Companies
Serco's US board adds retired general, AI entrepreneur
Balan Ayyar is the founder of Percipient.ai, a company that specializes in artificial intelligence and computer vision.
Podcasts
WT 360: A look inside GovCon's crystal ball for 2024
Stephanie Smith, RSM's GovCon guru and our first guest for 2024, lays out key themes and discussion points that are poised to shape the industry during this new year.
Contracts
Pentagon unveils its long-awaited defense industry strategy
The first-of-its-kind document aims to address fragile supply chains revealed by a global pandemic and simultaneous international conflicts.
Contracts
Marines using cheap commercial tech to hide command posts in plain sight
Command posts must be survivable to be effective, one commander says.
Contracts
DOD’s AI adoption efforts are starting to pay off, Pentagon official says
The Defense Department considers emerging technologies at “the center of how we think about planning for what the future of the military should look,” according to the head of the Pentagon’s Force Development and Emerging Capabilities office.
Opinion
Five things to remember about CMMC
The draft rule for how government contractors will protect their customers' information is long and defense as it was two years in the making, but here are five things to keep in mind in putting together your comments.
Contracts
DISA developing contract to modernize messaging systems
The Defense Information Systems Agency wants small businesses to provide the work if they can provide the updated capabilities DISA needs.
Contracts
DOD plans four-phase roll out of CMMC
The Defense Department expects companies will need two years to be fully compliant with this new standard for protecting information on their systems.
Opinion
UPDATE: CMMC's proposed rule is published
After much anticipation, the proposed new standard for the defense industrial base's overall cyber posture is available for download now.
Contracts
DHA starts 'Reboot' for planned application development contract
The Defense Health Agency is ready to share some of the intended evaluation criteria after a long pause in announcements.
Contracts
Navy kicks off work on training contract
The service branch wants a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business to support enterprise-wide training.
Contracts
ANC firms continue battle over $110M Army base support contract
The Army sided with one of the two Alaska Native Corporations vying for the work, but the service branch's pick was declared unfair.
Companies
Serco's U.S. subsidiary wins $84M Air Force analytical support contract
Serco Inc. will support air operations in Southwest Asia for the next five-and-a-half-years.
Companies
L3Harris shares the plan for its other major integration
L3Harris Technologies' acquisition of a secure communication product business from Viasat put the buyer on an information sharing network for the U.S. military and NATO, which is in need of continuous hardware and software updates.
Opinion
RTX's CEO transition follows three years of change and turbulence
Both the company and Greg Hayes' tenure started amid the coronavirus pandemic and essentially a pause in air travel. Chris Calio will move up to CEO in the spring amid rising demand for defense products.
Contracts
The defense industrial base is 'in crisis,' expert tells Hill panel
The defense establishment is not equipped to develop, acquire and onboard emerging technologies at scale, according to a draft report from the Pentagon, and witnesses at a recent House hearing called for deeper, stronger ties between government and industry.
Companies
L3Harris to review its business after pact with major shareholder
The multinational hedge fund involved in this agreement will also be represented on the board of directors of L3Harris Technologies.
Contracts
Army chooses 12 for $975M training services recompete
Communications, operations and logistics are other key lines of work for the new contract.
Contracts
AI’s military use is limited by maturity concerns, CENTCOM official says
A U.S. Central Command official noted that “performance is still quite up and down” with AI, even as officials continue to experiment with the emerging technologies.
Contracts