiscal year 2016 […]
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CyberSecond OPM Hack Confirmed
A separate intrusion into the networks of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was confirmed by the White House on Monday. OPM announced that while investigating the first intrusion that […]
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Airbus Provides Skynet Communications to Norway
Under a four-year framework signed between Airbus and Norway’s Defense Logistic Organization (NDLO), the country’s military forces will get access to the Skynet X-band satellites for communications applications, the company […]
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Navy Accepts MUOS-3 Communications Satellite
The Navy has accepted the third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-3) communications satellite following successful completion of on-orbit testing, according to prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT]. MUOS-3, launched Jan. 20, […]
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As DoD Stands Up Cyber Forces, Raytheon Expects Demand For Cyber Weapons
DULLES, Va.—The traditional cyber mission space for the Defense Department has been around protecting networks and industry’s role here has been helping by supplying expertise but with the ongoing standup […]
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G-7 Promises Energy Sector Cybersecurity Efforts
Following the 41st G-7 leaders summit in Germany, the group of seven wealthiest advanced economies pledged to work together on energy sector cybersecurity, among several separate international issues. “We will […]
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Senate Intel Committee’s Cyber Bill Wrapped Into Amendment As Part Of NDAA Debate
A bill approved earlier this year by the Senate Intelligence Committee that would enable increased sharing of cyber threat data between the public and private sectors may be considered as […]
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Einstein Cyber Program Accelerated Amid OPM Breach
An updated third version of EINSTEIN, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cybersecurity defense program that helped identify the cyber hacking of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), will be […]
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OPM Hack Affects Millions of Federal Employees
Personnel data, including personally identifiable information (PII), of four million current and former federal employees may have been stolen in a hack of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), […]
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Congressmen Write Comey Opposing Encryption Backdoor
Two key members of Congress wrote FBI Director James Comey on June 1 to express their opposition to a proposal for companies to allow an encryption back door for law […]