Weekly Roundup June 26 – June 30 2017 A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week we saw the unveiling of the House Armed Services Committee™s $696.5 billion defense authorization bill. The draft, titled 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), was revealed on the 26th and asks for $28.5 billion more than ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 29, 2017 ” A team comprised of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and AT&T (NYSE: T) will help the Defense Information Systems Agency transform the Defense Department‘s network infrastructure into a software-defined network, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. “Software-defined networking is changing how enterprises conn...
The Department of Defense is asking for $42.5 billion in IT funding, a 5.3 percent increase over last year. From that top line number, $9.3 billion is reserved for classified investments and expenses, with $33.2 billion going to unclassified investments and expenses, according to documents from the department™s comptroller reveal. The Pen...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 21, 2017 ” Deloitte has said in a new report that revenue in the global aerospace and defense sector grew 2.4 percent to reach $674.4 billion in 2016 led by the European commercial and U.S. defense subsectors, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday revenue for the global defense subse...
The Department of Defense is planning to send between 3,000 to 5,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, reports CBS News. An announcement on the exact number from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected in the next few days or weeks. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has said that he cannot counter an increasingly violent, resurgent...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=supUTFCKfOI As the Defense Department observes Flag Day June 14 and Flag Week June 11-17, we’re reminded that the raising of Old Glory has punctuated many important milestones in U.S. history.For more on the Department of Defense, visit: http://www.defense.gov...
The Honorable Frank Kendall has rejoined aerospace and defense advisory firm Renaissance Strategic Advisors as an executive in residence. œWe are excited to have Frank rejoin the RSAdvisors team after such a distinguished term in government service. His keen analytical mindset, depth of expertise and intellect will be a great and welcome additi...
China is expanding its access to foreign ports so as to sustain deployments in the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, according to a U.S. Department of Defense report. China is seeking “to regularize and sustain deployments in the ‘far seas\'” and “project and sustain military power at greater distances,&#...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2017 ” A Concurrent Technologies Corp. joint venture with the University of Dayton Research Institute will install, monitor and record energy management measures at U.S. Air Force installations under a $2.4 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday E2 Technologies&...
The Department of Defense has made œa huge leap forward in unmanned systems in five years, said Dyke Weatherington, currently performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD) (AT&L.) Speaking at the Potomac Officers Club Tu...
