The 754th Electronic Systems Group at Maxwell AFB, Ala., has activated a software center of excellence and awarded a contract for $10 million worth of security protection—all part of the Air Force effort to gain master over cyber operations. Monica Morales reports that the group, which is part of Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass., activated the Air Force Application Software Assurance Center of Excellence at Maxwell’s Gunter Annex, last month to examine and develop best practices for network and Web-based application security and now has awarded Telos Corp. a contract to provide technology to help identify, protect, and monitor applications.
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…
