Recent developments in anti-satellite and space-based weaponry by foreign adversaries has prompted the Department of Defense (DOD) to rapidly develop and deploy secure space intelligence sensors that will arm military leaders with information supremacy and warfighters with tactical advantages over adversaries. During Potomac Officers Club’s Space ...
Henry Fleischmann, director of government, education and healthcare solutions architecture at VMware (NYSE: VMW), said agencies seeking to protect critical assets from cyberattacks should adopt an end-to-end security framework that includes a zero trust approach. Fleischmann wrote that with zero trust, organizations should assume that a breach withi...
A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) study says government information technology leaders said they expect agencies to make cybersecurity spending a priority for fiscal year 2022 amid the recent cyberattacks. IBM said Thursday it commissioned Morning Consult to survey more than 500 current and former U.S. government IT decision makers in June and found that more...
Alan Shaffer, former deputy undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, has joined the government security committee of semiconductor manufacturing company GlobalFoundries. He joins a panel that advises the Malta, New York-based company’s management team on government, political affairs and security matters,...
NASA and the Department of Energy have selected BWX Technologies, General Atomics and Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies to further develop their reactor design concepts for a nuclear thermal propulsion system that could be used in future deep space exploration missions. Each company will receive a potential 12-year, $5 million contract from DOE’s Id...
Ensco has elevated company veterans Kevin Pruett and Jeffrey Stevens to senior vice president roles following the creation of two new business groups focused on supporting aerospace and engineering and surface transportation initiatives of government, commercial and international customers. Boris Nejikovsky, president of Ensco, said in a statement p...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 13, 2021 — BlueHalo, an Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company, aims to expand its space manufacturing capabilities through a planned acquisition of Design and Development Engineering Services, a developer of radiation-hardened, space-qualified systems, ExecutiveBiz reported July 6. Jonathan Moneymaker, CEO of BlueHal...
This past Thursday, Potomac Officers Club (POC), the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its 2021 Air Force Acquisition Forum. Check out the Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page to view on-demand the Air Force Acquisition Forum if you mis...
Jen Easterly, head of firm resilience and the Fusion Resilience Center at Morgan Stanley, received Senate confirmation to serve as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, three months after the White House announced her nomination for the role, Politico reported Monday. In a unanimous vote, senators approved Easterly to lea...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has agreed to buy cybersecurity company RiskIQ for more than $500 million in cash as part of efforts to expand its products and safeguard customers from cyberattacks, Bloomberg reported Monday. Bloomberg cited sources that say the transaction could be announced in the next few days. Founded in 2009, RiskIQ is a San...
