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Dan Jablonsky, former president and CEO of Maxar Technologies and a two-time Wash100 awardee, will succeed Joe Laurienti as chief executive of Ursa Major. Jablonsky, an aerospace and defense industry veteran, will take the helm of Ursa Major and lead the company through its next stages of growth, effective Aug. 5, the rocket and missile...
Wade Ellery, field chief technology officer and senior technical evangelist at Radiant Logic, said government agencies that intend to implement an identity and access management infrastructure need to have a 360-degree view of identity data. In an article published on Carahsoft.com, Ellery described a zero trust security model as a journey that begi...
The U.S. Navy has started soliciting proposals for a potential $939.6 million multiple-award contract to develop and produce Multifunctional Information Distribution System Weapons Data Link small weapons attritable family 2 radios. According to a solicitation notice published Tuesday, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command will launch a full and...
5G is transforming communications around the world. But is the U.S. keeping up with adversaries in this critical technology area? Are we adopting 5G in the battlespace quickly enough to outpace threats? What’s next for 5G? We sat down with General Rob Spalding to find out. Hear Gen. Spalding speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 67 companies positions on a potential nine-year, $975 million contract to help the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office optimize the operational readiness of deployed weapon systems. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the 771st Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio received 68 offers...
The first delivery of the Department of Defense’s CJADC2 initiative could be realized this fall during the twelfth round of the Pentagon’s Global Information Dominance Experiment, according to GIDE Director Col. Matt Strohmeyer. “Our goal is to deliver 1.0 of CJADC2 this fall during GIDE 12,” said Strohmeyer during a panel discussion mo...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide the U.S. Army with global operational support for unmanned systems under a potential $414 million task order. The company said Monday it will support the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Cente...
RTX (NYSE: RTX) posted $19.7 billion in fiscal 2024 second-quarter sales, up 8 percent from the prior-year period, and saw its adjusted earnings per share for the period rise 9 percent to $1.41. The Arlington, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor said Tuesday its total backlog reached $206 billion at the end of the quarter with...
The U.S. Air Force is working to integrate Secretary Frank Kendall’s seven operational imperatives, or OIs, to acquire new technologies, conduct research and face potential global threats in the modern battlefield. Timothy Grayson, special assistant to the Air Force secretary, discussed during the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Air Defense S...
Generative artificial intelligence refers to a type of AI tool that can produce content in response to user prompts. These rapidly evolving technologies are transforming operations across both the public and private sectors, and while organizations are moving quickly to adopt genAI, there are still concerns that must be considered as these tools are...
