GovCon Wire Events on Thursday hosted the Department of Defense: Digital Modernization Forum where distinguished defense agency and private sector leaders talked about technology procurement efforts, infrastructural priorities, modernization strategies and cultural shifts affecting how Defense Department agencies, military service branches and ...
Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, has joined the board of directors of GEOST, a Tucson, Arizona-based provider of sensors for national security space missions. She will advise GEOST’s management team and provide insights to help the company expand its research and development initiative...
As the U.S. Space Force enters its third year of operation, its leaders are prioritizing acquisition reform among the key transformational shifts the organization is expected to undergo in its pursuit of innovative technologies, advanced capabilities and more interoperable systems. Gen. Nina Armagno, director of staff for the Space Force, cited ...
Justin Taylor Justin Taylor, Greg Forrest and Mike Harasimowicz of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) said accelerating the ethical application of artificial intelligence is key to achieving the potential of AI in addressing national security challenges and helping the government carry out its missions. The Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace and defense co...
The Department of Defense is ramping up its modernization efforts with critical funding boosts and newly created senior executive roles to match the speed of rapid global developments and combat urgent pacing challenges. Defense spending for fiscal year 2022 has increased by five percent from the previous fiscal year’s defense policy measure. In D...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Friday that the current administration will extend through 2030 the operations of the International Space Station. “The United States’ continued participation on the ISS will enhance innovation and competitiveness, as well as advance the research and technology necessary to send the first woman and fi...
The Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum last Wednesday which joined elite U.S. Air Force and private sector leaders in spirited discussion on the critical modernization initiatives driving the Air Force’s current priorities, strategies and focus areas as the ongoing digitization of...
Peraton has received a potential five-year, $120.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct research and develop prototypes of spacecraft electronics and airborne electronic systems. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a base value of $23.5 million and contract work will occur in Washington, D.C., through Dec. 16, 2026, the Department of Defe...
Assets in global cryptocurrency funds rose from $24 billion in 2020 to $63 billion in 2021, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Bloomberg Intelligence data shows that the number of investment vehicles tracking cryptocurrency globally climbed to 80 in 2021, up from 35 the previous year. “Globally, it’s obviously a phenomenon that’s starting to take off...
The Potomac Officers Club’s Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum on Wednesday brought together prominent U.S. Air Force and industry officials to discuss the service branch’s crucial modernization initiatives including transitioning legacy infrastructures, enhancing interoperability and bolstering cybersecurity to match t...
