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Associated Press
15-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Pierce Aerospace and MITRE Partner to Advance Remote ID Research and Development
Pierce Aerospace and MITRE Partner to Advance Remote ID Research and Development 'MITRE is proud to partner with Pierce Aerospace to advance critical initiatives in homeland and national security.'— Yosry Barsoum FISHERS, IN, UNITED STATES, May 15, 2025 / / -- Pierce Aerospace announced that it has executed a memorandum of understanding with MITRE to advance research and the state of the art of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) remote identification. The new collaboration between Pierce Aerospace and MITRE will see Pierce Aerospace's Remote ID sensors installed at the MITRE National Range for remote identification and UAS-related research purposes. The two organizations also will collaborate to advance airspace detection, UAS/autonomy operations, and homeland security capabilities. 'MITRE has always been at the forefront of supporting the public safety sector and the United States through their research and development in support of the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Transportation,' said Aaron Pierce, chief executive officer, Pierce Aerospace. 'We previously engaged with MITRE in testing and evaluation of our Remote ID sensors and capabilities. It made logical sense to further the relationship so we can continue to advance research and development with MITRE in support of the public safety sector and the U.S. government, particularly as we continue to advance the state of the art of UAS remote identification.' The new collaboration between Pierce Aerospace and MITRE focuses on using scientific research and experimentation to address real-world challenges from the increased use of unmanned systems. Allowing academia, government, and industry to collaborate on advancing mission priorities through prototyping and experimentation, the MITRE National Range provides an ideal location to learn, develop, and test capabilities to enhance homeland and national security measures that serve the public interest. 'MITRE is proud to partner with Pierce Aerospace to advance critical initiatives in homeland and national security. Our mission is to enhance capabilities in ways that are both effective and safe,' said Yosry Barsoum, vice president and director of the Center for Securing the Homeland at MITRE. 'By working across industry, federal agencies, and academia, MITRE is uniquely positioned to understand how emerging technologies align with mission objectives. This collaboration between the MITRE National Range and Pierce Aerospace is a vital step in transforming airspace management, ensuring public safety for drone operators and hobbyists, and strengthening our ability to respond to evolving threats.' 'In the last year, we've advanced our Remote ID capabilities and demonstrated that broadcast Remote ID can serve as a fundamental infrastructure that supports an economical path toward UAS integration into the National Airspace System (NAS),' added Pierce. 'With MITRE we intend to continue to push the envelope of research and deliver solutions that aid in the safe and secure integration of drones into the NAS.' About Pierce Aerospace Pierce Aerospace, a Techstars-backed company, is a dual-use IoT and aerospace company and drone Remote ID service provider focused on robust integration of Remote ID services into the UAS ecosystem. As an industry leader, Pierce Aerospace serves on the FAA's Drone Safety Team, ASTM F38 Committee on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and the FAA Detection and Mitigation Advanced Rulemaking Committee. Funds from the U.S. Air Force and the State of Indiana support Pierce Aerospace's Remote ID technology, which was nominated as Indiana's Innovation of the Year by Techpoint and awarded first place in Remote ID technology at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International's Excellence Awards. Pierce Aerospace was awarded the Techpoint Mira Award as Indiana's most innovative tech team. The company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, the racing capital of the world. Visit About MITRE MITRE's mission-driven teams are dedicated to driving solutions to our nation's most pressing challenges. As a not-for-profit research and development organization, MITRE's staff leverage our unique multi-sponsor vantage point, systems expertise, and innovative solutions to ensure the health, prosperity, and security of our nation. Media: Pierce Aerospace, [email protected] MITRE, Lisa Fasold, [email protected] Aaron Pierce Pierce Aerospace +1 317-286-2919 email us here Visit us on social media: LinkedIn Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
WIRED
16-04-2025
- Business
- WIRED
‘Stupid and Dangerous': CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program
Apr 16, 2025 4:10 PM The CVE Program is the primary way software vulnerabilities are tracked. Its long-term future remains in limbo even after a last-minute renewal of the US government contract that funds it. Illustration:In an eleventh-hour scramble before a key contract was set to expire on Tuesday night, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency renewed its funding for the longtime software vulnerability tracking project known as the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program. Managed by the nonprofit research-and-development group MITRE, the CVE Program is a linchpin of global cybersecurity—providing critical data and services for digital defense and research. The CVE Program is governed by a board that sets an agenda and priorities for MITRE to carry out using CISA's funding. A CISA spokesperson said on Wednesday that the contract with MITRE is being extended for 11 months. 'The CVE Program is invaluable to the cyber community and a priority of CISA,' they said in a statement. 'Last night, CISA executed the option period on the contract to ensure there will be no lapse in critical CVE services. We appreciate our partners' and stakeholders' patience.' MITRE's vice president and director of the Center for Securing the Homeland, Yosry Barsoum, said in a statement on Wednesday that, 'CISA identified incremental funding to keep the Programs operational.' With the clock ticking down before this decision came out, though, some members of the CVE Program's board announced a plan to transition the project into a new nonprofit entity called the CVE Foundation. 'Since its inception, the CVE Program has operated as a US government-funded initiative, with oversight and management provided under contract. While this structure has supported the program's growth, it has also raised longstanding concerns among members of the CVE Board about the sustainability and neutrality of a globally relied-upon resource being tied to a single government sponsor,' the Foundation wrote in a statement. 'This concern has become urgent following an April 15, 2025 letter from MITRE notifying the CVE Board that the US government does not intend to renew its contract for managing the program. While we had hoped this day would not come, we have been preparing for this possibility.' It is unclear who from the current CVE board is affiliated with the new initiative other than Kent Landfield, a longtime cybersecurity industry member who was quoted in the CVE Foundation statement. The CVE Foundation did not immediately return a request for comment. CISA did not respond to questions from WIRED about why the fate of the CVE Program contract had been in question and whether it was related to recent budget cuts sweeping the federal government as mandated by the Trump administration. Researchers and cybersecurity professionals were relieved on Wednesday that the CVE Program hadn't suddenly ceased to exist as the result of unprecedented instability in US federal funding. And many observers expressed cautious optimism that the incident could ultimately make the CVE Program more resilient if it transitions to be an independent entity that isn't reliant on funding from any one government or other single source. 'The CVE Program is critical and it's in everyone's interest that it succeed," says Patrick Garrity, a security researcher at VulnCheck. 'Nearly every organization and every security tool is dependent on this information and it's not just the US, it's consumed globally. So it's really, really important that it continues to be a community-provided service and we need to figure out what to do about this because losing it would be a risk to everyone.' Federal procurement records indicate that it costs in the tens of millions of dollars per contract to run the CVE Program. But in the scheme of the losses that can occur from a single cyberattack exploiting unpatched software vulnerabilities, experts tell WIRED, the operational costs seem negligible versus the benefit to US defense alone. Despite CISA's last-minute funding, the future of the CVE Program is still unclear for the long term. As one source, who requested anonymity because they are a federal contractor, put it: 'It's all so stupid and dangerous.'
