The Department of Defense introduced its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO, in early 2022, out of a dissatisfaction with the progress made by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, known as the JAIC. In the two and a half years since the CDAO’s establishment, though, how much progress has the Pentagon made with...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has received clearance from the U.S. State Department to purchase missiles, ammunition and other weapon systems via three foreign military sale transactions worth potentially $1.05 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday KAS requested to buy 2,503 AGM-114R3 Hellfire II missiles and related equipment f...
The State Department has cleared a potential $1.2 billion foreign military sales request from the United Arab Emirates for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, Army Tactical Missile Systems, related equipment and support services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as the prime contractor in ...
Activity is constantly moving across and into the theater of the Middle East and central Asia, with sizable impacts for global security and global commerce. There are countless “ripple effects” from this area, such as Iranian drones that have appeared on battlefields in Ukraine. To manage such a complex and expansive situation, partnerships and ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has named Chauncey McIntosh, a more than 20-year program management, business and engineering leader, as vice president and general manager of the F-35 Lightning II Program. The company said Wednesday McIntosh will take on the role on Dec. 1, succeeding Bridget Lauderdale, who will retire by the end of 2024 after...
California-based artificial intelligence company Cerebras Systems is likely to postpone its initial public offering scheduled for mid-October due to delays associated with a Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review of a minority investment from G42, a technology conglomerate based in the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported Tues...
The last major development for AUKUS — the technology innovation alliance between the U.S., the U.K. and Australia — a month ago saw the U.S. State Department lifting the need for these two American partners to obtain licenses to buy the majority of weapons from the States, the largest global armaments producer. As of Friday, Reuters...
The State Department has approved Italy’s foreign military sale request to purchase the Electronic Attack Mission System and related equipment valued at an estimated $680 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday Italy asked to acquire the Electronic Attack-37B mission system and non-major defense equipment, including n...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a.k.a. NATO, the post-World War II alliance between the U.S. and 31 other nations, has been steadily honing its focus on the space domain over the last decade or so. Its first piece of policy on space came in 2012, though it was another seven years until the organization followed...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued up to $6.9 billion from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture and deliver small diameter bombs to the militaries of U.S., Japan, Bulgaria and Ukraine. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the SDB Increment 1 contract includes foreign military sales and encom...
