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in Executive Moves, News
Spectro Cloud Appoints GovCon Leader Matthew Heideman as Public Sector VP
Matthew Heideman, an expert in government IT and an experienced GovCon industry leader, has joined California-based software company Spectro Cloud as vice president of public sector. “I joined Spectro Cloud Government because todays federal missions, from homeland defense and national security to law enforcement, federal healthcare, and critical infrastructure, all require the ability to deploy […] More
December 16, 2025, 3:58 am
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in Executive Moves, News
Former Air Force Leader George Buch Jr. Joins Cypress International as Air & Space Analysis Director
Cypress International has appointed George Buch Jr. as director of the company’s air and space analysis, global mobility and contested logistics business. Retired Lt. Gen. David Halverson, chair and CEO of the federal and defense consultancy firm, said in a statement published on LinkedIn Thursday, that Buch will provide “invaluable insight in aligning analytical results […] More
December 15, 2025, 11:11 am
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in DOD, News
Hanwha to Invest $1B in Automated Factory for American-Made 155mm Howitzer Modular Charges
South Korean company Hanwha has committed to investing $1 billion to build an automated factory that would produce American-made Modular Charge Systems, or MCS, for 155mm Howitzer ammunition by 2030, Breaking Defense reported. The company is currently looking for potential sites, with construction expected to start in 2026. What Will Hanwha’s US Munitions Factory Offer? […] More
December 15, 2025, 10:09 am
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in News, Space
Viasat to Provide InRange Satellite Telemetry Service for INNOSPACE’s Upcoming Launch
Viasat will provide InRange launch telemetry service for an upcoming mission by the South Korean space company INNOSPACE. InRange is expected to deliver uninterrupted telemetry data throughout the flight, from liftoff to payload deployment, and enable video streaming from the launch vehicle, Viasat said Thursday. How Does InRange Work? InRange is a service designed for […] More
December 12, 2025, 10:51 am
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Lockheed Martin Subsidiary Launches Astris AI for Government for High-Assurance Missions
Astris AI, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, has introduced Astris AI for Government, a new offering that promotes trustworthy and secure artificial intelligence adoption to support high-assurance missions. Astris AI for Government provides a unified platform that combines Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s U.S. network for unclassified and classified regions, Meta’s open source AI models; NVIDIA’s AI Enterprise […] More
December 12, 2025, 4:49 am
Bob Ritchie
in Artificial Intelligence, Government Technology, News
SAIC CTO Discusses Decision Fatigue as Agencies Confront Expanding Data, Options
Bob Ritchie, senior vice president and chief technology officer at SAIC, has warned that growing access to data and actionable options can lead to decision fatigue and even paralysis. In a new article posted on the company’s website, Ritchie discussed that, to reduce cognitive burden among national security and defense personnel and accelerate decision making, […] More
December 11, 2025, 11:41 am
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in DOD, News
Lockheed Martin’s New NGI Production Facility in Alabama to Open in 2026
Lockheed Martin is building a facility in Courtland, Alabama, for the production of the Next Generation Interceptor, or NGI, and is expecting construction to be completed by early 2026. The company said Wednesday that Missile Assembly Building-5, or MAB-5, will have 88,000 square feet of space dedicated to delivering the NGI system to the Missile […] More
December 11, 2025, 9:27 am
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in Artificial Intelligence, News
Accenture, Anthropic to Jointly Develop Public Sector AI Offerings
Accenture has teamed up with artificial intelligence company Anthropic to establish the Accenture Anthropic Business Group, a joint entity that aims to accelerate the transition of AI from pilot to full-scale deployment, and to develop new offerings for regulated industries, including the public sector. Under the partnership, the companies will combine AI expertise and capabilities […] More
December 10, 2025, 11:05 am
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in Industry News, News
Vibrint Expands Northern Virginia Presence With New Reston Office
Vibrint held on Dec. 5 a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its new 15,000-square-foot office in Reston, Virginia, which will help the company serve defense and intelligence community customers. Why Did Vibrint Open a New Virginia Office? The federal technology provider said Tuesday that the site will host a dedicated demonstration and integration […] More
December 10, 2025, 8:11 am
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Northrop Grumman Receives $100M Contract to Support Air Force Missile Development Work
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to support the service’s Stand-in Attack Weapon, also known as SiAW, and Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range, or AARGM-ER. The cost-reimbursement / firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a maximum value of $100 million, the Department of War said Tuesday. Explore the latest technologies shaping the […] More
December 10, 2025, 6:14 am
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in Artificial Intelligence, News
SAIC Exec Discusses Why LLMs Fall Short for Military, Intelligence Missions
Jay Meil, vice president of strategic mission innovation and chief data scientist at SAIC, said large language models, or LLMs, are not designed to be used for military and intelligence missions, and retrieval-augmented generation with reasoning, also known as RAG-R, is better suited for supporting faster decision-making. In a new blog published on the company’s […] More
December 9, 2025, 11:08 am
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in Artificial Intelligence, News, Technology
Leidos, CargoSeer Collaborate to Enhance Customs Screening
Leidos and CargoSeer have teamed up to expand non-intrusive inspection and intelligence and enable customs agencies to better monitor goods crossing international borders. How Will the Leidos-CargoSeer Partnership Support Customs Screening? The companies will integrate CargoSeer’s trade-analysis algorithms into the Mezzo enterprise software platform, which combines multiple inspection data sources into a unified system, Leidos […] More
December 9, 2025, 8:52 am