TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2016 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) will help update the Defense Department‘s network gateway under an $8.57 million task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the award works to provide distributed tactical commu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will deploy its Windows 10 operating system across 4 million seats at the Defense Department after Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen‘s follow-up on a previous memo to standardize the OS across DoD, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Company officials said in separate posts Wedne...
A United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) subsidiary has reached an agreement with the Defense Department to produce lots 9 and 10 of F135 engines for the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Pratt & Whitney will build 167 F135 low-rate initial production propulsion engines for the three F-35 variants and pr...
The Department of War has issued a request for information to gather industry feedback on its plan to produce small unmanned aerial systems capable of carrying out one-way attack missions. What Is the Drone Dominance Program? The program, called Drone Dominance, is designed to provide U.S. producers opportunities to demonstrate the ability to manufa...
By Benji Hutchinson, CEO of Babel Street Modern adversaries don’t attack in one dimension. They exploit global supply chains, digital identities and the information environment simultaneously, probing for weak seams where risk passes unseen between organizations, vendors and people. For national security organizations, defense contractors and ...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond On Nov. 10, 2025, DFARS 252.204-7021 officially started requiring defense contractors to maintain CMMC certification at levels specified in their contracts. What many contractors don’t realize is that their eligibility for award is determined earlier in the process by a different...
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael — the Pentagon’s chief technology officer — will keynote the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29 at the Hilton McLean in Virginia. The event will be POC’s first major GovCon gathering of 2026 and is expected to draw senior defense lead...
Enabled Intelligence has secured the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s SEQUOIA contract, a single-award vehicle worth up to $708 million over seven years to provide data labeling-as-a-service for geospatial artificial intelligence and machine learning programs. The work will span multiple NGA directorates and extend to Department of De...
Agile Defense has finalized its integration of IntelliBridge, which the former acquired in January, completing a consolidation that creates a single enterprise focused on accelerating the delivery of digital, data, cyber and artificial intelligence capabilities across national security and civilian agencies. Agile Defense said Tuesday that the unifi...
Nokia’s 5G communications technology is transforming combat. From arctic operations to applications for the Marine Corps and teaming arrangements with leading defense contractors, Nokia is charting the path forward for secure, high-bandwidth and reliable 5G technology with allied armed services. In today’s complicated and challenging ope...
