Nineteen Air Force cadets graduated with sixteen military and civilian colleagues from a 10-week long cyber security boot camp, held at the Air Force Research Laboratory information directorate in Rome, N.Y. The course entailed lectures, real-world problem-solving, and collaborating with AFRL staff on military and industry projects and ended with a two day “hackfest”—a large cyber security exercise. Working with AFRL on the course are Syracuse University and the CASE Center of New York, among other organizations. (Read more here.)
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
