Particularly in the age of artificial intelligence, data is one of the most valuable assets. Personal information is being used by large private sector companies to fuel targeted advertising content, but in the military and defense realm, data is decidedly more serious, a variable at play in the global power struggle. New AI systems that...
Preston Dunlap, former chief architect at the Department of the Air Force, has been appointed a strategic adviser at SOS International. “Having developed creative ways to scale operations and deliver outsized value through technology at the world’s largest employer, the Department of Defense, I look forward to contributing to SOSi’s mission to...
Allan Day, vice president of logistics and sustainment of global public sector at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said there are three factors government agencies and other public sector organizations should consider to help improve the decision-making process and address inefficiencies in supply chains post-pandemic. These factors are the development of co...
A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) business segment has received two U.S. Air Force contracts totaling $1.19 billion to manufacture cruise missiles. The company’s missile and fire control unit will produce lot 21 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile systems under a $750.5 million firm-fixed-price contract and lot seven Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile...
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall received his 2023 Wash100 Award during a recent presentation by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Kendall is confirmed to kick off the Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Annual Air Force Summit on July 26 with a keynote address, and you won’t want to miss this highly-anticipated in-person event! Seats are limite...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will help the U.S. Air Force manage landing gear spares for the C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft under a $216 million contract modification. The award, part of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, involves foreign military sales to seven countries and the NATO Airlift Management Program Office, according...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory issued a broad agency announcement in search of research and development support for the Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research program. In a notice published Thursday on SAM.gov, the Department of the Air Force said it is soliciting white papers for proposed new technologies involving area...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology unit has won a $137.9 million contract to modernize a personal area network system of systems for the U.S. Air Force and foreign military sales customers. The GDIT business will support Special Warfare Assault Kit technology refresh, tactical air control party modernization and Guardian Angel...
Solid State Scientific Corp. has secured a five-year, $186.9 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force update cloud-based infrastructure for military weather forecasting. The company will develop a platform as a service to support the Weather Virtual Private Cloud under phase three of the branch’s Small Business Innovation Research program, ...
A Chugach Government Solutions subsidiary will help the U.S. Air Force manage equipment, personnel and operations at a military base in Texas under a seven-year, $113.9 million contract. Chugach Logistics and Facility Services JV will use enterprise asset and computerized maintenance management platforms to support Laughlin AF Base operations, the c...
