The decision on whether to increase U.S. forces in Afghanistan has not yet been made, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. DOD News reported that Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said national security leaders have not presented President Donald J. Trump with Afghanistan troop recommendations for the years 2017 and beyond. ...
Mark Welsh III, a retired U.S. Air Force general and current dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, has joined the board of directors at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC). Northrop expands its board of directors to 14 members with the addition of Welsh, the company said Thursday. “His extensive...
Institute for Defense Analyses will continue providing a range of services in support of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commands and defense agencies under a $180 million contract modification from the Washington Headquarters Services. The award raised the contract's ceiling from $950.7 million to $1.13...
The Air Force has issued a presolicitation notice to seek information on a new aircraft to replace its fleet of legacy E-4B National Airborne Operations Center planes. A notice posted Wednesday on beta SAM website says the proposed Survivable Airborne Operations Center Weapon System aircraft will be a key National Military Command System component ...
Northrop Grumman has named Christopher Grady, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a previous Wash100 awardee, to its board of directors. The company said Friday Grady brings more than four decades of military leadership experience to the board as Northrop continues to focus on delivering technology capabilities to the U.S. and...
Stephen Ehikian, former acting administrator of the General Services Administration, has been named chief executive officer of C3 AI, effective Sept. 1. The enterprise artificial intelligence application software company said Wednesday Ehikian is tasked with empowering customers to leverage AI to drive meaningful change across businesses, ...
Chainalysis Government Solutions has promoted Wyn Elder, most recently chief operating officer, to president and CEO. Elder announced his appointment in a LinkedIn post published Friday. He brings to the role his experience as a corporate strategist and core competencies in budgetary and strategic planning, congressional engagement and interagency c...
Combating small drones is the top priority for Replicator’s next phase, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who offered a look into the future of the initiative in a September memo. Replicator is a Department of Defense project designed to accelerate the delivery of novel capabilities to warfighters at speed and scale. Announced...
Ted Davis, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has been elevated to the role of president and general manager of Auterion Government Solutions, a robotics and autonomous systems software company. Auterion said Tuesday he served as vice president of government solutions before his promotion and will now succeed Errol Farr, who is taking an ad...
Jonathan Greenert, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, will take on the role of chair of the board of directors at the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems. He will succeed Kelly Ayotte, a former senator who has held the position of board chair at BAE Systems Inc. since December 2021, the company said Friday. Ayotte will...
