Jonathan Elliott, Department of War director of the AI Rapid Capabilities Cell in the Chief Digital and AI Office, wants to evolve GenAI to give warfighters a decisive advantage in combat The DOW CDAO and Defense Innovation Unit had $100 million in appropriations spread out over FYs 2024 and 2025 to accelerate GenAI integration with...
DCS has secured a $95 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Multi-Domain Sensing Autonomy Division to provide analytical tools for the Assessment of Sensing-Autonomy Sensor Exploitation Technologies, or ASSET, program. Initiatives like the ASSET program highlight the Air Force’s commitment to leveraging emerging ...
Anduril Industries has agreed to acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its space domain awareness and missile defense capabilities. As companies like Anduril expand capabilities in space domain awareness, industry and government leaders continue to explore the technologies shaping the future of air and spac...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International and one of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Experts Artificial intelligence, or AI, is not merely a tool in our age of rapid technological advancement; rather, it is the fundamental force behind innovation in all spheres of society. Our world is changing due to AI’s capabilities, whi...
The U.S. government has, for decades, been inundated with legacy systems and equipment and slow procurement cycles that led to high maintenance costs and inefficient delivery of public services and left critical infrastructures vulnerable to cyberthreats. All of that seems to be changing. In 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order t...
Trident Solutions has acquired space electronics developer Ibeos, expanding its capabilities in on-orbit computing and power systems used in government and commercial space missions. The company said Monday the transaction strengthens its portfolio of space-qualified electronics, combining its mission data processing and networking technologies with...
By Chris Burton, executive vice president of strategy at Sign In Solutions As a government contractor, you operate in a world defined by workflows. They dictate how efficiently and profitably your organization runs its projects and its business. They play a major role in the success of your organization’s new business pursuits and custome...
The battle between the Department of War and artificial intelligence developer Anthropic is the hottest story in GovCon. The two parties are embroiled in a legal dispute over to which extent the department should be able to use a contractor’s technology in activities deemed legal and whether a contractor should be able to dictate how the...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Phase 1 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is live. The DFARS acquisition rule took effect on November 10, 2025, and DoD has begun incorporating CMMC requirements into new solicitations and contracts. Yet misconceptions about CMMC persist across the defense indus...
Tang Pham, a 2026 Wash100 Award recipient, will hold an expanded leadership role within AT&T‘s federal business, according to information sent to GovCon Wire on Friday. Building on his leadership as vice president of defense since March 2025, Pham will oversee AT&T’s national security segment, supporting the White House, the intellig...
