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...
Xcelerate Solutions, a defense and national security company backed by McNally Capital, has added three senior executives to its leadership team. The appointments of Terry Emmert, Steve Cubarney and Jean Francois “Boodi” Blanc reinforce the company’s strategic direction and growth in the government sector, Xcele...
“Palladyne AI has formed an operating division focused on defense after acquiring GuideTech and two Crucis companies, Warnke Precision Machining and MKR Fabricators. Secure your spot for the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 19, featuring top voices from agencies and industry. Explore cutting-edge use c...
The $25 billion provided for the U.S. Coast Guard in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is the largest investment in the service’s history, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a packed ballroom on Wednesday during her keynote address at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Homeland Security Summit. Noem, who received two standing ovat...
Kymeta has named Manny Mora as its new president and CEO, marking a leadership transition aimed at accelerating the company’s work in mobile satellite communications for the Department of Defense and allied governments. Mora succeeds Rick Bergman, who oversaw the launch of the Goshawk u8 terminal and advanced multi-band satcom with a single ap...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has announced its intent to award a sole-source contract to By Light Professional IT Services for a Full Content Inspection, or FCI, managed service as part of efforts to strengthen the Department of Defense’s cyber defense capabilities. According to a notice published Friday on SAM.gov, the initiative wi...
