David Thompson, a retired U.S. Space Force general, has been elected to the board of trustees of The Aerospace Corp. In this capacity, he will share insights and provide guidance for Aerospace’s activities, particularly those related to the space enterprise, the nonprofit corporation said Thursday. “I’m thrilled to welcome Gen. Thompson to our...
Material Security is the synergistic brainchild of three entrepreneurial technologists: Chairman Ryan Noon, Vice President of Engineering Chris Park and CEO Abhishek Agrawal. The unfortunate milestone of government cyber attacks in 2016 prompted the trio to found the organization and develop no-nonsense, effective security products and services. Th...
As one of the Department of Defense’s 14 critical technology areas, artificial intelligence has taken center stage in the organization’s research and development endeavors. According to Matt Turek, deputy director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Information Innovation Office, approximately 70 percent of the agency’s progr...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential two-year, $189 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Combat Air Forces Distributed Mission Operations services. The Department of Defense said Thursday the sole-source contract includes the development of a virtual environment designed to facilitate distributed training events, inclu...
Virtual Technologies Group has purchased information technology services provider Quotient to expand its suite of IT managed services for its client base and broaden its presence in the government contracting market. VTG said Thursday it made the acquisition using strategic capital from private investment firm Jacmel Partners. In addition to IT mana...
Peraton has won a position on the potential $1.4 billion Defense Enterprise HR Applications and Data Services blanket purchase agreement awarded by the Defense Manpower Data Center. The company said Wednesday the DEHRADS BPA covers support for DMDC in 25 task areas, including software development and sustainment, application rationalization and clou...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Recently, we shed light on the intricacies of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 third-party assessments and their role in strengthening the cybersecurity framework for Department of Defense contractors. However, achieving initial compliance is just the beginning. The real challenge ...
Candice Ling, federal sector leader at Microsoft, received her 2024 Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the recognition. Each year, Wash100 celebrates the triumphs of the most distinguished executives in the government contracting industry. Winners of a Wash100 Award are th...
In June, the Department of the Air Force launched an experimental generative AI chatbot similar to ChatGPT. The Non-classified Internet Protocol Router AI tool, dubbed NIPRGPT, can converse with Air Force personnel and assist them with certain tasks. “There are multiple modernization efforts going on right now across the federal governm...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $2.27 billion contract from NASA to build a constellation of Geostationary Extended Observations weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NASA said Tuesday the cost-plus-award-fee contract includes the development of three GeoXO weather satellites with options fo...
