Geopolitical tensions and developments are shaping the defense technology landscape, and the Pentagon is adapting its priorities to meet emerging and increasingly urgent warfighter needs. As adversarial activity rises, United States defense officials are focusing on these five areas, among others, to advance the country’s technological capabilitie...
Rob Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions, said the Department of Defense seeking to advance adoption of trusted artificial intelligence tools needs to have a proper data management platform to better coordinate and facilitate sharing of data in motion between DOD leaders and warfighters. In an opinion piece published Tuesday in C4ISRNET...
Judy Lewis has assumed the role of vice president of business winning at BAE Systems, she announced on LinkedIn Friday, moving from a VP position at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC). In her new capacity, she will oversee BAE’s business development, growth and capture efforts in the United States. During her ...
Heath Starr, former vice president of growth enablement at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), was elevated to the role of senior VP of product, innovation and strategic partnerships at the Reston, Virginia-based technology integrator, he announced via LinkedIn. Starr has been with SAIC for nearly a decade now, joining as senior d...
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has secured a potential $200 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to integrate and test modified medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles. GA-ASI will install Special Operations Forces peculiar modifications into the MQ-9 and ...
Mireille Estephan, a technology development executive with two decades of industry experience, has been appointed chief technology officer at digital transformation firm Ardent. She will oversee the Tech, Research & Innovation Labs and help drive innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, geospatial engineering ...
TRAX International has won a potential five-year, $692.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide testing support services for the military branch. Army Contracting Command conducted an online solicitation and received three bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. The company will help the service bran...
Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) has secured a 10-year, $150 million blanket purchase agreement from the Department of Justice to help the Office of Records Management Policy store, manage and digitize government records across all DOJ components. The Records and Information Management Services BPA will support the development of ORMP’s records manag...
Chris Raymond, chief sustainability officer of Boeing (NYSE: BA) since October 2020, has been appointed president and CEO of the defense contractor’s global services business segment. He will assume his new role on Jan. 1 and succeed Stephanie Pope, who will transition to the chief operating officer post at Boeing, the company said Thursday. R...
NASA’s Johnson Space Center has started soliciting proposals for the fourth iteration of a contract to acquire services to perform analytical and physical processing activities in support of cargo requirements. The agency plans to conduct a full and open competition for Cargo Mission Contract 4, which will include engineering, maintenance and oper...
