Now, more than ever, cybersecurity and zero trust are at the top of the U.S. government’s priorities. In today’s increasingly complex geopolitical environment — across all domains — protecting and fortifying data is the first and foremost focus for public and private sector leaders alike. “Data is being used today to drive a lot of...
The United States’ near-peer adversaries have the same technologies that we do, but on a much larger scale. The only way to be survivable in the near-peer fight of the future is to “be able to be networked, agile and lethal,” according to Greg Wenzel, executive vice president and a leader in Booz Allen Hamilton’s global defense...
The U.S. Intelligence Community is prioritizing cloud migration as it works to push capabilities out to the tactical edge and better support U.S. warfighters with access to critical data. Notably along this effort, the Department of Defense recently released its software modernization strategy, which replaces its 2018 cloud strategy and more clearl...
Sixteen small businesses have won spots on a five-year, $990 million contract to provide information and communication technology support to the U.S. Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command. Army Contracting Command received 31 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online solicitation, the Department of Defense said Friday. Th...
Nand Mulchandani, most recently chief technology officer at the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, has been appointed the first CTO at the CIA. He will bring to the role over 25 years of government and industry experience and help advance innovation in support of the CIA’s mission, the agency said Friday. CIA Direc...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $224 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for recapitalization work on a transportable automatic system for launching surface-to-surface missiles. The contractor will restructure the Multiple Launch Rocket System to allow it to be used on the M270A2 family of launcher weapons platforms, the Depar...
A few years from now, the Department of Defense’s Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability will be in place and operational as the foundation for the department’s JADC2 initiative, according to John Sherman, chief information officer of DOD and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner. The department’s cloud adoption efforts have been difficult and remain diffi...
Craig Martell, former head of machine learning at Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT), has been named chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Defense. He will oversee efforts to advance the adoption of data, AI, analytics and digital platforms to provide warfighters decision advantage on the battlefield, DOD said Monday. “With Craig...
Definitive Logic has purchased Digital Mobilizations for an undisclosed sum as part of its efforts to scale up into a mid-sized consultancy focused on delivering digital transformation capabilities in support of missions of defense, federal civilian, homeland security and commercial customers. Founded in 2016, Digital Mobilizations supports digital ...
The Department of the Navy has awarded five companies positions on a five-year, $999.6 million contract vehicle for financial, accounting and business process services. DON will obligate a total of $250,000 to the awardees to cover the minimum amount of its Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cont...
