The Department of Defense is sharpening its focus on partnerships to stay ahead of peer and near peer competitors. While the U.S. has a strong defense industrial base, its allies “each have their own robust defense industries and will continue to be a cornerstone of the DOD’s concept of integrated deterrence,” Travis Langster,...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of the Chief Information Officer is seeking contractors capable of providing the agency with cloud services that comply with the security standards of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, a.k.a. FedRAMP. NOAA intends to award an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quanti...
The U.S. Army has awarded AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) an additional contract ceiling of $743 million to continue producing Switchblade loitering munition systems for the military branch and several allied countries, including Sweden, Lithuania and Romania. The company said Monday the award includes a $54.9 million delivery order issued under the pr...
The Department of Defense introduced its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO, in early 2022, out of a dissatisfaction with the progress made by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, known as the JAIC. In the two and a half years since the CDAO’s establishment, though, how much progress has the Pentagon made with...
The Department of Defense has issued the final rule for a certification program that seeks to verify whether defense contractors comply with existing cybersecurity protections for federal contract information and controlled unclassified information. DOD said Friday the final rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is expected...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed higher at $5,505.35 (+1.44%) after recovering from a steep 1.05% decline on Thursday. The index, which tracks the stock performance of 30 major government contractors, posted a 0.65% week-on-week gain, maintaining its winning run. Wall Street’s major stock indexes also finished strong before ...
Interos will bring together the brightest minds in supply chain risk management for a one-day event this October to discuss pressing issues across artificial intelligence, cyber, geopolitical risks, ESG and more. One of the sessions at Interos’ 2024 Risk Intelligence Summit will be featuring Paul Nakasone, a retired U.S. Army general who serve...
Activity is constantly moving across and into the theater of the Middle East and central Asia, with sizable impacts for global security and global commerce. There are countless “ripple effects” from this area, such as Iranian drones that have appeared on battlefields in Ukraine. To manage such a complex and expansive situation, partnerships and ...
Astrion has appointed seasoned industry leaders to its new executive leadership team to drive innovation and advance growth initiatives. The company said Thursday the announcement of the new leadership team came a month after it closed its acquisition of mission engineering services provider Axient. Astrion CEO Dave Zolet said the company’s co...
Tim Gramp, an information technology professional with 25 years of experience in technology services development and management, has been appointed chief technology officer at EXPANSIA. Gramp will be responsible for guiding EXPANSIA’s technology and innovation strategy focusing on enhancing the readiness of its Department of Defense ...
