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 […]
Senior leaders of the U.S. Air and Space forces said that interoperability with allies is essential to confront and deter threats posed by Russia, China and other emerging rivals. During a series of speaking engagements in the U.K., Italy and Germany, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Brown Jr., […]
L3Harris Technologies has secured a potential $700 million contract to work on the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellite program. T1TL is designed to detect, identify and track advanced missile threats. Under the contract, L3Harris will build a 14-vehicle satellite constellation that will include technologies that are designed to track fast-moving threats. These […]
The Army’s assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology said the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is the ideal testing ground for the Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control program, which envisions seamless communications across all armed services. In this regard, Assistant Secretary Doug Bush called for the holding of a massive exercise that would test the […]
Incumbent and former Pentagon officials on Monday called for the publication of a concept of operations guide spelling out how the envisioned Joint All-Domain Command and Control program can improve America’s defense posture. They described CONOPS as a blueprint that lays out how proposed capabilities under JADC2 can benefit the country’s warfighters, FedScoop reported Monday. […]
