General Dynamics Information Technology has secured a U.S. Air Force task order worth $120 million to provide a zero trust cybersecurity platform for the service branch’s bases worldwide. GDIT said Wednesday the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts awarded the task order under the service’s Nex...
bachelor’s”Brandy Durham has taken on new responsibilities as chief data and artificial intelligence officer at ManTech. The Herndon, Virginia-based company said Wednesday that Durham will lead the continued expansion of its Data and AI Practice. Get the chance to explore artificial intelligence, quantum computing and other cutting-edge ...
Quantum computing firm IonQ has appointed former Department of War technology official Katie Arrington as its next chief information officer, marking her transition from senior government service to industry. Arrington, who will assume the role on Monday, most recently served as acting CIO at DOW, where she advised senior leaders on enterprise IT, c...
Defense Unicorns has raised $136 million in Series B funding and reached a valuation exceeding $1 billion. How Will Defense Unicorns Use the Funding? The San Antonio, Texas-based company said Tuesday that the capital will support further development of Unicorn Delivery Service, or UDS, a portable, airgap-native runtime platform for packaging, deploy...
Federal IT systems integrator B&A has acquired Celestar as part of efforts to expand its intelligence capabilities and strengthen its presence in the national security market. What Intelligence Capabilities Does Celestar Add to B&A? B&A said Tuesday the transaction adds multi-intelligence disciplines to its existing offerings, including ...
General Dynamics Information Technology has received a U.S. Navy contract worth $988 million to modernize and integrate command, control, communications, computers, combat, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C5ISR, systems across the service branch’s surface combatant ships to help improve naval forces’ readiness. Wh...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX nine task orders worth $739 million combined to provide Lane 1 launch services under the National Security Space Launch, or NSSL, program’s third phase. The service branch said Friday the task orders awarded by Space Systems Command will provide launches for the Space Development Agency and the National...
Northrop Grumman will rapidly develop a collaborative combat aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps under a $231.5 million other transaction agreement awarded under the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft, or MUX TACAIR, program. The 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29 brings together defense leaders, researche...
Elara Nova has appointed Retired Brig. Gen. Chad Raduege as president of cyber, data and communications. “Elara Nova is a superb company — combining National Security mission focus with brilliant people — and matches my value of “meaningful purpose,” Raduege wrote in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. As agencies rac...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International We are at a crucial juncture in the annals of technical history. Throughout decades of writing, lecturing, teaching and consulting on emerging technologies, I have observed cycles of invention transform companies, governments and society. The current frontier—a synthesis of artificial i...
