In the age of manufacturing turbulence and ever-intensifying cybercrime, the U.S. Department of Defense is finding it more important than ever to tap into the resources of the private sector. The Pentagon issued its very first National Defense Industrial Strategy, or NDIS, earlier this month in a move to shape and bolster its relationship ...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Protecting the frontier of space systems is unquestionably a security priority for governments and industry. Due to our increasing reliance on space, and particularly satellites, for communications, security, intelligence and business, satellite and space cybersecurity is becoming increas...
Customer experience, or CX, is increasingly appearing on agency leaders’ priority lists. Dana Chisnell, executive director for the Customer Experience Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security, spoke about the importance of CX for DHS and within the broader federal government ecosystem during the Potomac Officers Club’s CX Imperative Fo...
Firefly Aerospace has been qualified to compete for task orders under a potential 10-year, $700 million contract to provide its Alpha rocket to launch small satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. The company will serve as a launch service provider under the Streamlined Launch Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract to deploy NRO...
Benjamin Pimentel is a U.S. Marine Corps Lead for Warfighter Engagement, FutureG & 5G at the DoD’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering. He is one of the speakers for the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D on January 31, 2024. Get to know more about Benjamin Pimentel...
In today’s ever-changing federal landscape, technologies like artificial intelligence and 5G are the future, and they’re already unlocking new opportunities and capabilities across a wide range of federal missions. In this Executive Spotlight interview, Hitachi Vantara Federal Chief Growth Officer Phil Fuster explained which technologies, t...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has reported fourth-quarter revenue of $11.7 billion, a 7.5 percent increase over the same period a year ago and disclosed quarterly net earnings of $1 billion and diluted earnings per share of $3.64. An earnings statement published Wednesday states that General Dynamics' aerospace segment obtained orders worth $3.2 ...
Enlightenment Capital has merged four businesses to form and launch RealmOne, a new platform company focused on providing cybersecurity and intelligence collection and analysis support for national security agency customers. Columbia, Maryland-based RealmOne is led by CEO Gary Daigle, former chief executive of iNovex....
Saalex, a Camarillo, California-based federal services contractor, has acquired Spalding Consulting for approximately $75 million as part of efforts to expand its information technology, engineering and software development capabilities in the aerospace and defense market....
Steve Sousa, a senior vice president at CGI’s (NYSE: GIB) federal arm, said integrating artificial intelligence technologies provides federal health care agencies with opportunities to improve patient outcomes by harnessing the power of big data to enhance decision-making, streamlining administrative processes and revolutionizing diagnostics.Regis...
