The Homeland Security Department is trying to find new ways to attract “cyber security talent,” said DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson during his address at AFA’s Air & Space Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Wednesday. “We want to be in a position to compete or at least to encourage people to serve their country for a little while,” said Johnson, who added that there is legislation pending in the Senate that could “enhance our cyber security effort.” Johnson also called for “legal clarity to protect the ‘.gov world’ and our ability to receive and share information from ‘the .com world,’” noting additional bills are pending in Congress that would address those issues.
Anduril and General Atomics will develop their Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the Air Force, beating out Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, the service announced on April 24. But any of the non-selected companies can compete to actually manufacture the eventual design, the Air Force said.