Craig Martell, former head of machine learning at Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT), has been named chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Defense. He will oversee efforts to advance the adoption of data, AI, analytics and digital platforms to provide warfighters decision advantage on the battlefield, DOD said Monday. “With Craig...
Small satellite launch company Virgin Orbit has changed the name of its U.S.-incorporated subsidiary Vox Space to Virgin Orbit National Systems to highlight the company’s presence in the national security space market. The rebranded subsidiary also welcomed Craig Cooning, a former executive at Boeing (NYSE: BA) and a 2015 Wash100 inductee, as ...
The Defense Logistics Agency has asked industry for information on weapons systems and other commercial capabilities as the Pentagon works to meet Ukraine’s requests for security assistance amid Russian invasion. The Department of Defense is looking at options to build up additional capacity and speed up the production of weapons systems and other...
The Department of Defense has created two deputy assistant secretaries as part of the reorganization of its industrial policy office to improve oversight of the defense industrial base amid supply chain challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Defense One reported Thursday. Jessica Maxwell, a spokesperson for DOD, said one of the new deputies will f...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $74 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to produce the U.S. government’s eighth Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery. The company said Thursday it expects MDA to deploy the additional weapon system by 2025 to help defend against ballistic missile threats. The U.S. Army first activat...
Andy Green, executive vice president of HII and president of HII’s Mission Technologies division, was presented his fourth Wash100 Award, the most acclaimed annual award that seeks to acknowledge the significant leaders across the government contracting (GovCon) sector for the impending year, during a recent visit to the HII’ headq...
Alexander Gates, a four-decade military and civil service veteran, has been named chief research officer at Arlington, Virginia-based cybersecurity company Shift5. Gates will manage a threat intelligence portfolio designed to help transportation and defense system operators gain visibility of secure operational technology networks, Shift5 said Thurs...
Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc. has won a potential $184.3 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to study combustion and propulsion technologies for potential defense use. ISSI will carry out research work under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract at Wright-Patterson AF Base in Ohio and will receive $842,500 i...
Sig Sauer has won a potential 10-year, $4.5 billion contract from the U.S. Army to produce two Next Generation Squad Weapon variants with a common 6.8 millimeter ammunition and fire control system. The Department of Defense disclosed Thursday the value of the firm-fixed-price contract that covers the production of XM5 NGSW and XM250 NGSW Automatic...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a four-year, $482 million contract extension to provide fleet management services to the Canadian air force’s CF-18 Hornet fighter jets. The company said Thursday it will continue to help manage the foreign aircraft program, materials, data, operational software, logistics process and electronic public...
