Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said artificial intelligence systems are driving the demand for leading-edge logic chips and the Department of Commerce is working to meet that demand through its investments under the CHIPS for America program as part of its implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act. “We anticipate that our investments in leadin...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond We live in an era where the security of the United States extends far beyond the conventional battlefield. Both state and non-state actors are engaged in hybrid warfare tactics that target physical assets and digital infrastructures. Therefore, robust cybersecurity measures are indispensable for...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will help the U.S. Air Force operate, test and maintain a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile system under a $405.4 million contract modification. A notice posted on SAM.gov Monday states that the modification extends a previously awarded sole-source contract for the operations, maintenance and testing of the Minuteman ...
Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the rise in SDA’s budget seeks to show that the agency is a real market for space industry leaders and investors, SpaceNews reported Saturday. SDA is building a constellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit and its requested budget for...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index endured the roller coaster ride during the holiday-shortened week. Besides closing 0.64% higher on Feb. 23, 2024, the index that tracks the performance of 30 notable government contractors marked six straight winning weeks. At $4,839.92, the week-to-week gain is 1.1%. Like the GCI, Wall Street’s major indexes adva...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency made a key push for partnerships with the 2021 establishment of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, an organization that brings public and private sector entities together to help CISA determine future priorities to ensure the security of U.S. systems. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 C...
The advancement of generative artificial intelligence in the last year or two has dramatically altered the possibilities, threats and opportunities posed by AI technologies. ECS President John Heneghan took us into the world of AI, gen AI and data in the public sector in his latest Executive Spotlight interview. Heneghan, a three-time Wash100 Awar...
Charles Faulkner, a national security and intelligence leader, has joined QinetiQ Group’s U.S. subsidiary as vice president of business development for the national and global security solutions business. He disclosed the move in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. In his current role, Faulkner will advance development and growth initiatives at Q...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) saw its engineering and support revenue increase 74 percent to $31.1 million during the fourth quarter of 2023, driven by a rise in U.S. government activity, and posted a record total revenue of $790.7 million for the full year, up 10 percent from the prior-year period. The McLean, Virginia-based satellite commu...
David McKeown, deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity and senior information security officer at the Department of Defense, said DOD has published a strategy, a reference architecture and an implementation plan to achieve a zero trust-based architecture by 2027, DefenseScoop reported Thursday. “We want to achieve targeted zero trust by...
