In today’s particularly complex and competitive geopolitical environment, the United States is reinvigorating its commitment to advancements in critical defense priority areas. New warfighter capabilities are being enabled by technologies like artificial intelligence, microelectronics and others, but the U.S. must accelerate investments in these a...
DMI has purchased Simplex Mobility for an undisclosed sum in a transaction that expands DMI’s presence in the managed mobility services market. Rocky Thurston, chief operating officer of DMI, said in a statement released Tuesday the transaction will enable the company to offer a managed service offering meant to help clients monitor, transform...
A task force co-chaired by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation has released its final report on the establishment of a national infrastructure that would expand access to computational resources, educational tools and data for artificial intelligence researchers and students. The National Artif...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) net sales reached $66 billion in 2022, with aeronautics accounting for the biggest share of its business last year. Aeronautics contributed $26.98 billion to Lockheed’s sales, followed by its rotary and mission systems segment with $16.1 billion, and space and missiles and fire control each posting $11 billi...
5G paved the way for groundbreaking developments and advancements in communications networks over the past few years. Now, with the emergence of 6G and NextG, organizations across the public and private sectors are harnessing the power of spectrum to propel the country into a new era of networking. GovCon Wire spoke with Todd Martin, president ...
Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has assigned the role of vice president of finance to Vivek Upadhyaya, former chief financial officer, treasurer and chief information officer at Leonardo‘s electronics subsidiary in the U.S. He will oversee Mercury’s corporate finance team and its forecasting, internal management reporting and analysis fun...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has agreed to make a multiyear, multibillion dollar investment in OpenAI, creator of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, to support the latter’s independent AI research and development efforts and enable both companies to commercialize new AI platforms. “We formed our partnership with OpenAI around a shared ambition...
The commercialization of space has skyrocketed in recent years; the ubiquity of launch, the proliferation of commercial satellites in space and the rise of military activity in the domain has simultaneously accelerated space innovation and increased competition across the globe. For the U.S. government, industry’s growing footprint in space is unl...
Robert Hardin, former vice president of business development and strategy at Acuity International, has been appointed as chief operating officer at Insight Technology Solutions. He brings to Insight more than two decades of experience in strategic growth planning and business development for government and private customers, the professional service...
As data sharing continues to shape the evolving warfare environment, the full establishment of Joint All-Domain Command and Control, which is intended to radically transform the way U.S. forces and NATO mission partners exchange information, is critical in maintaining an advantage over adversaries, according to Air Force Brig. Gen. Chad Raduege...
