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Army Puts Leidos Special Mission Plane Through Paces At Project Convergence A newly configured plane — which they're calling ARTEMIS 2.0 — is expected to be ready in March 2022, Leidos says. This comes after two extensive deployments to both the Pacific and European theaters, flying more than 569 mission hours and boasting an impressive readiness rate of more than 90 percent in 2020.

DISA Head: DoD Working To Modernize ICAM, C2, Data Use "I have a mantra of 'I want to kill to the [Common Access Card] as the primary authentication mechanism for the department'," Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said. "Industry has better authentication, and it's not just two-factor, it's truly multi-factor authentication."

NGA Must 'Treat Data As A Strategic Asset,' Director Says "Kind of like the mountains Lewis and Clark had to scale, data is a mountain we have to climb," NGA Director Vice Adm. Robert Sharp said at GEOINT 2021.

NSA Renews Focus On Securing Military Weapons Systems Against 'Capable' Rivals "In terms of weapons systems, we have computers on wings, at sea, and on land. We don't think of [weapons systems] that way, but none of them work without computers," NSA's Joyce said.

Army Awards Palantir $823M Contract For Enterprise 'Data Fabric' The award is part of the second capability drop of the Distributed Common Ground Systems-Army.

Addressing 5G National Security Risks Must Include Satellite Security As the US and its partners try to exploit the benefits of 5G networks for future national security uses, the focus has largely been on security terrestrial networks. But in this analysis, Melissa K. Griffith of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars argues that those worried about 5G security need to aim higher. What…

Nakasone Now Sees Ransomware, Influence Ops As 'National Security' Threats "We aim to convey that, 'Hello, we are from the government, and we're here to help' is not a scary idea," the general joked, alluding to a famous quote by former President Reagan.

Mandiant CEO Sees 'Coordinated National, Global Response' As Next Advance In Cybersecurity "Academics will sit back and say, 'Well, if you just did that and that and that, you would have avoided it.' But if there's no way to impose risk or consequences for [threat actors] doing it, your day is coming," Mandia said.

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