In an era where people across the world have more access to advanced technology than ever before (and are often very fluent in it), we have reached a “democratization of tech,” according to Nand Mulchandani, chief technology officer at the CIA. Mulchandani told an audience of government contractors at the 2024 Intel Summit, from Potomac...
Mac Curtis, chairman of the board at Cubic Corporation, has been appointed by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to serve a four-year term on the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority’s board of directors. Also referred to as the Virginia Spaceport Authority, the VCSFA is a state organization focused on expanding access to space f...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded 10 vendors spots on a potential five-year, $290 million contract to provide national security agency customers access to unclassified commercial GEOINT-derived computer vision capabilities, data and analytic services. NGA said Friday the Luno A commercial data indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qua...
For 10 years, Potomac Officers Club has provided a unique offering to the government contracting community with its Intel Summit: rare and open access to top Intelligence Community officials. IC members are notoriously elusive, secretive and hard-to-reach, so POC has fostered a trusted and secure environment for them to communicate with the industr...
Matt McElroy has joined B&A as the information technology company’s chief financial officer. McElroy brings more than 10 years of strategic leadership experience to his new role spearheading B&A’s financial activities, the McLean, Virginia-based company announced Tuesday. Jonathan Evans, president and CEO of B&A, p...
Mike Stepniak, an experienced global finance leader, has been promoted to chief financial officer at Honeywell International (NASDAQ: HON). The company said Thursday Stepniak will take over the role currently held by Greg Lewis once the company’s fourth quarter and full-year financial results for fiscal year 2024 are out. Stepniak i...
Maxar Technologies was awarded the Commercial GEOINT Access Portal contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for the delivery of web-based commercial imagery and product offerings to users. NGA said the five-year, sole source contract valued at approximately $359 million is a follow-on to the Global-Enhanced GEOINT Delivery award. Ac...
The sprawling Department of Defense relies on extensive funding to support the military services and other defense agencies. The Pentagon’s fiscal year 2024 budget reached approximately $841.4 billion in fiscal year 2024, and it has requested $849.8 billion for FY 2025. Though processes for handling such large amounts of money are ...
The Central Intelligence Agency’s Chief Technology Officer Nand Mulchandani has joined the lineup of Intelligence Community decision makers who will speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Intel Summit on Sep. 19. Join the Intel Summit to learn more about IC priorities, expand your GovCon network and meet intelligence leaders face to...
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...
