Colin Demarest
Colin Demarest was a reporter at C4ISRNET, where he covered military networks, cyber and IT. Colin had previously covered the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration — namely Cold War cleanup and nuclear weapons development — for a daily newspaper in South Carolina. Colin is also an award-winning photographer.
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Former CYBERCOM boss Nakasone to lead Vanderbilt defense institute
The move follows a yearslong stint overseeing elite military hackers and global intelligence collection.
New boss headed to US Army networks office
Maj. Gen. Anthony Potts will arrive at PEO C3T, headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, after years of leading PEO Soldier at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Lockheed and Microsoft collaborating on 5G military tech
Some fruits of the partnership were recently put to the test at Lockheed Martin Space’s 5G test range in Colorado.
Palantir scores $34M order for Army data platform
The Department of Defense in February 2020 named Palantir and BAE Systems as competitors on a $823 million contract to upgrade the Army’s facet of the Distributed Common Ground System.
US ‘prepared to respond’ to Russian cyberattacks, says Biden
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff told reporters he had not personally seen “Russian cyber action directed at the United States over Ukraine,” but cautioned it's “very early in the conflict.”
Ukraine pelted with cyberattacks ahead of Russian assault
The sites for Ukraine’s defense, foreign affairs and interior ministries, among others, were knocked offline Feb. 23, as Russian forces moved in and explosions were reported around the country — including near the capital, Kyiv.
Project Convergence reinforces the need for shared standards across the services
“Without access to and the ability to share, parse, understand and recode data, we’re going to be, sort of, left fighting how we did in the ‘80s and ‘90s.”
Hundreds of AI projects underway as Defense Department eyes future combat
The Department of Defense considers artificial intelligence a modernization priority and has invested in it, though the exact sum is unclear.
CISA accuses Russia-backed hackers of stealing info from U.S. defense contractors
During one notable transgression in 2021, CISA said, “actors exfiltrated hundreds of documents related to the company’s products, relationships with other countries, and internal personnel and legal matters.”
Lockheed to develop 5G testbed for Marine Corps
The testbed will help identify areas of compatibility between 5G networks and defense platforms, the company said Feb. 16.
