The peer and near-peer threat is top of mind for Pentagon officials and top decision makers. As global powers and major competitors continue to make technological advancements and jeopardize the United States’ dominance in key areas, defense leaders are honing in on a few elements that are proving to be critical for achieving and maintaining...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has cleared a memo ordering agencies to implement the six recommendations by a tiger team to accelerate and strengthen the foreign military sales process in support of the 2022 National Defense Strategy. The first three recommendations are improving DOD’s unders...
As adversaries continue to develop and deploy new technologies, cyberattacks pose a greater threat to the United States than ever before. To address these risks, the federal government recently released the National Cybersecurity Strategy, which aims to build a more secure and resilient cyber ecosystem nationwide. For the U.S. government, acquiring ...
The United States now regularly and publicly participates in cyber warfare. However, 20 years ago — even as recently as a decade ago — this was highly classified information, not permitted in the Title 10 or Title 50 spaces. It has only been in recent years that such practices have become more normalized and widely...
The persistent threat of cyber attacks has been a top concern for the Department of Defense in recent years. Now, as the Pentagon moves forward with a zero trust approach to cybersecurity, DOD leaders are paying close attention to implementing security not just at the enterprise level, but also at the tactical edge, where threats...
Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), will provide F-135 propulsion system spare parts and associated equipment to U.S. and international defense customers under an $888 million contract modification from Naval Air Systems Command. This award covers the procurement of parts; modules; packaging, handling, shipping an...
Leaders at the U.S. Department of Defense have been looking for a way to centralize their Joint All Domain Command and Control endeavor. Under this ideal state, communications and data sharing would be interlocked in a seamless mesh network that includes all six military branches and is functional at the edge: wherever a warfighter is active....
A business unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will update software for the U.S. Navy‘s Super Hornet and Growler aircraft systems under a five-year, $372.1 million contract. Raytheon Intelligence & Space will modernize sensor, instrumentation and tactical interfaces that support software blocks of the F/A-18 and EA-18G fleets, the De...
BrainGu has received a five-year, $125 million contract to support a cloud-based command and control environment for the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System. The Small Business Innovation Research Phase III award will include the provision of DevSecOps as a service to the Department of Defense Platform One at multiple secur...
Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, and Bruce Crawford, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, have joined the board of directors of Comtech (Nasdaq: CMTL). Lord and Crawford bring to Comtech’s board their government and industry experience in the field of capability development, bud...
