To aid in the war against cyber attacks, Air Force Research Lab’s Rome, N.Y., directorate has awarded a $1 million contract to 21st Century Technologies, Inc., an Austin, Tex.-based company founded in 1999 by two Massachusetts Institutes of Technology scientists. According to a company release, the work, which will involve use of the company’s “flagship intelligence analytics platform Lynxeon,” will take place primarily at Lackland AFB, Tex., where USAF wants to install its new cyber-centric 24th Air Force. According to an Austin American-Statesman report, company CEO Irene Williams said Lynxeon analyzes data from cyber attacks to identify patterns and methods that could ascertain future targets. She told the newspaper, “This is a new battlefront for us, and we feel … very fortunate to be at the forefront of this area.” The company release noted the widely reported July 4-8 attacks against numerous US government agencies and commercial Websites and stated that its pioneering software will aid discovery and prediction of such attacks to cut them off “long before it reaches its final destination.”
Top Lawmakers Want 15 Percent Pay Raise for Enlisted Troops
April 19, 2024
A new law introduced by Congress would raise the pay rate 15 percent for junior enlisted troops and seek improvements on a range of quality of life issues, such as pay and compensation, child care, housing, health care access, and military spouse employment.