Cyber

By Geoff Fein While congress is looking to take more of a leadership role in developing cyber security legislation, issues remain about which committees have jurisdiction over protecting the nation’s […]

Boeing [BA] earlier this week submitted its proposal to develop the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program for the Navy, the company reported. Responses to the request for […]

By Geoff Fein The president’s plan to begin an all-out effort to protect the nation’s critical network infrastructure from cyber attacks should result in significant opportunities for defense contractors, according […]

By Geoff Fein The Department of Defense (DoD) has made great strides in protecting its networks from prowling eyes and has done a good job of stressing that the approach […]

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday said that Phillip Reitinger, deputy under secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at DHS, will also serve as the director of the […]

By Geoff Fein and Calvin Biesecker Citing the economic and national security challenges the nation faces from cyber threats, President Obama Friday rolled out the long-awaited 60-day review of the […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy earlier this month issued its sixth quarterly report to Congress on the state of the service’s open architecture (OA) efforts, highlighting several key documents and […]

Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said it has entered into a 10-year partnership to collaborate with researchers at the Univ. of Texas at Austin on research into cyber security, a market area […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is in the midst of Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) on the USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) and the ship has undergone successful testing of […]

By Marina Malenic With the Air Force in the midst of major adjustments to its future military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) capabilities, the program manager for the F-35 Lightening II Joint […]