The National Security Agency will launch in October a new directorate that will oversee efforts to prevent and counter cyber threats to the defense industrial base and national security systems....
Harris (NYSE: HRS) has been awarded a second low-rate initial production order to supply the U.S. Army with tactical radio systems as part of a potential 10-year, $12.7B contract awarded in 2016. The new order falls under the Handheld, Manpack and Small Form-Fit indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and precedes an operational test th...
Bill Weber, the president and chief executive officer of KeyW, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the strategies that have led to the company’s success, the changes the U.S. should be making to stay ahead of our adversaries in emerging technology and the challenges facing the intelligence community in plain sight....
The Potomac Officers Club hosted the 2019 Cybersecurity Summit on Wednesday to join GovCon leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss new cyber programs, initiatives technologies and ways that both sectors can better collaborate to achieve common goals. Following an enlightening keynote address from David Luber, executive director of the...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will provide additional tube-launched, optically-tracked wireless guided missile systems to the U.S. Army under a three-year, $101.3M contract modification. The service branch used fiscal 2017 other procurement funds to cover the full obligated amount at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work under the mo...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 23, 2019 ” ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) is moving to leverage its cybersecurity capabilities to explore opportunities in the space domain amid the current threat landscape in which adversaries are increasingly targeting space assets, ExecutiveBiz reported April 9. Space News reported April 8 that Damian DiPippa,...
On Wednesday, April 10th, GovCon leaders from public and private sectors gathered at the 2941 Restaurant in Falls Church, Va. for Potomac Officers Club™s 2019 Data Management Forum. The forum featured a panel discussion about augmented data management, and Michael Conlin, chief data officer for the U.S. Department of Defense, opened the forum w...
Juliane Gallina, who currently leads key accounts at IBM™s (NYSE: IBM) U.S. federal business, will assume the chief information officer role at the CIA on April 1, Federal Times reported Tuesday. She will succeed John Edwards, who will continue to serve as deputy chief operating officer at the agency. œWelcoming Juliane back to the agency...
McAleese and Associates, a consulting firm, released a report on key takeaways from a discussion hosted by the Center for a New American Security with Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy and Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley of Army Futures Command on the service™s multidomain operations concept and modernization plans. Wesley discussed the development of the...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from the speeches of Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Will Roper, the service™s acquisition chief, at an Air Force Association symposium that kicked off Thursday in Orlando, Fla. Wilson discussed the need for the service to dominate time, space and ...
