The U.S. Air Force is exploring a wide range of new technologies and strategies to revolutionize the way it operates on the modern battlefield. To drive progress in its many ongoing initiatives – such as reoptimizing for great power competition, developing novel systems for the Next Generation Air Dominance program and advancing Air Force Secretar...
The tactical edge refers to remote environments in which connectivity can be limited, presenting a variety of technological challenges for military and civilian employees operating in these locations. According to experts, improving edge capabilities is not just a technology problem, but something that requires a reevaluation of current transformati...
Research and development is a key focus area for the Department of Defense as it works to maintain a competitive advantage in today’s defense landscape, and contracts play a major role in driving R&D efforts forward. Learn more about the current defense R&D contracting landscape at the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&...
Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has acquired Hypergiant Industries, an artificial intelligence-based software provider, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to complement its portfolio company Forward Slope. Hypergiant CEO Mike Betzer will continue to oversee the AI defense platform company, according to a joint release published...
Guided by Secretary Frank Kendall’s Seven Operational Imperatives – space order of battle, operationally focused advanced battle management systems, moving target engagement, tactical air dominance, resilient basing, global strike and readiness to deploy and fight – the U.S. Department of the Air Force is preparing to launch a number...
The cyber domain has become more influential than ever before, bringing about new capabilities and new threats. To keep up with constant developments in the cyber realm, the public sector has ramped up its investments in cyber to protect civilians, empower military forces and gain an advantage in the complex domain. Federal efforts to embrace...
The Department of Defense has awarded Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud computing business, Google, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) positions on the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract worth potentially $9 billion over five and a half years. DOD said Wednesday JWCC is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity c...
In the most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Liz Martin, director of the Department of Defense business at Amazon Web Services, to discuss how artificial intelligence and machine learning could enhance decision making for the DOD. She also talked about AWS’ efforts to help organizations address cybersecurity threat...
As the threat of ransomware and cyber attacks continues to rise, organizations are rethinking their cybersecurity strategies, budgets and processes in order to strengthen their cyber posture and improve their ability to mitigate hacks. However, some organizations are not evolving quickly enough. A recent study by ThoughtLab, and co-sponsored by...
Clara Conti, vice president and general manager of Red Hat’s North America Public Sector as well as a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, recently took part in a Q&A session with GovCon Wire to discuss her background in the public sector market and how it led to her appointment with Red Hat. Conti also discussed why...
