The Department of Defense is in the midst of a “reluctant revolution in military affairs,” according to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth III. With the advent of modern autonomous technologies, the U.S. military is currently undergoing never-before-seen efforts to uncrew “considerable portions” o...
The U.S. Intelligence Community is saddled with many of the same challenges as organizations from various sectors that process information in attempts to make it actionable: an excess of data and a need to find efficient and dependable ways to sort through it. As information assessors, IC representatives like Rhett Skiles, deputy assistant secr...
Lumen Technologies has received a potential five-year, $109.8 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue providing operations and maintenance services for dark fiber and commercial facilities in support of Department of Defense users across the continental U.S. The performance period of the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-...
The Aerospace Corp. has received a modification to a contract with the Space Systems Command that calls for systems engineering and integration services in support of the national space community. Work will be carried out in California with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2024, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The modification...
The great power competition and its ripple effects are dramatically impacting the global intelligence landscape and reshaping how the United States Intelligence Community executes its missions. Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Dr. Stacey Dixon highlighted this — “the intensifying strategic competition with China and ...
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has agreed to acquire Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK) for approximately $28 billion in a transaction that will enable the San Jose, California-based technology company to expand its capabilities meant to help organizations harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve security and digital resilience. The boards of directors of C...
Maxar Technologies has separated into two separate businesses, one focused on spacecraft manufacturing and the other on satellite imagery, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. The reorganization came four months after private equity firm Advent International closed its acquisition of Maxar in an all-cash transaction worth approximately $6.4 billion. The de...
Robert Fleming will take the helm of the space systems business of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), assuming the corporate vice president and sector president roles in place of Tom Wilson, on Oct. 9 Northrop said Thursday Fleming has been with the company for almost 18 years and is currently VP and general manager of the...
Aerospace is combining its space and defense systems business segments into a single organization to align its end-to-end operations with the structure and strategic direction of its Department of Defense customers. Marty Whelan, senior vice president of the defense systems group since 2018, will lead the integrated business unit, which will unify t...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has secured a potential seven-year, $160 million single-award contract to develop hardware and software products for the U.S. intelligence community. Mike Kushin, president of Parsons’ defense and intelligence sector, said in a statement published Thursday that the company will build on its technical expertise to help the I...
