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...
The advent of easy-to-use tools like ChatGPT has entrenched generative artificial intelligence into the public consciousness. With its vast array of potential applications, generative AI holds immense potential for a wide variety of domains. Like many other organizations, the Department of Defense is evaluating the effectiveness of this technology ...
BlueHalo has agreed to buy Eqlipse Technologies for an undisclosed sum to create a combined entity focused on delivering capabilities in the areas of space, counter-unmanned autonomous systems, cyber and electronic warfare and artificial intelligence to Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers. Both parties expect the transaction t...
Cloud modernization, zero trust cybersecurity and 5G connectivity are at the top of the priority list for the Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Information Officer in 2024. DOD Principal Deputy CIO and 2024 Wash100 Award winner Leslie Beavers laid out several of the office’s key focus areas at a recent Arlington, Virginia conference, ...
Erin Kocourek, an aerospace and defense industry executive, has been appointed vice president of business development for the national security and innovative systems sector at CACI International. She announced her move to CACI in a LinkedIn post published Monday. Kocourek brings to the role her enterprise leadership experience, P&L expertise, k...
The Federal Risk Authorization Management Program evaluates the security of Cloud Service Offerings, or CSOs, prior to their deployment in U.S. government organizations. There is a high demand for cloud technologies within the Department of Defense, and it can be a challenge to efficiently put such a large volume of tools through the traditional Fed...
Scott Weliver has been named vice president and executive client manager for the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs at Dewberry. Weliver announced his new role at the architecture, engineering and construction services provider on LinkedIn. A civil engineering graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Weliver had earlier...
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to honor Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force, with a 2024 Wash100 Award for his steadfast commitment to uplifting the service branch through new technology strategies, partnerships and culture. Vote for Saltzman as one of your esteemed Wash100 awardees at Wash100.com. The popular vo...
