Jeff Rothblum, head of government affairs and strategy at LILT, said artificial intelligence is critical to helping government agencies meet growing demand for multilingual translation across national security, public services and other mission-critical government missions. “Governments face a persistent shortage of critical-language linguists...
Astrion has appointed Tom Vice, an aerospace and defense industry executive, as executive chair and CEO and tapped industry leaders Eric Brown and Conn Doherty as president of space operations and allied missions and as chief growth officer, respectively. The leadership moves at Astrion come as the defense and space community prepares for deeper col...
President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal year 2027 includes $1.5 trillion in defense spending, marking a $445 billion, or 42 percent, increase from the Pentagon’s FY 2026 funding level. The White House said Friday the proposed FY 2027 budget includes $1.1 trillion in base discretionary funding for the Department of War and an a...
LMI has been awarded a $100 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support life cycle logistics and readiness sustainment efforts for the U.S. Space Force. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Air and Space Summit, set for July 30 and supported by event sponsor LMI, will c...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, or SSC, has awarded SpaceX a $178.5 million task order for additional launches under the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 program. Secure your spot at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Air and Space Summit on July 30 to hear from Air Force and Space Force leaders on...
Melissa Bischoping, senior director of security and product design research at Tanium, said adopting agentic artificial intelligence and other autonomous technologies could help federal agencies strengthen network resilience by automating complex security and IT tasks and improving response times. How Is AI Transforming Federal IT Operations? In an ...
Paul Tierney, a more than 25-year technology sales executive, has rejoined Dataminr as head of public sector. Tierney announced his return to the artificial intelligence-driven threat intelligence provider in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. The latest leadership move at Dataminr underscores the growing urgency around real-time data and AI-drive...
Cybersecurity and compliance firm Summit 7 has added four executives — Kevin Boucher, Shane Shipley, Armando Ordonez and Amanda Patterson — to its leadership team to support growth initiatives. The leadership expansion at Summit 7 comes as the government contracting community continues to focus on cybersecurity and compliance priorities....
Rahul Dubey, vice president of global regulated markets solutions at CyberArk, said federal agencies should treat artificial intelligence agents as a new class of privileged identities to mitigate emerging security risks. “AI agents have access to an organization’s most sensitive resources, which makes them privileged identities. And alt...
Performance Drone Works has raised more than $110 million in a Series B financing round to scale military drone production, strengthen engineering capabilities, expand product offerings and support future growth initiatives and other strategic programs. The latest funding round reflects continued investment activity across the defense technology and...
