President Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, for the role of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. Brown has been serving as head of DIU within the Department of Defense since 2018. Under his leadership, the unit transitioned 26 tech capabilities to warfighters and b...
Venture-backed defense technology provider Anduril Industries has bought Georgia-based Area-I, which maintains a portfolio of autonomous tube-launched unmanned aerial systems or air-launched effects, for an undisclosed amount. Anduril said Thursday it seeks to add software-defined mission autonomy and intelligent teaming applications to the company&...
Tyto Athene, a government systems integrator backed by Arlington Capital Partners, has wrapped up the acquisition of AT&T’s (NYSE: T) defense-focused information technology professional services business known as Government Solutions Inc. Chris Meilhammer, most recently president and chief operating officer of Tyto, will serve as CEO of the co...
David Shive, chief information officer of the General Services Administration, has been selected to be the midday keynote speaker for the Potomac Officers Club’s Annual CIO Forum on Wednesday, April 7. Shive has led the GSA’s information technology enterprise over the past six years and concurrently serves as vice chairman of the CIO Cou...
Haifa, Israel-based defense company Elbit Systems (Nasdaq: ESLT) has acquired a BAE Systems subsidiary that produces GPS receivers and guidance systems for military use. Elbit said Thursday it bought BAE Systems Rokar International for approximately $31 million in cash from the British defense contractor’s U.S. arm. Rokar’s Satellite Nav...
The Potomac Officers Club’s 2nd Annual CIO Forum will feature a panel discussion on how the significant events of 2020 impacted the technology landscape in areas such as cloud computing, cyber, artificial intelligence and data science. Carlton “Bubba” Fox, a senior vice president and chief product officer at NCI Information Systems, will m...
Stuart Bradie, president and CEO of KBR (NYSE: KBR), told CNBC’s Mad Money in an interview posted Tuesday about the company’s focus on space, defense and intelligence. “We built a billion dollar franchise supporting NASA. We help fly satellites, we help fly and maintain the International Space Station … run mission control together with ...
Voyager Space Holdings has concluded its purchase of The Launch Company in a move to accelerate the former’s launch services efforts. The acquisition, first announced in November 2020, comes as part of Voyager’s push to grow its footprint in the “NewSpace” sector, Voyager said Thursday. Voyager will add launch services to its portfolio ...
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is looking for potential sources that can provide assistance for AI development efforts across the Department of Defense. The U.S. Army Materiel Command said in a request for proposals posted Wednesday that the Data Readiness for AI Development basic ordering agreement covers data preparation and related serv...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has won a 10-year, $95 million contract to provide consulting and oversight for regulatory processes at U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. The company will also provide contract research support to the under the hybrid contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesd...
