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...
The General Services Administration has exercised the option period of five years for a governmentwide acquisition contract that federal agencies use to acquire information technology support services from service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Forty-five vendors hold spots on the Veterans Technology Services 2 GWAC, which supports agency ...
Edward Rice, Jr., a retired U.S. Air Force general who was a commander of its Air Education and Training Command, has joined the board of directors of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX). The company said Friday it looks to leverage Rice’s extensive military and national security background in developing products to address existing and future t...
In response to the growing need for modern defense technologies now and in the future, the United States Army established its Army Futures Command, an organization dedicated to facilitating persistent modernization within the service branch. Since its launch in 2018, the command has centered three focus areas: prioritizing people, designin...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received two task orders worth $202.5 million combined under a basic ordering agreement with the U.S. Navy to provide services in support of the Joint Strike Fighter Program. The Department of Defense said Thursday Lockheed’s aeronautics business will provide non-recurring engineering under a potential $170 million ...
NV5 Global (Nasdaq: NVEE) has acquired location data analytics and mapping services provider Axim Geospatial for an undisclosed sum. Wisconsin-headquartered Axim has 340 employees across the globe and works with clients in the fields of enterprise GIS, survey and mapping and data analysis, NV5 said Thursday. The acquired company maintains over 200 g...
The CIA has been quickly adapting its practices to the global influx of artificial intelligence implementation over the last few years. In January 2022, the director of AI position was established to concentrate autonomy modernization efforts and galvanize the agency’s capabilities in light of pressing AI-related foreign threats. The first mandate...
