Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, former commander of the Air Combat Command, has been nominated by President Donald Trump as the 24th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. The nomination was announced despite Wilsbach’s prior plans to retire after nearly 40 years of active duty service, the Air Force said Tuesday. “If confirmed, I intend to...
Intelligence professionals have never before had such a bounty of raw data at their fingertips. But they are struggling to manage and leverage such information provided in voluminous amounts by modern ubiquitous sensor technologies. This is a tipping point for the U.S. intelligence community, according to a leading intelligence executive. Glori...
Pete Hegseth, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, has ordered U.S. generals and admirals from across the globe to convene for an urgent meeting on Tuesday morning at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. “The Secretary of War will be addressing his senior...
Cyberbit has acquired RangeForce to form a combined company focused on delivering artificial intelligence-powered operational cyber readiness platforms and related capabilities to government and commercial customers worldwide. Combining Cyber Range Capabilities Cyberbit said Tuesday the transaction combines its attack simulation cyber ranges and exp...
As modern conflicts reshape the battlespace, logistics has emerged as both the backbone of mission success and a frontline vulnerability. In a recent GovCon Wire webinar, Exiger Senior Director of Advanced Systems Clinton West — former chief of supply chain risk at the CIA — and Exiger Customer Success Manager Brie Kelly — a former CIA logi...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is more than a compliance checklist. It is, in my view, a strategic transformation designed to strengthen the entire defense industrial base against today’s and tomorrow’s cyber adversaries. What...
While the AI boom seemingly began in Silicon Valley with OpenAI’s ChatGPT three years ago, 2025 has been proof that China is highly competitive in the artificial intelligence field — if not the frontrunner. The Eastern superpower is building its own open-source AI programs that have demonstrated high performance as they put ubiquity and...
Textron subsidiary Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, or ATAC, has won a task order from the U.S. Marine Corps to support the service’s F-35 stealth strike fighter flight training. The task order, valued at up to $198 million, was awarded under the Combat Air Force Combat Air Support II multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity...
Maximus has commemorated its 50th year with the symbolic ringing of the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The NYSE welcomed the McLean, Virginia-based government services company on Monday for the traditional bell ceremony. John Haley, chairman of the board of Maximus, was given the honor of ringing the NYSE Bell to si...
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, has tapped TOTE Services to support the operations and maintenance of a Navy vessel equipped with a Sea-Based X-Band Radar, or SBX-1, under a firm-fixed-price contract with a potential value of $311.4 million. The Missile Defense Agency operates the vessel as a contingency elem...
