Jim Sanborn Is Auctioning Off the Solution to Part Four of the Kryptos Sculpture

Well, this is interesting:

The auction, which will include other items related to cryptology, will be held Nov. 20. RR Auction, the company arranging the sale, estimates a winning bid between $300,000 and $500,000.

Along with the original handwritten plain text of K4 and other papers related to the coding, Mr. Sanborn will also be providing a 12-by-18-inch copper plate that has three lines of alphabetic characters cut through with a jigsaw, which he calls “my proof-of-concept piece” and which he kept on a table for inspiration during the two years he and helpers hand-cut the letters for the project. The process was grueling, exacting and nerve wracking. “You could not make any mistake with 1,800 letters,” he said. “It could not be repaired.”…

August 21, 2025
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U.S. Army awards Sikorsky contract for Black Hawk upgrade

The U.S. Army has awarded Sikorsky, part of Lockheed Martin, an initial $43 million contract to begin engineering work on modernising the Black Hawk helicopter, according to an announcement made on 20 August. The funding will cover airframe improvements and the development of a new “digital backbone” to support future upgrades. The Army intends the […]

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PPN 01/24: What It Means and How Businesses Can Prepare

In January 2024, the UK Cabinet Office issued a new Procurement Policy Note (PPN 01/24) aimed at strengthening cybersecurity across the public sector supply chain. The policy, which came into effect on 1 April 2024, sets out new requirements for suppliers bidding on central government contracts. Most notably, organisations bidding for contracts worth £5 million […]

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August 21, 2025
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