Jeremy Sloane, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, has joined integrated software planning software provider Decision Lens as senior vice president for the Air Force and Space Force. In this capacity, he will leverage his three-decade career in the military to advance modernization initiatives in support of Air Force and Space Force customer...
Jon Rucker, CEO of Ultra Intelligence & Communications, accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO and award founder Jim Garrettson last week. Garrettson handed over the plaque at a Potomac Officers Club breakfast forum at the scenic 2941 Restaurant in Falls Church, Virginia. Ultra I&C was a lead sponsor of the event, whi...
5G communications are not merely the province of our cell phones: they come with abundant potential for government and military uses and for bolstering national security. They can play a key role in Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, be implemented when building smarter cities and in enhancing the warfighter’s toolkit. U.S. federal off...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $1.3 billion contract to build and deliver 17 F/A-18 multi-role strike fighter jets and a technical data package for fleet sustainment to the U.S. Navy. The service branch expects the delivery of the new Super Hornets to commence in winter 2026 and reach completion in spring 2027, Naval Air...
Systecon North America has developed a system-level decision framework, built on its Opus Suite life cycle management software, to help the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command enhance aircraft sustainment efforts. The company said Wednesday the initiative aims to inform the AMC sustainment activities, operational planning and support processes to op...
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented Schuyler Moore, chief technology officer of the U.S. Central Command, with her 2024 Wash100 Award at the Potomac Officers Club’s Achieving Transformative Cooperation for National Defense Forum last week. You have the chance to choose Moore as your favorite 2024 Wash100 winner. Visit Wash100.com to ...
The State Department has approved the government of Bahrain’s request to procure M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks and related equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $2.2 billion foreign military sales agreement. Bahrain has asked to procure 50 M1A2 System Enhancement Program version 3 vehicles, four M88A2 Hercules combat recovery ve...
By Cameron Chehreh, vice president and general manager of public sector at Intel and 2023 Wash100 Award winner Sensing is essential to survival. Even the simplest microorganisms can sense stimuli such as light, chemicals and pressure. Humans, of course, can respond to a wide range of senses, including vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch, balance an...
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has closed its proposed $28 billion acquisition of San Francisco-based software company Splunk as part of a push to expand its networking capabilities and security and observability platforms designed to help organizations drive digital resilience while advancing the adoption of artificial intelligence. The transaction is expect...
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the digital world, but the U.S. government is still working to understand its role in military use cases. This technology could have massive impacts on the Department of Defense’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, which aims to enable joint warfighting by improving connectivity an...
