RTX (NYSE: RTX) has secured a $344.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to produce guided, gliding precision munition with multimode seeker technology for domestic and international military customers. The modification covers the lot 10 production of StormBreaker, additional all up rounds, containers and trainers for the Air Force...
York Space Systems has hired Jon Estridge, former staff member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to be its vice president of operations, he announced in a LinkedIn post on Monday. Estridge spent 27 years serving in various government positions, including in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Office of the Director of Natio...
Pragyansmita Nayak, chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies should learn how to navigate the repository of artificial intelligence use cases as they work on strategies to incorporate AI into their workflows and align such strategies with their specific requirements. In an opinion piece published Thursday in Federal Tim...
Mr. Jay Dryer is the closing keynote for the 10th Annual Defense Research and Defense Summit on January 31, 2024. Register for the annual summit, organized by the Potomac Officers Club, to learn about the SCO’s development of cutting-edge technologies to strengthen the defense landscape. Catch Jay Dryer’s Keynote for the 10th Annu...
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have released final guidelines outlining the frameworks and factors the agencies use in assessing mergers and acquisitions. FTC said Monday it voted unanimously to approve the 2023 Merger Guidelines, which reflect advances in law and economics, the experiences of market participants and feed...
Mergers and acquisitions across the government contracting landscape are back on the upswing after a relatively slow year for deals. In an Executive Spotlight interview with Executive Mosaic, Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President Rob Silverman gave us a glimpse into the company’s recent acquisitions and shared insights for M&A...
Open source software is code that is available for anyone to inspect, modify, enhance and share, and its accessibility and flexibility offers a wide array of options for users looking to meet specific needs. For the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, open source has inspired a mindset of “building once and reusing many,” opening new...
The Potomac Officers Club is getting extraterrestrial: it will host the 2024 edition of its annual Space Summit on March 5. Registration is now open for the truly out-of-this-world event! Space is the fastest growing and most increasingly competitive domain in the defense realm. The Department of Defense is pulling out all of the stop...
The United States government is working to enhance operational capabilities to mitigate risk spanning our complex infrastructure — particularly in remote locations at the tactical edge — as cyber-physical risks and geopolitical tensions rise. On Feb. 8, 2024, military leaders and industry experts will come together at the Potomac Officers ...
Homeland security officials are looking at ways to deploy artificial intelligence within the acquisition process — and within other aspects of their agencies — to drive efficiency and better protect the nation against evolving threats. Mario Wilson, assistant administrator for acquisition program management at the Transportation Security Adminis...
