The Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominees for the positions of Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics and Army undersecretary. Andrew Hunter, a former Department of Defense executive, will hold the Air Force role. As the service’s acquisition chief, Hunter will be responsible for overseeing research, development and acquisition activities. He […]
The Senate has confirmed Navy Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, a 2022 Wash100 winner, as the eighth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. He was nominated by President Joe Biden in early January. Whitworth will succeed two-time Wash100 winner Vice Adm. Robert Sharp, who has been holding the NGA directorship since February 2019. The newly confirmed […]
Ranking Pentagon officials on Thursday traded insights with over a dozen defense industry CEOs in an unclassified meeting on the future of America’s hypersonic weapons program, according to reports by the defense press. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks convened the meeting, which revolved around getting feedback on impediments to the speedy development of hypersonic […]
Naval Sea Systems Command on Wednesday announced leadership and mission changes for the Deputy Commander for Industrial Operations Directorate. The reshuffle, which took effect before the formal announcement, was made to accelerate the Naval Sustainment System efforts across all four naval shipyards, NAVSEA’s Office of Corporate Communication said Wednesday. In a statement, Vice Adm. Bill […]
California-headquartered AECOM announced that its joint venture with Michael Baker International has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide architecture and engineering services supporting the compliance programs of the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command. Under the five-year contract with a $75-million ceiling, the joint venture is expected to deliver a wide array of services, […]
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Maj. Gen. Stephen Davis as inspector general of the Department of the Air Force. He was also promoted to a three-star general. Davis will be the Air Force’s top investigator and will help the department look at several key issues. President Joe Biden nominated Davis as the Air Force IG […]
Four companies were selected to help the Army develop lightweight power and energy solutions that soldiers can carry on foot during extended operations with minimal discomfort. The Army Futures Command, through its Army Applications Lab, chose Epirus, Resonant Link, Spark Thermionics and Xerion Advanced Battery to produce new kinds of batteries for the service under […]
The Department of the Air Force has appointed Joe Chapa as chief responsible artificial intelligence ethics officer. He has been with the Air Force since August 2020. Chapa is experienced in military ethics and remote warfare. He most recently served as the team leader on the Air Staff’s AI Cross-Functional Team and was a staff […]
Northrop Grumman announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency through its Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance program to develop a prototype artificial intelligence assistant. The requirement is for a prototype to be embedded in an augmented reality headset to help rotary pilots perform expected and unexpected tasks, Northrop said […]
Army. Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee is scheduled to step down from his role as assistant to the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. According to his DISA profile, Yee leads an 8,000-strong organization of professionals tasked with delivering command and control capabilities and operating a global enterprise infrastructure in support of military leaders. Yee’s […]
