A senior military official told Breaking Defense that the Army intends to equip one of its units with a ground-launched hypersonic weapon in the coming months. According to Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, director of the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, the selected unit is bracing […]
Cubic has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Veritas and Evergreen Coast, an affiliate of Elliot Investment Management, for $70 per share in cash. Veritas CEO and managing partner Ramzi Musallam, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and five-time Wash100 winner, said the partnership with Cubic's experts will accelerate product development […]
Chief of Space Operations John Raymond, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, said the U.S. Space Force will likely not be included in the Department of Defense budget until 2023. Raymond, a 2020 Wash100 winner, said he does not want to disrupt the budget and resource allocations for the Army, Navy and […]
Peraton, a portfolio company of private investment firm Veritas Capital, has acquired Northrop Grumman’s information technology and mission support services business for $3.4 billion. The acquisition creates a government mission capability integrator and IT provider that offers technology-enabled services and support to a broad range of critical government missions. Peraton’s chairman, president and chief executive […]
The Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has tapped the Indiana Innovation Institute to create a prototype business process to streamline the acquisition of AI capabilities. JAIC Chief Technology Officer Nand Mulchandani, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, said IN3 will build an acquisition portal, to be called Tradewind, that has […]
An independent advisory committee said the Department of Defense should have a basic artificial intelligence infrastructure prepared by 2025 if it wants to achieve its ambitious AI goals in the coming years. In a draft report sent to Congress, the National Security Commission on AI cautioned that failure to meet the timeline could cause major […]
Machine learning-powered satellites could be achieved within the next decade but are currently not feasible due to the limitations of computers, a top defense official said. Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said a computer in space would be limited by temperature limits and power requirements, Defense One […]
IronNet Cybersecurity has launched a joint offering with Unlimited Technology, Exero and DirectDefense to give large and small enterprise customers a better understanding of how they are holding up in terms of cybersecurity. The Enterprise Security Program Review will help organizations define and enhance their cybersecurity postures across a number of important dimensions, according to […]
The Navy intends to quickly address the material defect in the combining gear of the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships to maximize the fleet in the coming years. The service has already suspended further deliveries of the Freedom-Class LCS fleet until fixes can be installed on affected ships, including the Minneapolis-Saint Paul and Cooperstown LCS, which […]
The Army's modernization priorities will remain unchanged amid the turn of a new administration, according to the service's top modernization official. Army Futures Command Commander John Murray, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and two-time Wash100 awardee, said the Army will push through with its network modernization initiatives slated for 2021, FedScoop reported Monday. […]
