More DHS Cybersecurity Student Volunteer Opportunities Available
The Department of Homeland Security has expanded its Secretary’s Honors Program Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative to more agencies. Applications are due by Friday.
Soldiers Check Out Next-Generation Combat Technologies
Florida State University Receives Funding for New STEM Teaching Program
Florida State University (FSU) has received more than $14 million in grants to create a program that will provide focused training, resources and support to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers. FSU’s Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (FCR-STEM) and its partners are creating FCR-STEMLearn with the new grants from the Florida Department of Education.
Bin Laden Avatar Could Preach Fatwa
The U.S. intelligence community has taken some flak lately for infiltrating online games, such as Second Life and World of Warcraft. A just-released report commissioned by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, however, posits that the technology could be abused by extremists.
TTT-Cubed to Support Airborn Threat Simulation Organization
TTT-Cubed Inc., Fremont, Calif., is being awarded a $26,983,588 ceiling-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of hardware, repair, and modification services f
PTFS to Provide Digital Library System for Intelligence Agency
Denmark Procures Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $10,510,029 firm-fixed-price contract for nine multi-spectral targeting systems for Royal Danish Navy MH-60R/S helicopters.
Cubic to Enhance CBRN Counter Proliferation Program
Cubic Applications Incorporated, San Diego, has been awarded a $9,900,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for solutions to enhance the U.S
Cool App-titude: OpenMaps
Tap into the power of OpenStreetMap on your iPhone. OpenStreetMap is a free wiki world map, where anyone can contribute by editing and adding tags or creating places.
DARPA Announces Eight Robotics Challenge Trials Winners
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected eight teams eligible to receive up to $1 million to continue their work following the conclusion of the agency’s Robotics Challenge trials. The robots performed a series of eight simple tasks, such as walking a short distance or cutting a hole in a wall, at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida.
