Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has received a $99.8 million contract to extend access to the Maven Smart System to all military branches, including the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Space Force and Marine Corps. The company said Friday the five-year firm-fixed price contract from the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research ...
The U.S. Navy is working to accelerate modernization and instill efficient manufacturing habits as the service branch continues to produce mission systems for the future. During a panel discussion at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Navy Summit, naval officers shared insight into recent technological developments and how technologies like arti...
Through two major plans this year, the Department of Defense announced its intention to take seriously the need for commercial space products. The DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Strategy were released within weeks of one another in April and declared that the rapid advancements taking pla...
The U.S. Navy has set the stage for sweeping changes in the coming years. With a reinvigorated focus on science and technology, a detailed plan for cyber operations and new ideas for its organizational structure, the Navy is on track for a major transformation. Dive into the Navy’s most important initiatives at the Potomac Officers...
Artificial intelligence advancements are catalyzing innovations that ripple across multiple sectors. Particularly in the federal government and government contracting industry, AI is changing the game for the workforce, cybersecurity, cloud, decision making and so much more. In this Executive Spotlight interview, Executive Mosaic sat down with M9 So...
The Potomac Officers Club is hosting its highly-anticipated 2024 Army Summit on June 13, bringing together the country’s top Army officials, defense experts and industry leaders to discuss the Army’s most significant challenges, opportunities, strategies and initiatives. This annual event serves as a vital platform for government and GovCon exe...
At the 100th anniversary celebration of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in the fall, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced the establishment of a new enterprise: the Disruptive Capabilities Office. This endeavor is meant to reconfigure and accelerate the research-to-implementation pipeline for new technologies. And not just any technologies,...
When Jen Sovada realized she could make more of an impact on the outside of the military looking in, she retired from the U.S. Air Force. Now, her company, the fast-growing startup SandboxAQ, regularly does business with the USAF and Sovada still gets to support the mission, circumnavigating the oft-labyrinthine bureaucracy of the government. Sovada...
Large language models are artificial intelligence tools that are trained on mass amounts of data and can understand and respond to user prompts. Current LLMs are known for their ability to generate text, but these models are now evolving to be able to create images and video. The ability of LLMs to break down huge...
For the past 20-plus years, Jason Adolf has helped government agencies identify and implement technologies that help them modernize for the present and the future. As vice president for global public sector at Appian, he works closely with defense and civilian agencies as well as state and local government and education institutions to help them...
