Altamira Technologies has acquired signals intelligence mission company Virginia Systems & Technology in a transaction that expands its capabilities in SIGINT tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination, emerging threat identification and tactical SIGINT collaborative mission constellation management. VaST is a Warrenton, Vir...
The State Department has cleared Taiwan’s request to buy munitions, related equipment and services for F-16 fighter jets from the U.S. government through a potential $619 million foreign military sales agreement. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTN) missiles and defense business will serve as principal contractors i...
With advancements in new technologies, the amount of data federal agencies are able to collect is larger than ever before. These mass amounts of data, though indispensable to government operations, are also a target for adversaries who aim to compromise U.S. systems and exploit the nation’s data to gain an information advantage. According to exper...
Over the past decade, the battlefield has expanded in both range and depth as the U.S., its allies and its adversaries race to perfect the application of emerging technologies to harness their benefits and gain an advantage in the modern warfighting landscape. According to expert panelists, who participated in a discussion during the Potomac Officer...
The U.S. Postal Service has awarded contracts to purchase battery-operated delivery vans and install charging stations at various agency facilities nationwide as part of its fleet electrification initiative. Awards cover the procurement of 9,250 E-Transit Battery Electric Vehicles from automaker Ford and more than 14,000 pieces of EV supply eq...
Jon Piatt, former president of the reconnaissance mission systems unit at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has been appointed executive vice president of Sierra Nevada Corp.‘s ISR, aviation and security business area. The three-decade industry veteran will oversee a portfolio of aircraft modification programs and projects supporting the Depa...
Global developments in recent years have injected a new sense of urgency into the U.S. intelligence community. On the heels of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and in light of emerging factors like Chinese spy balloons, nuclear developments and a heightening sense of competition between the world’s great powers, the IC is getting more serious abo...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will continue the development of air-to-ground weapon system offerings for a U.S. Air Force program under separate contracts worth nearly $54 million combined. USAF awarded $18 million each to Lockheed and Northrop and another $17.7 million to L3Harris fo...
The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy an extended-range configuration of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile system, related equipment and services under a potential $506 million foreign military sales agreement. The possible FMS transaction includes 63 AARGM-ERs and 20 captive air training missiles, the Defense Secur...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Aaron Weis, chief information officer at the Department of the Navy, as an inductee into the 2023 edition of the Wash100 for his leadership in defining digital modernization objectives as part of his information superiority framework for DON in the year ahead. This is the fourth consecutive year Executive...
