RTX (NYSE: RTX) saw its fiscal 2023 fourth-quarter sales rise 10 percent to $19.9 billion and recorded a total backlog of $196 billion at the end of the quarter with the defense segment accounting for $78 billion of that backlog....
Razwan Raja, formerly founder and principal of XOR Security, has been appointed chief innovation officer at information technology services provider Agile Defense, an Enlightenment Capital portfolio company. He will drive the company's investment strategy and lead technical teams that develop digital transformation and cybersecurity products ta...
“Our goal at DARPA is to explore how we can reliably build AI systems we can trust and not be foolish to do so," according to DARPA's Dr. Kathleen Fisher, who runs the agency’s Information Innovation Office.Dr. Fisher will go in-depth on the multi-layered use cases for AI at the 5th Annual AI Summit on March 21st. Register now, so y...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth more than $500 million each to four companies under the follow-on Public Assistance – Technical Assistance Contract vehicle, which calls for vendors to provide contractor personnel that could support FEMA’s public assistance activities acr...
HII's (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division has secured a five-year, $197 million recompete task order to help the Joint Chiefs of Staff J7 directorate develop joint training capabilities for the Department of Defense. The task order was awarded under DOD's Information Analysis Center contract vehicle and covers research and developmen...
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16, it was revealed that OpenAI and the Department of Defense will be collaborating on artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity technology.To continue the conversation on the most daunting cyber threats and how the government is working with industry to solve them, register and attend th...
BL Harbert International has secured a potential three-year, $206.6 million contract to build a weapons generation facility for the U.S. Air Force's B-21 strategic bomber aircraft. The Army Corps of Engineers awarded the contract for the construction of the military facility at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota....
Dataminr President of Government Business Dana Barnes recently shared his thoughts with GovCon Wire about the Executive Order on the Responsible Use of AI, where he’d like to see federal legislation on AI go next, company ventures of note and much more.If you're a government contractor and want to go deeper on all things AI in the federal spa...
Roger Wells, formerly executive vice president and head of the microelectronics division at Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY), has been named chief operating officer at the Andover, Massachusetts-based defense technology supplier. His appointment is in line with the consolidation of Mercury Systems' two divisions into a single unified structure in...
Research and development is a key focus area for the Department of Defense as it works to maintain a competitive advantage in today’s defense landscape, and contracts play a major role in driving R&D efforts forward. Learn more about the current defense R&D contracting landscape at the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&...
