LMI has appointed Josh Wilson, the company’s president of markets, growth and technology, as the next CEO, effective Jan. 1. The company said Thursday Wilson will succeed six-time Wash100 awardee Doug Wagoner, who will transition to the role of chairman of the board. “Stepping into this role is an incredible opportunity to accelerate the...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The White House’s recent announcement placing quantum science and artificial intelligence at the top of federal research and development priorities for fiscal year 2027 represents more than a policy shift. It signals a recognition that these two technologies will define the nex...
Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, former commander of the Air Combat Command, has been nominated by President Donald Trump as the 24th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. The nomination was announced despite Wilsbach’s prior plans to retire after nearly 40 years of active duty service, the Air Force said Tuesday. “If confirmed, I intend to...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a 10-year, $1.6 billion contract to establish a supply of high-purity depleted uranium. Under the contract, BWXT will build and operate an HPDU manufacturing facility at its Jonesborough, Tennessee, site and produce up to 300 metric tons of HPDU an...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond The clock is ticking for defense industrial base contractors because the Department of Defense begins enforcing Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements across new solicitations and contracts on November 10. For the estimated 80,000 contractors handling controlled unclassified inf...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has secured a $10.86 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to produce up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the Marine Corps over the next five years. The contract marks the largest quantity order ever received for the aircraft, the company said Friday. Deliveries are scheduled between 2029...
AV has appointed Johnathan Jones, a defense executive, as senior vice president of cyber and mission solutions, or CMS. The defense technology company rebranded from AeroVironment to AV following its acquisition of defense technology firm BlueHalo in May. AV said Thursday Jones will oversee the strategic direction and operations of CMS to strengthen...
Raft, a defense technology company, announced on LinkedIn Tuesday that it has secured a $349 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to enhance the delivery of edge-to-enterprise data and artificial intelligence technologies across the Department of Defense. Enhancing Battlefield Decision-Mak...
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded AttainX, VivSoft Technologies and Active Defense JV positions on the Agile C5ISC Operational & Modernization Pipeline for Application Support Services, or COMPASS, procurement contracts. The selections were announced through award notices published on the Federal Procurement Data System — Ne...
Eric Chien, a fellow on the Threat Hunter Team at Broadcom, said government agencies looking to counter attackers should create networks that are secure by default and use tools that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning. Chien noted that achieving a network that is secure by default means reducing the attack surface and adopting zer...
