January 17, 2024

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CENTCOM has revealed that US forces seized “lethal, Iranian-supplied” arms heading to the militant group, including missile components. Two Navy SEALs, however, remain missing after the Jan. 11 operation. Read more

L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space will build 18 satellites each for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture program. Each company will build 16 missile warning and tracking satellites to detect ballistic and hypersonic missiles, and two “preliminary fire control” satellites, which track hypersonic missiles in greater detail and carry more sophisticated infrared sensors to collect data to feed to interceptors that can shoot down missiles. Read more

The DOD is making progress on its innovative tech, but it’s got a lot left to do according to a new report from the Atlantic Council’s Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption, which acknowledged broader, strategic matters that “will take time to reach full implementation.” Read more

Immerse yourself in the story of the Wa highlanders, who have lived in the border mountains between Myanmar and China for centuries. In a book that draws on CIA and DEA documents - “some declassified, others acquired by creative means," according to the author - learn about the unyielding autonomy of the denizens of Narcotopia. Read more

The three-year-old Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy has helped the State Department advance the country's interests in cyberspace and strengthen cyber alliances with foreign partners. By consolidating the department's digital efforts under an ambassador at-large, CDP has “helped to better position State to achieve its cyber diplomacy goals." Read more

Voice of America (VOA) is dealing with backlash over its newsroom guidance on the use of generative AI to voice news reports. Its journalists are pushing back on leadership’s AI policy regarding “synthetic voices." “We are…concerned that guidance that permits AI to voice news reports and other products, even with the caveat that ‘a human being retains full control over the journalistic content,’ will allow for VOA to begin to replace on-air journalists with AI.” Read more

For the DHS, public engagement is a regular part of its many agencies. With its wide variety of public operations, it is critical for the DHS to ensure that its interactions with customers run smoothly; there are three ways DHS is working to do just that: Mobile ID Screening, Traveler Processing, and Workforce Development. Read more

CISA's goal for year 12 of its continuous diagnostics and mitigation program is quite simple: the agency is focused on operationalizing current cyber tools to make sure other agencies are getting the full value out of them. Read more

Airbus Helicopters has agreed to acquire Aerovel in a deal aimed at expanding the Airbus subsidiary’s portfolio of tactical unmanned aerial system offerings. The deal will include Aerovel’s Flexrotor vertical takeoff and landing UAS designed to support land and sea-based intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance missions. Read more

Iron Mountain has officially purchased Regency Technologies to expand its capabilities in IT asset lifecycle management and disposition. “This is a strategic move that will propel us to the next frontier in Asset Lifecycle Management," said Iron Mountain's EVP and GM of asset lifecycle management. Read more

Defense and government investment banking team Raymond James has released a report highlighting the financial performance of public companies in GovCon, recent M&As, and some of the biggest contracts that were awarded last year. Read more

Pretty much all of it: an FTC case against advertisement tech giant Kochava reveals that data brokers know pretty much everything about you; the firm's secretive data acquisition and AI-aided analytics practices seem to be commonplace in the market for global location data. Read more

If you're considering potential vendors, partners, and employers, certain CDC-focused businesses - which were the most viewed profiles on the OrangeSlices partner platform of late - are winning, growing, and driving some of the key missions of Federal agencies. Read more

Amid the ongoing rise of artificial intelligence technologies and their integration into digital networks, the Aspen Institute compiled a new list of cybersecurity recommendations for government and industry. Read more

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