NASA’s Stennis Space Center has launched an autonomous systems payload aboard Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-1, or LS-1, small satellite. Carried into space on the SpaceX Transporter 10 rideshare mission, the Autonomous Satellite Technology for
Kristie Canegallo, chief of staff of the Department of Homeland Security since January 2022, has been appointed to serve as deputy secretary of DHS on an interim basis. She will assume the
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Frank Kendall, secretary of the U.S. Air Force and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, has requested the service’s Scientific Advisory Board to examine the potential military applications of generative artificial intelligence, such as
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President Biden has appointed Eric Beightel, a two-decade environmental and transportation industry veteran, as executive director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council. He will succeed outgoing executive director Christine Harada, who
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The U.S. and India have launched a strategic partnership to expand the countries’ collaboration to advance defense technology and manufacturing innovations. The India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem aims to build connections between American
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The U.S. Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft has carried out its first landing on a dirt landing zone as part of a training exercise held at the Nine Mile Training
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The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has debuted the upgraded version of its searchable database of cloud products and services approved for use across the federal government. The upgraded FedRAMP Marketplace
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The Department of Justice has established a cyber section within its National Security Division that will focus on prosecuting nation-state and state-sponsored cyberthreat actors. DOJ said Tuesday the National Security Cyber Section
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Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo.; Ted Lieu, D-Calif.; and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., have introduced a bill that would establish a national commission to assess the nation’s current approach to artificial intelligence regulation. The
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Renee Gordon, director of the emergency communications center in Alexandria, Virginia, has been appointed vice chair of the First Responder Network Authority board. Gordon has been a member of the FirstNet Authority
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The U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm is planning to establish a proving ground dedicated to testing and experimenting with autonomous technologies and capabilities, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Lt. Col. Bryan Ralston, lead
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