The U.S. government has re-established a security group to ensure that the 2022 U.S. midterm elections will not be hit by adversarial offensives. Gen. Paul Nakasone, the director of the National Security Agency and a 2022 Wash100 winner, said during a Vanderbilt University event that the election security team will be ready to protect votes […]
Frank Calvelli, a former national intelligence official, has been sworn in as the Department of the Air Force’s assistant secretary for space acquisition and integration. Calvelli plans to promote collaborative development in the department and improve its ability to rapidly deliver new systems to the U.S. Space Force. DAF Secretary Frank Kendall, a three-time Wash100 […]
California-headquartered Aerojet Rocketdyne announced that it has been selected by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control to build an advanced solid rocket motor booster for the second stage of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s “Operation Fires” hypersonic weapon system. OpFires aims to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched missile system for enabling hypersonic boost-glide weapons, […]
Action Target announced that it was selected to develop software technologies for two U.S. Air Force training ranges. The company unveiled a new software platform for its AutoTarget family of products, which are now in use at two ranges at the USAF Pararescue Schoolhouse at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, which serves as the […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Teledyne FLIR Defense a five-year, $500.2 million contract for advanced thermal imaging systems for the service’s Family of Weapons Sights-Individual program. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will require Teledyne FLIR to provide hardware at the Army’s facilities in Billerica, Massachusetts, and Goleta, California. Weapons systems manufacturer Maztech Industries will serve as […]
Virginia-headquartered defense and space manufacturer Blue Halo announced that the Department of Defense has placed a $4 million order for its Titan Counter-Unmanned Aerial System kits. The drones will be used by an unnamed elite unit within the Army to defeat enemy drones on the battlefield abroad and at secure locations in the United States, […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to continue preparing the AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite for developmental tests and full hardware qualification. The EW suite features an open-systems, ultra-wideband architecture that provides the necessary bandwidth to combat modern threats. James Conroy, vice president of navigation, training and survivability at Northrop, […]
Virginia-headquartered Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that it has been awarded two tactical training systems contracts by the Naval Air Warfare Center China Lake. The contracts offer opportunities to bid on task orders for providing research, development, engineering, sustainment, upgrades, integration, testing and cybersecurity for the Navy’s tactical and electronic warfare threat systems and tactical threat […]
Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett has been appointed as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Command. She is the first woman to lead ARCYBER and will lead the command as it and the Army look to transition and formalize the doctrine of information advantage. Barrett will succeed former Potomac Officers Club speaker Lt. Gen. […]
The CIA has appointed information technology expert Nand Mulchandani as its first-ever chief technology officer. In an announcement on Twitter, the CIA said that Mulchandani has more than 25 years in the technology sector. He has held positions at technology startups, the private sector and government, the agency said. CIA Director James Burns added the […]
