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  • IperionX to Provide Titanium Components Under $99M Phase III Army SBIR Award
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    IperionX to Provide Titanium Components Under $99M Phase III Army SBIR Award

    Qualifying U.S. government agencies can now issue task orders to critical metal and materials provider IperionX for the supply of titanium components and parts under a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Army that called for the research and development of low-cost domestic titanium for defense applications. Terms of the SBIR Phase III […] More

  • Jacobs to Expand Boeing’s St. Louis Site
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    Jacobs to Expand Boeing’s St. Louis Site

    Jacobs will work to double the size of Boeing’s St. Louis facility in Missouri, supporting efforts to enhance national security and defense infrastructure. The multi-billion-dollar project includes sustainable building development, infrastructure upgrades and environmental solutions, Jacobs said Thursday. The expanded site will house advanced assembly operations and a post-assembly center for future-generation aircraft. Construction is already underway […] More

  • How Amentum Is Using AI & Where It’s Going Next, According to VP Seth Eaton
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    How Amentum Is Using AI & Where It’s Going Next, According to VP Seth Eaton

    Three-decade technology industry vet Seth Eaton is an alumnus of Vectrus and PAE and has spent many years helping government contracting companies integrate cutting-edge tools. Eaton is currently vice president of technology innovation at Amentum. Since we last spoke with Eaton, he has been helping Amentum build a technology strategy that harnesses the collective experience, passion and creativity […] More

  • Leonel Garciga Has Big Plans for US Army cATO Software Efforts
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    Leonel Garciga Has Big Plans for US Army cATO Software Efforts

    Leonel Garciga, U.S. Army chief information officer and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, is tackling continuous authority to operate, a.k.a. cATO, processes, for physical weapon systems and platforms as part of an overall service effort to enhance how it uses software on its networks. Centralizing cATO processes is a top priority for Garciga, who is keynoting the […] More

  • Emerging Threats to Data Security Discussed at Global Cyber Innovation Forum
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    Emerging Threats to Data Security Discussed at Global Cyber Innovation Forum

    Cyber leaders participated in the recent Global Cyber Innovation Forum, where they discussed emerging threats, technological innovation and strategic partnerships needed to secure digital infrastructure. In an opinion piece published Wednesday, Alex Whitworth, director of sales at Carahsoft, said the event the company hosted together with Forgepoint Capital, Snowflake, Forescout and Google Cloud centered on […] More

  • Salesforce Products Achieve FedRAMP High Authorization
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    Salesforce Products Achieve FedRAMP High Authorization

    The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted High Level authorization to four Salesforce cloud technologies, namely Agentforce, Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Tableau Next. FedRAMP Certification Salesforce said Wednesday the certification allows U.S. public sector agencies to use the cloud tools with their most sensitive unclassified data, helping them enhance constituent services, improve efficiency and […] More

  • Rob Aalseth Named Parsons Multi-Domain Defense Solutions SVP
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    Rob Aalseth Named Parsons Multi-Domain Defense Solutions SVP

    Rob Aalseth announced on LinkedIn Wednesday that he has been appointed senior vice president of multi-domain defense solutions at Parsons. Career History The executive most recently served as SVP of the space business unit at BlueHalo, where he managed profit and loss for the company’s defense business sector. Before that, he was the senior space technical director at Anduril […] More

  • BAE Books Navy Contract to Upgrade Military IFF Transponder
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    BAE Books Navy Contract to Upgrade Military IFF Transponder

    BAE Systems has received a $30 million contract from the U.S. Navy to upgrade the AN/APX-123A(V) Common Transponder, a critical identification friend or foe system. The modernization will support both current and future platforms, including unmanned aerial vehicles, ships, fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, for the Navy and joint forces for air defense, weapon systems, air traffic […] More

  • Former Blue Halo Exec Gary Sauer Joins AV as Business Development and Growth VP
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    Former Blue Halo Exec Gary Sauer Joins AV as Business Development and Growth VP

    Seasoned management executive Gary Sauer shared in a LinkedIn post his appointment as vice president for business development and growth at defense technology company AV. A retired U.S. Army officer with more than 22 years of service, Sauer possesses a career track record that also includes experience in the public and private sectors. Previous Senior […] More

  • Ultra I&C, Dell Technologies to Supply Air Force With SPOC Processor
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    Ultra I&C, Dell Technologies to Supply Air Force With SPOC Processor

    The U.S. Air Force has tapped Ultra Intelligence & Communications and Dell Technologies to supply the airborne CSO 3U-VPX Software Programmable Open Mission Systems Compliant, or SPOC, processor for the Air Force Materiel Command Life Cycle Management Center. The two companies will collaborate on the SPOC processor’s software development, integration and testing, Ultra I&C said […] More