ManTech will migrate its workforce to Google Workspace, becoming the first government contractor to make the cloud platform transition, said David Hathaway, executive vice president and general manager of defense at the company. The Department of the Army and other ManTech clients have adopted the platform, and moving company employees to the Google offering is […] More

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense has partnered with Blueforce Development, Exacom, Common Objects and Catalyst Communications Technologies to further advance the delivery of mission-critical communications capabilities to customers in public safety, national security and enterprise markets. “These new partnerships offer a universe of customizable solutions for a wide variety of customers to turn data into […] More

CAES has been selected to add its two-channel wideband radio frequency converter to the U.S. Air Force’s MIRAGE airborne Electronic Warfare pod demonstration. The open architecture 3U one channel up, one channel down converter has been delivered to the Georgia Tech Research Institute for integration into the MIRAGE pod, CAES said Wednesday. 3U is aligned […] More

Strangeworks, an Austin, Texas-based software company focused on quantum computing, has closed a round of Series A financing led by Hitachi Ventures and will use the investment to support efforts to offer quantum-inspired technologies, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence and other tech platforms. IBM and Raytheon Technologies participated in the Series A round, which raised $24 […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s venture arm made a strategic investment in Regent in a bid to help the maritime transportation company speed up the development of its electric seagliders for potential defense applications. Lockheed is eyeing the vehicle as a low-cost, sustainable option to address the logistical and mission-critical transport needs of the Department of Defense, Regent […] More

Cloud migration and cybersecurity are interconnected issues and currently front of mind for the U.S. Department of Defense. In November 2022, the Pentagon released its Zero Trust Strategy, an implementation plan that lays out the methodologies and approaches the department will mount to reach a full-scale version of the cybersecurity mandate President Biden issued in May 2021. […] More

The “Valley of Death” refers to a common phase in the technology development process in which a technology fails to transition from a good idea into a product with widespread adoption. Within the Department of Defense, this common pitfall can be a roadblock to getting advanced new technologies onto the battlefield where warfighters need them […] More

Maggie Hallbach, senior vice president of public sector at Verizon, was named among the 2023 Wash100 Award winners in recognition of her leadership that drives massive government contract wins for the business arm and advances the 5G capabilities of customers. This marks Hallbach’s debut on Executive Mosaic’s Wash100, an annual selection of the top 100 […] More

Axellio has secured a $39.5 million contract from the U.S. Army for a mobile, disconnected packet capture system designed to help the service branch monitor, detect and analyze security threats across its Garrison networks. The PacketXpress network intelligence system has been integrated into the Army’s Garrison Defensive Cyberspace Operations Platform to capture, store and distribute […] More

General Electric has conducted a laboratory demonstration of its first direct air capture technology designed to help the Department of Energy boost efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. GE said Tuesday the DAC technology was built on the company’s thermal management and heat exchanger design expertise and chemistry and material systems development experience.  […] More

BWX Technologies booked a contract with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to provide engineering services for its small modular reactor pressure vessel. The award builds on an engineering and procurement agreement between GEH and BWXT Canada that supports the commercialization of BWRX-300 SMR, BWXT said Tuesday. GEH proposed the design of BWRX-300 in an effort to […] More

Cisco’s inaugural Cybersecurity Readiness Index showed that only 15 percent of companies worldwide are at the “mature” stage of preparedness against online threats. Out of the 6,700 cybersecurity executives surveyed from the private sector, 82 percent said they expect their business to be disrupted by cyber attacks in the next 12 to 24 months, Cisco […] More