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How US Intel Agencies Are Preparing for the Great Power Competition Era

Geopolitical tensions are on the rise, and the Great Power Competition era is here. According to a report by U.S. intelligence agencies, the increasingly strained global landscape can be attributed to “accelerating strategic competition among major powers, more intense and unpredictable transnational challenges, and multiple regional conflicts with far-reaching implications.” In response to these factors, […] More

by Summer Myatt August 28, 2024, 11:13 am
in Executive Spotlights, News

President Sonia Mundra Explains How Astraeus Is Accelerating Chenega’s Mission

The Alaska Native Chenega Corporation is dedicated to preserving national security through its wide array of business with the U.S. military, the Intelligence Community and various civilian agencies. Sonia Mundra, who currently serves as president of Astraeus Operations — a Chenega subsidiary primarily focused on IT, cybersecurity and engineering — is deeply rooted in the business. She […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt August 27, 2024, 11:59 am
in Artificial Intelligence, M&A Activity, News

Eyeing Enhanced AI Security, Cisco to Acquire Robust Intelligence

Technology company Cisco recently announced its intent to acquire Robust Intelligence, a member of the Cisco Investments portfolio and the developer of a platform that works to provide security for artificial intelligence models. Cisco said Monday that through the acquisition, it aims to integrate Robust Intelligence’s technology into Cisco Security Cloud, thereby offering industry and […] More

by Jerry Petersen August 27, 2024, 11:58 am
in Executive Moves, News

TD SYNNEX Appoints Alicia Lynch as Chief Information Security Officer

TD SYNNEX, an IT distribution company, has named Alicia Lynch as its chief information security officer. Lynch, who shared her appointment in a LinkedIn post, brings to the Fremont, California-based company more than 25 years of cybersecurity experience across the private industry and government sector, including the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. Before […] More

by Arthur McMiler August 27, 2024, 11:56 am
in Contract Awards, News, Space

Raytheon Receives Air Force Contract for CASTLE Program

RTX company Raytheon has booked a $26.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to work on the Creating Arrays for Strategic elecTro-optical, proLiferated and Exquisite program, which seeks to enhance focal plane arrays used for space applications. Under the cost-reimbursement contract, the Department of Defense said Friday Raytheon will develop the performance and yield of medium […] More

by Kacey Roberts August 27, 2024, 11:55 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

SAIC’s Jay Meil on AI Adoption Challenges in DDIL Environments

Jay Meil, vice president of artificial intelligence at Science Applications International Corp., said training the “human element” to trust and operate models through data science literacy is the biggest challenge to the adoption of artificial intelligence in denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited impact environments, FedTech Magazine reported Friday. “Being able to invert and essentially understand, […] More

by Jane Edwards August 27, 2024, 11:52 am
in Contract Awards, News

BWXT Subsidiary Books NNSA Contract for Domestic Uranium Enrichment Engineering Study

Nuclear Fuel Services, a BWX Technologies company, has received a one-year contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration to explore deploying a centrifuge pilot plant to establish a domestic uranium enrichment capability. BWXT said Monday it will conduct an engineering study to inform the acquisition approach for a pilot plant that will demonstrate DUE centrifuge’s performance, reliability […] More

by Kacey Roberts August 27, 2024, 11:51 am
in Executive Moves, News

Stephen Tyndall Appointed VP of Pricing at Tyto Athene

Stephen Tyndall has been appointed vice president of pricing at Tyto Athene, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, according to the executive’s LinkedIn post shared Saturday. In his new role, Tyndall will serve as a strategic pricing leader, managing the team tasked with developing and implementing pricing strategies to boost the company’s growth and profitability. Tyndall brings […] More

by Miles Jamison August 27, 2024, 11:49 am
in News, Space

Firefly Aerospace Delivers Blue Ghost to NASA JPL for Pre-Launch Environmental Tests

Firefly Aerospace announced that its Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for pre-launch environmental testing. The company said Monday that the spacecraft’s target launch date for the mission to moon is the fourth quarter of 2024. Peter Schumacher, Firefly Aerospace’s interim CEO, said, “Firefly is proud to follow in the […] More

by Aidan Daly August 27, 2024, 11:46 am
in Cybersecurity, Executive Moves, News

Steve Stone Joins SentinelOne as SVP of Threat Intelligence and Managed Hunting

Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne has appointed Steve Stone as senior vice president of threat intelligence and managed hunting, a role responsible for driving innovation to the organization’s offerings. In his new job, the new SVP is tasked to build a new threat intelligence function that will serve as the connective tissue between the company’s TI sources […] More

by Derrick Henry August 27, 2024, 11:45 am
in Cloud, News

Salesforce Offers As-a-Service Platform With DISA BCAP Connection, IL5 Authorization

Salesforce’s Government Cloud Plus – Defense dedicated software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service environment has achieved a Boundary Cloud Access Point connection and Department of Defense Impact Level 5 certification – the highest unclassified data security standard in the United States. A BCAP connection, achieved through a partnership with the Defense Information Systems Agency, provides DOD customers with […] More

by Kristen Smith August 27, 2024, 11:43 am
in News, Technology

Boom’s Supersonic Jet Demonstrator Takes Flight for Second Time; Blake Scholl Quoted

A supersonic jet from Colorado company Boom Supersonic has conducted its second flight ever over the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Boom said in a press release on Monday that the XB-1 demonstrator aircraft reached an altitude of 10,400 feet and speeds of 232 knots during the test. The XB-1 flew for the […] More

by Elodie Collins August 27, 2024, 11:42 am