Cyber

By Geoff Fein Small contractors looking to land a defense contract without having to compete against the large prime companies can turn to the program executive office for littoral and […]

By Geoff Fein With the need to develop a more robust approach to protecting the nation’s networks, one lawmaker is hoping to craft legislation that would codify many of the […]

By Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman [NOC], Lockheed Martin [LMT] and BAE Systems have submitted bids to develop the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) system, the companies said […]

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 […]