Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will lead two separate teams under a pair of NASA contracts to develop concepts for a passenger jet capable of reaching Mach 2 to Mach 4 speeds. Each industry team will create a nonproprietary aircraft design and a high-speed air travel roadmap for the next phase of the Advanced Air Vehicles...
Deborah Youmans, former vice president and deputy chief information officer at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has been named CIO at not-for-profit research and development organization Mitre. She will supervise more than 400 IT professionals within Mitre’s enterprise computing and information systems unit, the non-for-profit research and dev...
Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics, and technology, accepted his 2023 Wash100 Award from the award’s founder, Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson, at the Potomac Officers Club’s recent Army Summit. The summit gathered the service branch’s top officials and stewards for a riveting day of speeche...
Artificial intelligence is sweeping the Department of Defense, and in search of new ways to support the warfighter on the ever-changing modern battlefield, the department is now heavily focused on perfecting this emerging technology. Ensuring that AI implementation aligns with DOD values and objectives is an effort that requires careful attenti...
Government contracts awarded by Air Force Research Lab have since been an effective collaboration between the government and private sectors. The purpose of these research and development programs is to advance technical and scientific expertise and apply what is gained to achieve national and agency goals The Air Force Research Laboratory (A...
Hypersonic weapons have become a major priority for government and military leaders as the United States’ key competitors advance their own hypersonic capabilities and threaten America’s technological dominance. During the Potomac Officers Club’s 8th Annual Army Summit, the Honorable Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army f...
CRDF Global, a nonprofit cybersecurity organization in Arlington, Virginia, has added GovCon industry executives Linda Gooden, Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, Alonzo Fulgham and Kenneth Myers to the board of directors. Gooden is a four-decade aerospace and defense industry veteran who previously served as executive vice president of information systems...
Quantum computing is not a new field by any means, but its impact and potential are still largely unknown. In the next few decades, experts believe quantum developments will have significant, game-changing implications in a myriad of fields, and the capabilities quantum unlocks will be critical for the country’s technological power. However, quant...
Mark Fuller, president and CEO of Castellum (NYSE-American: CTM), said the cybersecurity and electronic warfare services provider generated record revenue of more than $12.44 million during the second quarter of 2023. Fuller said in a statement published Monday the figure reflects a 25 percent jump from Castellum’s first-quarter revenue driven...
Eleven companies have been named in the latest batch of NASA’s Tipping Point partners that will develop technologies that could support lunar surface and space exploration missions. The agency said Tuesday it expects to contribute a total of $150 million to fund the projects and each award recipient will shoulder at least 10 to 25...
