Paul Baltzell, vice president of strategy and business development for state and local government at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said government agencies looking to counter cyberthreat actors and allow internal teams to focus more on strategic efforts should modernize their digital infrastructure with the adoption of an agile, cloud-based platform. Balt...
Space is undeniably one of the newest and most contested warfighting domains today. While commercial activity in space continues to rapidly accelerate the speed of innovation in the domain, new threats are simultaneously emerging and threatening the United States’ position in the global competition for space dominance. In response to rising space ...
Markeeva Morgan, a senior director at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been promoted to vice president and program manager of the company’s VC-25B program. He announced his new position in a LinkedIn post and will be responsible for managing the program to build the U.S. Air Force’s next presidential aircraft. Boeing was awarded a sole-source, $3....
The U.S. Navy has chosen 10 companies for a potential five-year, $178.4 million contract vehicle to help the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific manage, engineer and secure information technology systems. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a $76.4 million initial award covering three base years a...
Carahsoft Technology has introduced a website to help government customers explore applications customized for the Salesforce cloud platform and view their procurement options. The Carahsoft AppExchange Public Sector Guided Tour Site serves as a resource of specialized tools and support services related to more than 7,000 offerings from Salesforce i...
The departments of Commerce, State, Justice and the Treasury have issued a joint advisory informing the industry of legal obligations and internal controls that should be implemented to prevent any activities that would contribute to the development of Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle program. The guidance document seeks to inform the private sector...
SpaceX and United Launch Alliance secured six new assignments each under a follow-on U.S. Space Force procurement vehicles for national security space launch services. Space Systems Command said Thursday that SpaceX will launch five missions for the Space Development Agency’s missile warning and tracking constellation and one classified USSF m...
The Aerospace Industries Association, Professional Services Council and the National Defense Industrial Association have issued a report providing the State Department with recommendations on how to transform the foreign military sales process and defense trade system. Comments and feedback from the three associations’ members representing aer...
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Atomics a $1.19 billion modification to a contract centered on the aircraft launching platform of CVN 81, the future carrier USS Doris Miller. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee amendment includes additional scope to produce, assemble, test and manage the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, and make neces...
Charles Hooper, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, has joined the board of directors at General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). “Hooper’s wealth of experience will help us continue to meet our customers’ needs, both in the U.S. and with our U.S. allies,” Phebe Novakovic, CE...
