The White House has asked Congress to exempt the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program and other initiatives from restrictions in a continuing resolution that could block funding for “new start” programs, Defense News reported Thursday. The Senate and...
The U.S. Air Force has concluded the second field test for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) to assess the platform’s capacity to thwart adversarial threats through space and ground infrastructure. The Air Force, along with the U.S. Northern Command...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Election Assistance Commission (US EAC) have unveiled a new tool designed to help local and state election officials assess and mitigate election security risks. The Election Risk Profile Tool can help federal agencies...
Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the U.S. Navy and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the service is transitioning away from a Microsoft-built collaboration tool temporarily deployed for telework operations, C4ISRnet reported Wednesday. Weis told attendees at a Navy Gold Coast...
General Dynamics Missions Systems (GDMS) has made a strategic counter-drone partnership with Dedrone, providing General Dynamics' global network with access to Dedrone's complete drone detection and defeat technology. "The intrusion of private and restricted airspace by unmanned aerial systems is...
Former deputy secretary of defense and artificial intelligence (AI) Bob Work recently stated that the Department of Defense (DoD) is at risk of losing the AI race and should create a department-wide development model to combat competition, FedScoop reported on...
Emily Murphy, head of the General Services Administration (GSA) and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the ASTRO master contract for unmanned, manned and robotic systems will be the first contract vehicle to use a provision in the fiscal year 2018 National Defense...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has appointed Victoria Coleman, an expert in artificial intelligence and microelectronics, as director of the agency, SpaceNews reported on Monday. “During this era of great power competition, DARPA is critical to strengthening the U.S....
The Space Force has announced that the agency will maintain its workforce of approximately 6,400, which will enable the unit to effectively complete missions, Federal News Network reported on Monday. “A war that extends into space, or begins or extends into...
Nathan Associates has appointed David Dacquino, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Serco and Wash100 Award recipient to the company’s Board of Directors, Nathan reported on Monday. "Dave Dacquino is a highly accomplished and respected business leader, and we...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Jim Brinker, president and general manager of Intel's federal business unit, with his first Wash100 Award on Friday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Brinker for expanding the company’s information technology, cyber and artificial...
Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas and two-time Wash100 Award winner, and Robin Kelly, D-Ill., plan to introduce legislation focused on driving research into artificial intelligence and its impact on ethics, national security and the workforce, Federal News Network reported Wednesday. Hurd told...
Bruce Jette, the U.S. Army’s acquisition chief and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, has said the service branch is looking at ways to ensure the resiliency of the supply chain amid crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Jette, who serves as assistant secretary...
The U.S. Navy and Defense Secretary and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient Mark Esper have made recent efforts to expand the service branch’s fleet to at least 355 ships to keep pace with Chinese military modernization. However, the Navy has faced recent challenges to keep...
Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of U.S. Cyber Command and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, and Michael Sulmeyer, senior adviser to the commander of Cybercom, wrote in an article published Tuesday on the Foreign Affairs magazine that aside from implementing proactive defense measures, the...
