Navy Orders Harris Electronic Warfare Decoy Tech; Ed Zoiss Comments The U.S. Navy has ordered $27 million in maritime electronic warfare payloads from Harris Corp. in support of a Naval Research Laboratory program to implement decoy technology for the service branch…

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American Systems to Extend Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity Support; Peter Smith Comments The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded American Systems a five-year, $10 million task order to extend its integrated test, evaluation and analytical support services to the U.S. Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity at Fort Detrick, Maryland…

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CorasCloud, HumanTouch Deploy Project & Portfolio Mgmt Tool at DISA CorasCloud has partnered with HumanTouch to implement the former’s CORASManage project and portfolio management platform across the Defense Information Systems Agency to support more than 1,100 users…

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Deborah Lee James: Conflicts on Earth Could Extend to Space Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has said conflicts on Earth can reach space in the future and the U.S. is preparing to address that possibility. James took part in a breakout session at the Center for a New American Security’s annual conference in Washington to discuss U…

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Kaspersky Lab Report: 2015-2016 Saw Increase in Ransomware Attacks A Kaspersky Lab report says the total number of people who experienced ransomware-related attacks worldwide between April 2015 and March 2016 climbed by 17.7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year…

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NAVSEA Starts New Night Vision Goggle Tech Integration for Expeditionary Combat Command The Naval Sea Systems Command has started to transition a new suite of “Wide Field of View” night vision goggles to personnel within the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command. The U.S. Navy said Friday the WFOV NVG units are designed to double view fields of traditional night vision models and support, depth perception, situational awareness and movement speed for warfighters through 80-degree field of view features…

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GSA Purchases Frederick County, VA Site for FBI Central Records Complex The U.S. General Services Administration has purchased 59 acres of land in Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia for $4.75 million to house the FBI‘s future Central Records Complex as the bureau seeks to comply with the National Archives‘ record storage requirements…

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Raytheon Tests GPS OCX Black Wide Area Network; Bill Sullivan Comments Raytheon has conducted a “run for record” test on network connectivity technology for the operational control system of the U.S. Air Force’s GPS satellite constellation. The company said Monday it tested the mission capability and cyber control functions of the Black Wide Area Network that is scheduled to be deployed in 2017 as part of OCX blocks 1 and 2…

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Jack Wilmer: DISA Needs Security Tools to Defend DoD Apps in Commercial Cloud Jack Wilmer, a Defense Information Systems Agency official, has said DISA needs to field tools designed to defend Defense Department applications from potential security vulnerabilities in commercial cloud environments…

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Army, NSTA Pick 4 Student Teams as eCYBERMISSION STEM Contest Winners The U.S. Army and the National Science Teachers Association have announced four student teams in grade six to nine as winners of the 2015-2016 eCYBERMISSION national competition. The service branch-sponsored online contest is administered by NSTA and aims to encourage students to identify and address community problems through projects that seek to leverage students’ skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, NSTA said Friday…

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