Through two major plans this year, the Department of Defense announced its intention to take seriously the need for commercial space products. The DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Strategy were released within weeks of one another in April and declared that the rapid advancements taking pla...
By Harris Quddos, Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General chief information officer and chief AI officer AI is rapidly changing the game for everyone, including public sector organizations. It’s changing the way we work and make decisions. For organizations to effectively realize value from AI, they will need to make sure their data...
Patrick Conte, vice president and general manager for the Americas at Fortanix, said government agencies that seek to protect their data from threat actors and cyber vulnerabilities should take a data-first approach to security by adopting a unified security platform that strengthens a zero trust model. In an article published on Carahsoft.com, Cont...
Election season is ramping up, and as November approaches, U.S. adversaries are searching for ways to exert their influence on the outcome. To prevent the dangerous consequences of potential security vulnerabilities flying under the radar, the Intelligence Community is heavily monitoring the actions of foreign nations seeking to undermine U.S. elect...
Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) has named Josh Finke as senior vice president of public sector, responsible for driving the business’ overall go-to-market strategy and profit and loss. Finke brings to Lumen more than 25 years of technology leadership experience in artificial intelligence, cloud, communications, networking and security, the com...
HII’s (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division has secured a potential five-year, $209 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide development and sustainment support for the military branch’s fighter and bomber weapons systems and subsystems. The company said Monday the task order awarded under the Department of Defense Information A...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index fell 2.15% at the start of the week, then posted four straight daily gains, highlighted by the 1.74% jump Thursday. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, ended slightly higher at $5,216.43 Friday but registered a 0.03% week-on-week loss overall. Wall Street had a tumultuo...
Cubic Digital Intelligence has appointed Casey Gragg, a program management professional in the government contracting sector, as chief growth officer. Gragg announced his appointment in a LinkedIn post published Friday. Before joining Cubic, he was a senior business area manager at Ball Aerospace, which is now part of BAE Systems. The newly appointe...
On Aug. 15, the Potomac Officers Club will give you the chance to hear from top Navy officials and industry leaders at the 2024 Navy Summit! This event will host an elite lineup of experts who will come together to explore the ways in which the Department of the Navy is modernizing to tackle today’s challenges...
OPSWAT has acquired InQuest in line with its efforts to boost its cybersecurity capabilities. The critical infrastructure cybersecurity company said Wednesday the acquisition, which was announced during the recent Black Hat USA conference, is aimed at enhancing OPSWAT’s ability to defend against network-based threats. The move is also intended...
