Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has finalized its $200 million acquisition of BlackSignal Technologies as part of efforts to enhance its artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and electronic warfare capabilities and broaden its clients across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Chantilly, Virginia-based Parsons said Friday BlackSignal will ope...
A new position and office needs to be created to properly manage the United States’ alliances with other nations and support its success in the Great Power Competition, according to the Defense Innovation Board. In a mid-July report, the Department of Defense advisory group said that the DOD is lacking a “central standing mechanism for...
As government and industry entities continue to implement artificial intelligence capabilities throughout their organizational strategies, it has become critical that they also build trust into the environments where these programs are deployed. During a panel discussion dubbed “Trusted Mission AI” at Leidos‘ seventh annual Supplie...
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...
McLean, Virginia-based 22nd Century Technologies Inc. has acquired TreasurySoft in a transaction that expands its enterprise resource planning practice and capabilities to deliver digital transformation platforms to federal, state, local government and transit agencies. TSCTI said Tuesday TreasurySoft provides PeopleSoft and Oracle Fusion ERP Treasu...
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...
Cadmus has secured a contract worth $200 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, for the development of its digital technology programs and ecosystem. The strategic and technical consultancy firm said Wednesday it was awarded the Digital Forward contract by the agency to provide support for its digital integration ...
With cyber attacks on the rise, U.S. government contractors are reconsidering the risks in their supply chains. In Executive Mosaic’s latest video interview, DTS CEO and President Ed Tuorinsky discussed how to assess and manage the cybersecurity risk of your partners and how that is part of a larger effort to increase your security posture while...
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...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a U.S. Navy contract modification worth $611.3 million to develop infrared and radar detection capabilities for the F-35 program. The Department of Defense said Friday the aerospace and defense manufacturer’s aeronautics business is tasked with providing Multi-Ship Infrared Search and Track Incremen...
