The Army on Friday awarded two prototype awards, totaling nearly $190 million, for vendors to develop the software backbone of the service’s future live and virtual networked training capability, the Synthetic Training Environment (STE). Software firm VT MAK, a subsidiary of VT Systems, and ...

Government regulations around cyber security requirements throughout the defense industrial supply chain need to be more clearly defined and small and medium-sized contractors may be unaware of these regulations and or lack the resources to implement them, says a new report by the consulting firm ...

Jacobs [JEC] on Tuesday said has completed its $815 million acquisition of KeyW, significantly expanding its work with the intelligence community. KeyW will be aligned within Jacobs’ Aerospace, Technology and Nuclear business. When it first announced the deal in April, Jacobs said the acquisition ...

The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday approved bipartisan legislation aimed at improving the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices by requiring the federal government to only purchase devices that meet minimum security standards. The bill now goes to the House floor. The ...

The House on Monday evening passed a bill that would make permanent within the Department of Homeland Security cyber hunt and incident response teams that would work with federal agencies and the private sector to help prevent cyber attacks and mitigate their impacts when they do occur. The Cyber ...

With the Army’s tactical network modernization effort focused now on dropping new capabilities every two years beginning in 2021, officials said Thursday a preliminary design review of the first set of technologies is underway with procurement contracts likely to be awarded next spring. Joe Welch, ...