Advanced Technology Leaders has won a potential five-year, $365 million contract from the U.S. Army to support the program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation under the third iteration of the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance program. Army Contracting Command received 17 bids for the SETI III firm-fixed-price con...
The global defense landscape has seen an obvious shift from counterterrorism to peer and near-peer competition in recent years, which has in turn spurred an increased focus on tighter collaboration between service branches, partners and allied forces around the world. Defense leaders believe the future fight will be fought jointly, with coalition pa...
U.S. Marine Corps veteran and two-time Wash100 Award winner Dana Barnes was sought out by the world of information technology, rather than chasing it himself. He was recruited by IBM in the late 1990s, where he participated in the Business Development Professionals Program, initiating his passion for solving business problems with technology and a f...
CGI Federal President Stephanie Mango was recently presented with her 2023 Wash100 Award during a meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and creator of the esteemed honor. The annual Wash100 Award is the highest honor for executives in the vast government contracting industry. To select each cohort of winners, the annual competition...
A Concurrent Technologies Corp.-led industry team will conduct technology research for a U.S. Marine Corps ground transport vehicle replacement initiative under a contract from the Office of Naval Research. CTC said Friday the partnership with BAE Systems, MSI Defense and Mack Trucks’ defense business aims to develop conceptual models of the N...
Red 6 has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round meant to help the augmented reality startup to continue investing in its proprietary technology for a combat pilot training system. RedBird Capital Partners led the financing round, in which Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm and Boeing‘s investment partnership with A...
SpaceX has secured a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide Starlink satellite communications terminals and services for Ukraine’s military, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The Pentagon will likely acquire the satcom terminals through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. “We continue to work with a range of global partne...
The great power competition has been steadily intensifying over the past couple of decades and now, U.S. defense leaders are preparing for a potential future fight with its peer competitors in the Indo-Pacific region. The U.S. Navy will play a critical role in deterring adversaries and overcoming the tyranny of distance in this key geographical...
In recent years, major geopolitical events like the Russian re-invasion of Ukraine have taught global leaders important lessons about potential future conflicts, the importance of cybersecurity and the vulnerabilities adversaries can exploit. But how are these lessons translating into actions? Tina Dolph, president and chief operating officer for CR...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the biggest trends in the world today, from generative AI to sophisticated cybersecurity, with a promise to transform the industry and society. While 84% of chief executives recognize AI’s importance in achieving their growth objective, most organizations are lagging behind the curve regarding AI and machine ...
