Robert Lightfoot, a 29-year NASA veteran and former acting administrator of the space agency, has been appointed to serve as president of LSINC. “His forward-thinking and consensus-building leadership style brings a new dimension to how we can work with those we serve,” Alicia Ryan, LSINC CEO, said in a statement released Wednesday....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UfF121mFiQ Defense One’s Global Business Editor Marcus Weisgerber explains what we know so far about an experimental U.S. military project using artificial intelligence. The program’s name: Project Maven. // Written and narrated by Marcus Weisgerber; produced by Ben Watson....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2018 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has entered into a partnership with Virsec in an effort to provide customers in the global government and critical infrastructure sectors access to commercial cybersecurity technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Virsec’s Trusted Execution platform will leverage Ra...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQcVK7awgFw The Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) program successfully completed a final helicopter flight demonstration with autonomous capability at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. A 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy nominee, AACUS is a partnership between the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and technology c...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 24, 2018 ” An executive from PAE has received a CIA award in recognition of his work with customers in the intelligence community, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Warren Stembridge, executive vice president of the intelligence business at PAE who worked at CIA for 32 years, was awarded the Distinguished Career I...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOYleXm3hEM Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) with Special Boat Team 20 personnel execute the insertion of two Combatant Craft Assault (CCA) vehicles using the Low Velocity Airdrop Delivery System (LVADS) from a C-17 cargo aircraft during a training exercise. Factual, impartial and current. AiirSource bri...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 20, 2018 ” Boeing (NYSE: BA) is working to accelerate its effort to build the 11th and 12th Wideband Global Satcom satellites using the $600 million that Congress allotted for the program in the 2018 Defense Department budget, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Space News reported Wednesday that Rico Attanasio, d...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Deloitte a potential five-year, $800 million contract for audit readiness and financial management support services. The service received three bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that will run through July 22, 2023, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The contract will include financial stat...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eWpxmoedkM U.S. Army and Air Force Special Forces conduct winter warfare training above the Arctic Circle, Kiruna, Sweden, Feb. 23, 2018. The training focused on skiing, snowmobile maneuvers, anti-personnel mine and live fire ranges...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2018 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide engineering services for the U.S. Army™s Commercial Based Technology Analysis program designed to mitigate risks facing commercial-based technologies under a potential one-year, $41.5 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesda...
