The Senate confirmed Clayton on a 51-47 party-line vote He comes from the U.S. attorney post in Manhattan and previously chaired the SEC He inherits an ODNI that has shed roughly 30 percent of its staff across five recent rounds of layoffs Jay Clayton has received Senate confirmation as director of national intelligence. Senators voted...
Chuck Brooks is the president of Brooks Consulting International and one of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Experts. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, program has been a source of anxiety for the defense industrial base for many years. The dynamic has changed significantly. The Department of War announced the immedia...
Sphinx Defense has booked a Space Force OTA agreement for ESS mission planning The Phase 3 award follows two earlier prototyping phases The 2026 Air and Space Summit this Thursday will explore AI, Golden Dome and more Sphinx Defense has secured a $287 million other transaction authority agreement from the U.S. Space Force to develop...
Chuck Brooks is the president of Brooks Consulting International and one of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Experts. The convergence of AI and quantum tech is creating a new frontier of innovation and risk. This trend is evident from the White House’s FY27 research and development goals that put Artificial intelligence and quantum te...
IBM has struck a deal to buy HRL Laboratories HRL adds silicon-spin qubit and sensing expertise to IBM’s portfolio Explore government tech priorities at the 2026 FedCiv Summit IBM has agreed to acquire HRL Laboratories from Boeing and General Motors for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its quantum computing capabilities. As...
Oracle has received a potential $7 billion IDIQ contract under ESI The single-award IDIQ spans a five-year base period and a five-year option period The 2026 Navy Summit will explore AI, digital modernization, autonomous systems and more Oracle has received a potential 10-year, $6.99 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the ...
Backlog hit an all-time high of $230 billion, up about $64 billion year over year Quarterly sales climbed 11 percent to $20.1 billion Lockheed now sees full-year sales of $79.75 billion to $81.75 billion, an 8 percent midpoint jump from prior 5 percent guidance Lockheed Martin has raised its full-year 2026 guidance after posting second-quarter...
By Chris Crowder, executive vice president, GovCon, Unanet If you have been in this business for more than a few years, you know what July means. The federal fiscal year does not end until September 30, but agencies are already looking at what remains in the budget, what can still move and which contractors are ready to...
Melanie Stricklan will lead Vast’s newly established special programs division The new division is focused on space-based capabilities for defense and intelligence missions The unit will combine Vast’s commercial platforms, engineering expertise and advanced manufacturing capabilities Former Slingshot Aerospace CEO Melanie Stricklan ha...
The Genesis Mission now spans 15-plus agencies, anchored by DOE’s American Science and Security Platform The challenges involve healthcare, energy, infrastructure and national security issues The news builds on earlier steps, including a $1 billion DOE-Japan partnership in June The White House has announced more than $5 billion in federal comm...
