The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Wisconsin Security Research Consortium hosted research leaders from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on March 12, 2024. NRO develops, acquires, launches, and operates space-based assets and ground systems. NRO systems address the nation's toughest intelligence challenges, providing information and perspectives...
[caption id="attachment_16398" align="alignright" width="387"] Maj Gen (ret) Tim Zadalis[/caption] The Wisconsin Security Research Consortium is pleased to welcome Maj Gen (ret) Tim Zadalis to its Board of Advisors. General Zadalis will support national security initiatives and U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force partnerships at the...
UW-Madison contributes to advances in intelligence, security, and national defense through research, education, and technology commercialization. Opportunities are available for faculty, staff and students in areas as diverse as biomedicine, computer science, information technology, social sciences, languages/cultures, engineering, and more. Join a diverse group of campus...
Steve Ackerman will serve as the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s next vice chancellor for research and graduate education. He was named today by Chancellor Rebecca Blank. “I am extremely happy,” Ackerman says. “Serving as the vice chancellor for research and graduate education is a great opportunity...
The DCSA Counterintelligence annual report, "Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Report of Foreign Targeting of Cleared Industry," is now available. This product details and enumerates cleared industry's reporting of suspicious contact reports that represent potential foreign intelligence entities attempts to illicitly acquire U.S. technologies resident in...
The Defense Department wants to put more than $106 billion into research and development efforts, according to its 2021 budget request. "Last year's budget was the largest [research, development test and evaluation] request in 70 years. And this year's research request is even larger," Deputy...
America's world class university system has become a soft target in the global espionage war with China, intelligence officials say — and they are pressing universities to do something about it. Read more. ...
Some of the Washington area’s biggest defense contractors are making more money than ever from classified military and intelligence programs, top executives told investors this week, as competition with China and Russia drives a wave of secret spending one analyst called “unprecedented in recent history.”...
Universities need to beef up security and lock their laboratories to prevent losses of what is often publicly funded research, said members of subcommittees of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Read more. ...
Topping the minds of the region's technology leaders this year is the talk of cyber security and the need for businesses to arm themselves against an ever-growing arsenal of threats. Read the full BizTimes story here....