AeroVironment is focused on rapidly ramping up the production of its Freedom Eagle kinetic counter-unmanned aircraft system missile to deliver it to the U.S. Army under a $95.9 million contract. The new award was secured through the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center Aviation & Missile Technology Consortiu...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The technological frontier is advancing at a breathtaking pace. We are in the early stages of a digital revolution where technologies once confined to science fiction—AI, quantum computing and the Internet of Things, or IoT,—are converging, remaking our world at a global scale. T...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The White House’s recent announcement placing quantum science and artificial intelligence at the top of federal research and development priorities for fiscal year 2027 represents more than a policy shift. It signals a recognition that these two technologies will define the nex...
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 eff...
