As the global geopolitical environment sees rapid developments unfolding, the United States is shoring up its defense and military capabilities to prepare for an array of potential scenarios in the face of budgetary and adversarial uncertainties. More than 20 of the Defense Department’s top leaders gathered on Wednesday during the McAleese FY2023...
Paul Harris, corporate vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), is set to take on new responsibilities after his promotion as executive VP and chief sustainability and compliance officer. He will continue to lead HII’s compliance-related efforts while overseeing its environmental, so...
The U.S. government appears to be favoring the expansion of surveillance technology deployments along the border with the inclusion of funds for autonomous surveillance towers and other border security platforms in an omnibus budget package, The Washington Post reported Friday. On Thursday, Congress approved and sent to the White House a $1.5 trilli...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $91.28 million contract modification to develop and electronic warfare radio frequency compatibility tool for the U.S. Air Force. The company will provide software development, testing, capability maturation and hardware qualification support services to the military branch, the Department of Defense said ...
DC Capital Partners has acquired aerospace component manufacturer uAvionix for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2015, uAvionix provides small form factor communications, surveillance and navigation avionics for manned and unmanned aircraft systems and develops aviation safety systems to facilitate the integration of UAS into the National Airspace ...
The U.S. Air Force has chosen Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to replace a tactical ground-based radar system used to carry out airspace defense operations. USAF said Wednesday it will exercise an option of a previously awarded contract to procure the company’s AN/TPY-4(V)1 technology for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar produc...
Saab has secured a $122 million modification to a contract with the U.S. Marine Corps for the production and delivery of force-on-force training systems. The modification includes a $54 million order booked in 2021 and options that would raise the potential value of the FoFTS-Next contract to $248 million, Saab said Wednesday. USMC chose the...
Stu Whitehead, deputy director for cyber and C4 integration at the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s J6 directorate, will keynote a Potomac Officers Club forum on April 7 to discuss the importance of data exchange between U.S. defense agencies and their mission partners. Whitehead was appointed to his current position in April 2012 and oversees joint...
The Office of Management and Budget is soliciting feedback through a set of questions to inform the implementation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s guidance detailing best practices to improve the security of the software supply chain in accordance with a cybersecurity executive order signed in May 2021. On Feb. 4, NIST rele...
Google has agreed to buy cybersecurity company Mandiant (Nasdaq: MNDT) for approximately $5.4 billion, or $23 in cash per share. The all-cash transaction is expected to be finalized later this year, subject to regulatory clearances, approval by Mandiant’s stockholders and other customary closing conditions, Google said Tuesday. Mandiant will becom...
