DOW will invest about $10 billion in materiel production More than 30 announcements span three investment categories Attend the Potomac Officers Club’s DOW summits this summer The Department of War will invest approximately $10 billion in materiel production, supporting more than 4,000 defense industry jobs across Pennsylvania. Attend the Poto...
Greg Heckler, deputy program manager for capability development for NASA’s SCaN program, spoke on a podcast about the O2O, the LCRNS and the surface network system The official described the current moment as the “platinum era of satellite communications,” noting that U.S. companies are making major investments in LEO, MEO and GEO ...
Sierra Space has appointed Jeff Schrader as chief financial officer Schrader previously served as Sierra Space’s chief strategy officer The 2026 Air and Space Summit on July 30 will explore commercial space relay, AI and more Sierra Space has appointed Jeff Schrader, most recently chief strategy officer, as chief financial officer to oversee t...
CGI has appointed Jessica Hersey to lead defense, intelligence and space Hersey brings more than 25 years of federal technology leadership experience Explore commercial space relay, optical networks, AI and more at the 2026 Air and Space Summit CGI Federal has appointed Jessica Hersey, a more than 25-year federal government services industry veteran...
Boeing has secured a potential $2 billion Air Force contract for MUOS Phase II The award covers two satellites, launch support and on-orbit testing services The 2026 Air and Space Summit will feature discussions about commercial space relay, AI and more Boeing has won a potential $2 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to...
The USAF’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program is one of the service’s most ambitious and consequential acquisition programs in generations. Not only is it the USAF’s first real autonomous aircraft effort, but it leverages novel acquisition strategies and decouples the hardware and software procurement to ensure rapidly upgradabl...
Red River has tapped Sean Papso as president and chief growth officer of its Invictus government services unit Grant Schneider has joined Invictus as chief operating and programs officer The appointments follow Red River’s December 2025 acquisition of Invictus Red River has announced two executive appointments for its government services busin...
CACI has appointed Dave Young as COO Young will join CACI’s executive leadership team and report to CEO John Mengucci Young previously led Lockheed’s national security space business CACI International has appointed Dave Young, an aerospace and defense industry leader, as executive vice president and chief operating officer. The company ...
President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense initiative is beginning to move from vision to execution as lawmakers advance new funding, Pentagon officials deepen engagement with commercial industry and program leaders experiment with novel acquisition models. While significant questions remain about the program’s final architectu...
The Air Force has awarded production contracts to General Atomics and Anduril for their CCA Six vendors have won separate autonomy software contracts, with the Air Force planning to pick a primary provider by summer 2027 The service wants roughly 1,000 CCA total and has requested close to $1 billion to start buying them in...
