Raytheon Technologies will award three cybersecurity scholarships through a partnership with the International Information System Security Certification Consortium’s charitable foundation to qualified candidates considered historically underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.  ISC(2) said Thursday the Center for Cyber Safety and Education will evaluate applications based on a set of criteria, including financial […] More

A Raytheon Technologies business will serve as a founding sponsor of the US Cyber Games & Team led by woman-owned small business Katzcy in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. “We firmly believe in the importance of investing in the future of cybersecurity, and that future is […] More

A Raytheon Technologies business unit will help the Georgia Technology Authority and other agencies in the state to manage cybersecurity operations under a $34.1 million contract. The award to Raytheon Intelligence & Space covers the provision of a secure operations center, security awareness training, risk and compliance support, enterprise governance, vulnerability management and cyber incident […] More

Red Hat has again honored Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business with a business transformation of the year award. Both parties worked on DevSecOps offerings last year in a joint effort to help customers incorporate security measures  early in the software development process, Raytheon Technologies said Thursday.

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Jon Check, senior director of cyber protection solutions at Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, said agency chief information security officers seeking to make their cybersecurity funds stretch further should look at their priorities. Check wrote in a GCN article published Thursday that agency CISOs should assess their hiring approach and determine whether their cyber tools are updated and capable to address the current security threats.

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Tyndall Air Force Base has hosted a demonstration of a Cubic-made software suite designed to analyze kinetic and non-kinetic effects during training exercises. Cubic said Wednesday its Simplified, Planning, Execution, Analysis, Reconstruction or SPEAR suite facilitated user experience across more than 75 aircraft at the Checkered Flag 21-1 exercise.

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BlueHalo has achieved a key milestone in its work under a $1.4 billion U.S. Space Force satellite communications program. The milestone, a successful demonstration of integrated backend mission services to Guardian operators, was completed at the 2024 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, BlueHalo announced on Thursday.

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Leidos concluded the on-orbit demonstration of the Lonestar tactical space support vehicle designed to provide space-based situational awareness for warfighters. Leidos said Tuesday its subsidiary Dynetics developed the Lonestar TSSV for the U.S. Army under a contract awarded in 2018.

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Johnathon Caldwell, vice president of navigation systems at Lockheed Martin’s space business, confirmed that the second GPS III satellite will continue on-orbit testing before joining the U.S. Air Force’s GPS constellation, GPS World reported Tuesday.

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Unisys has unveiled at the Black Hat USA 2018 conference a subscription-based managed service that works to leverage analytics to help security professionals assess an organization’s cybersecurity posture and evaluate cyber threats in financial terms. TrustCheck is built to perform cyber risk assessments through Secure Systems Innovation Corp.’s patented X-Analytics model used by cyber insurance […] More

Former Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Mark Kelly have formed a coalition of retired military officers that aims to urge political leaders to help prevent gun violence by addressing loopholes in laws and regulations on gun ownership-related background checks. Giffords and Kelly, also a retired NASA astronaut, named the members of the […] More

As reliable security measures are becoming necessary for all businesses, there has been a surge in demand for cybersecurity technology. As a result of this change, more tools and methods are becoming accessible to assist the government in modernization. The following group of executives are at the forefront of cybersecurity, both in terms of experience […] More