The Department of Defense is committed to implementing zero trust across its enterprise by 2027, a top technology official said. Zero trust is a modern cybersecurity architecture where no user or machine is trusted by default. It is a key element of President Joe Biden’s May 2021 executive order on modernizing federal cybersecurity. DOD Chief […]
Satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital has given Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond a tour of its operations and manufacturing facilities in Irvine, California. Raymond, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and 2022 Wash100 winner, received briefings on various projects and toured production operations and assembly, integration and test facilities, Terran Orbital said Monday. […]
The U.S. Army has established its cloud technology foundation and plans to accelerate its migration in 2023, senior officials said at a recent conference. Lt. Gen. John Morrison, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for command control, communications and computers, or G-6, said his team is helping the Army’s operational formation understand which applications should […]
A team within Air Force Futures has developed a model meant to represent the future of command and control. Produced by the Joint All-Domain Command and Control cross-functional team, the model seeks to provide stakeholders working on the Advanced Battle Management System a common concept of what battle management ought to look like, FedScoop reported. […]
Don Parente, a previous Potomac Officers Club speaker, has taken on the role of vice president of federal practice at MetTel after a 25-year career at AT&T. In his new role, Parente will help maintain partnerships with the Department of Defense and government-focused system integrators, including Raytheon Technologies and Science Applications International Corp. Parente’s responsibilities […]
The Department of Defense’s next-generation battle management network will provide the U.S. military a major advantage, a retired U.S. Air Force official said. Retired Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, the Space Force’s former chief technology and innovation officer, said the Pentagon has been heavily investing in the budding capabilities of its Joint All-Domain Command and Control […]
Virginia-headquartered Peraton has been awarded an $850 million contract by the Department of Defense to provide agile analytic platforms and data management solutions to enhance intelligence systems. The latest award represents a continuation of a decades-long relationship with the department and validates its extensive experience in providing technological solutions across the intelligence community and military, […]
Northrop Grumman has received a contract potentially worth $3 billion from the Missile Defense Agency for the integration and management of weapon systems designed to defend the United States homeland from potential intercontinental ballistic missiles from North Korea and Iran. The deal calls for the provision of design, development, verification, deployment and sustainment support of […]
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said a decision must be made on whether to upgrade the F-35 Lighting II with a new, adaptive engine or simply with the latest iteration of the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine already in use. The military’s decision will be based on its willingness to spend more on the development […]
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines recently told high school students that they too can embark on careers in intelligence and national security. Speaking at the National Student Leadership Conference on Intelligence and National Security, she explained to the pupils how intelligence community officers work round-the-clock to deliver insights to protect the American public and […]
