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Senate Confirms Laurie Locascio to Lead National Institute of Standards and Technology (nextgov)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 04/11/2022 - 10:54Northrop Grumman and AT&T unveiled plan to form and refine a 5G-backed “digital battle network” in support of the Pentagon (nextgov)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/05/2022 - 16:19Rep Lofgren States Agencies Need More Tech Expertise to Support Future Data Privacy Legislation (nextgov)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 03/24/2022 - 15:34First US-Spain Cybersecurity Seminar Aims to Promote Tech Advancement in Nations That Don't 'Diminish Freedom’ (nextgov)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 03/08/2022 - 12:37Why Is Ukraine’s Internet Still Up? Perhaps Because the Invaders Need It (nextgov)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 03/08/2022 - 12:36If Russia Hacks a U.S. Satellite, Then What? (nextgov)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 03/04/2022 - 06:33Privacy and Child Endangerment are Major Congressional Motivators for Regulating Big Tech (nextgov)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 03/02/2022 - 17:23Moscow Retaliates as Online Giants Take Steps to Stem Disinformation (nextgov)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 02/27/2022 - 10:48Air Force Commits Millions to Demonstrate ‘Space Internet’
The Air Force plans to enable and demonstrate a space internet that the military can use to connect and communicate via constellations of commercial spacecraft operating in various orbits. In a presolicitation released by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), officials confirmed intent to award two to five contracts worth up to $40 million each for “multi-band, multi-orbit communication experiments.” The work would span a couple years, and AFRL already has sights set on some use cases of interest.