Material Security is the synergistic brainchild of three entrepreneurial technologists: Chairman Ryan Noon, Vice President of Engineering Chris Park and CEO Abhishek Agrawal. The unfortunate milestone of government cyber attacks in 2016 prompted the trio to found the organization and develop no-nonsense, effective security products and services. Th...
As one of the Department of Defense’s 14 critical technology areas, artificial intelligence has taken center stage in the organization’s research and development endeavors. According to Matt Turek, deputy director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Information Innovation Office, approximately 70 percent of the agency’s progr...
Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) has agreed to buy CAES from private equity firm Advent International in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $1.9 billion to expand its portfolio of defense technology platforms across ground, maritime, air and space domains. Charlotte, North Carolina-based Honeywell said Thursday it expects the acquisition to wrap up in ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential two-year, $189 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Combat Air Forces Distributed Mission Operations services. The Department of Defense said Thursday the sole-source contract includes the development of a virtual environment designed to facilitate distributed training events, inclu...
The Army’s 100-day investigation of risks tied to artificial intelligence implementation is coming to a close, and now, the service branch is exploring what the findings mean for the next phase of its AI journey. Dan Andrew, software systems architect with the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Data, Engineering and...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Recently, we shed light on the intricacies of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 third-party assessments and their role in strengthening the cybersecurity framework for Department of Defense contractors. However, achieving initial compliance is just the beginning. The real challenge ...
Last month, the Department of Homeland Security published a far-reaching strategy setting a direction for future research and development investments. The Innovation, Research and Development Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2024-2030 identifies eight strategic priority research areas, or SPRAs, for DHS to focus on as it realigns its technologic...
Judi Dotson, president of Booz Allen Hamilton’s global defense sector, recently accepted her 2024 Wash100 Award during a meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO and Wash100 Founder Jim Garrettson. Wash100 annually recognizes the highest echelon of leaders in the government contracting space. Recipients of the Wash100 Award are recognized for both the...
Merlin Labs has agreed to acquire EpiSys Science, a provider of tactical artificial intelligence software, in a move to expand the autonomous flight technology developer’s multidomain autonomy offerings for the defense market. EpiSci offers its Tactical AI platform for various Department of Defense initiatives including the AFWERX Autonomy Pri...
The U.S. Army is currently undergoing a sweeping modernization effort to upgrade its reservoir of capabilities. While technology itself is a key piece of this movement, so are acquisition and production, and the service branch is exploring ways to transform acquisition processes. According to Young Bang, principal deputy assistant secretary of the ...
