,Vice Adm. Michael Vernazza, NAVIFOR commander, will keynote the 2026 Navy Summit on Aug. 27 Keynote topics may include IW as a warfighting domain, Navy organizational shifts, MOC modernization, and China’s military activities in the Pacific Join Vernazza and other Navy leaders at the 2026 Navy Summit on Aug. 27 at Falls Church Marriott Fai...
The USAF’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program is one of the service’s most ambitious and consequential acquisition programs in generations. Not only is it the USAF’s first real autonomous aircraft effort, but it leverages novel acquisition strategies and decouples the hardware and software procurement to ensure rapidly upgradabl...
The Army is considering broadening rapid acquisition authorities to acquire AI technologies faster, Lt. Gen. Robert Collins said at the 2026 Army Summit. The service has seen tremendous applications of AI for next-generation command and control, intelligence, autonomy and automated target recognition capabilities. Lt. Gen. Collins also discussed his...
By Chris Crowder, executive vice president, GovCon, Unanet Ten years ago, government contracting felt more predictable than it does today. Cybersecurity requirements were still taking shape. Artificial intelligence has yet to enter everyday business conversations. Compliance was often treated as a cost of doing business, not a source of competitiv...
SAIC has named John Wagner enterprise growth SVP Wagner brings expertise in strategic growth, mission integration and customer engagement The 2026 Air and Space Summit will cover AI, space and network modernization topics SAIC has appointed John Wagner, an enterprise leader and program management professional, as senior vice president of enterprise ...
NASA has added eight companies to its CSDA contract and will buy more data products from six existing vendors The awards came under the program’s second on-ramp round, bringing in firms like Hydrosat, Muon Space and Orbital Sidekick The commercial data is meant to supplement NASA’s Earth-observing satellites with sharper, more frequent i...
President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense initiative is beginning to move from vision to execution as lawmakers advance new funding, Pentagon officials deepen engagement with commercial industry and program leaders experiment with novel acquisition models. While significant questions remain about the program’s final architectu...
Christopher Hamilton will succeed Ed Sheehan, Jr. as president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Concurrent Technologies announced Sheehan’s retirement in January Hamilton will assume his new post on June 29 Concurrent Technologies Corp. announced Wednesday that it has selected Christopher Hamilton to replace retiring president and CEO Ed She...
SandboxAQ has received a $500 million CHIPS award from the Commerce Department Under the definitive agreement, SandboxAQ will advance U.S. semiconductor material supply chains The company will support the development of PFAS-free chemicals, rare earth-free magnets, catalysts and battery technologies SandboxAQ has secured a $500 million award from th...
Government contractors are navigating one of the most uncertain business environments in recent memory, but the companies achieving the strongest growth and highest win rates are not pulling back. Instead, they are investing more heavily in artificial intelligence, operational maturity and disciplined business processes. Those are among the key...
