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Cyber

DHS Awards $16 Million In Contracts To Help Detect Vulnerabilities In New Software

Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded Kestrel Technology, LLC and GrammaTech, Inc. separate contracts worth about $8 million each to help improve static analysis tools used by developers to detect potential vulnerabilities in new software systems, DHS said this week.Both contracts were issued as part of the Homeland Security Advanced Research Project Agency (HSARPA) Cyber Security Division’s (CSD) Software Assurance Program. The program is working with cyber security researchers in the private sector and academia…

Congress

All Future Systems Should Have Autonomy Features, Reed Says

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Congress

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Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

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Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

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