Airbus’ US defense arm promotes Veneziano to CEO
The 15-year company veteran was part of the leadership team responsible for standing up the Airbus U.S. Space and Defense entity. Airbus’ subsidiary for the U.S. government market has promoted a new chief executive from within its own ranks in Alex Veneziano, a 15-year company veteran and formerly chief administrative officer. Veneziano’s promotion takes effect immediately […]
The edge is where military AI meets reality
Deploying AI at the tactical edge isn’t a software problem. It’s a full-stack engineering challenge that commercial architectures weren’t built to solve, writes Cale Stephens, vice president at Crystal Group. Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming military operations and the conversation is shifting. The defense community is no longer asking whether AI can deliver operational value. The […]
Deloitte awarded $249M Army contract as lone bidder
The firm will support the service branch’s 15-year, $18 billion effort to modernize depots, arsenals and ammunition plants. Deloitte was the sole bidder on a $249 million to provide enterprise IT and other solutions support as part of the Army’s base modernization program. The 15-year, $18 billion endeavor kicked off in 2021 and is known as […]
Army walks away from business system consolidation contract
The 10-year, $1 billion program will not proceed. But the winner Accenture Federal Services is not going anywhere thanks to incumbent contracts. The Army has started to move away from a multiple-year plan to consolidate its various business systems by not renewing its contract with Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary for the Enterprise Business Systems – Convergence program. […]
Army MAPS protest saga takes new twists
One protest dismissed, one refiled, and proposals are now due June 22. The protest issues swirling around the Army’s $50 billion MAPS vehicle have added a few new twists and turns. We reported earlier this week that the TechSur-Guidehouse Joint Venture had withdrawn its protest. This week, it refiled. Meanwhile, ICF International saw its protest dismissed […]
Commerce commits to funding incentives with 9 companies to spur quantum development
The letters of intent provide over $2 billion in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act to spur research and development in fault-tolerant quantum computing. The Commerce Department signed letters of intent with nine quantum computing and quantum foundry companies to provide funding from the CHIPS and Science Act to support innovation in quantum computing. Announced […]
SpaceX’s governance structure is built for one person: Elon Musk
ANALYSIS: The S-1 filing reveals a company where accountability flows up, not down. Elon Musk has a well-earned reputation for doing things his way, and the S-1 filing for taking SpaceX public reinforces that reputation. Unlike other large publicly traded companies, SpaceX eschews many of the safeguards used to hold corporations and their management accountable. First, […]
Navy turns to autonomous vessels to map the ocean floor
The Naval Oceanographic Office wants contractor-owned, operated USVs to fill data collection gaps. The Navy needs better maps of the ocean floor, but it doesn’t have the ships to capture the data. To solve that problem, the service wants to hire contractor-owned, contractor-operated vessels that can autonomously sail and collect bathymetric (200 meters to the ocean […]
A Ukrainian ground robot defended a position from Russian assault for six weeks
UGVs are beginning to replace infantry on Ukraine’s front lines. A single remote-controlled Ukrainian ground combat vehicle defended a “key intersection under constant adversary attack” for 45 days last summer, according to a 3rd Army Corps spokesperson who called it “Ukraine’s first fully robotic defensive operation of a position.” It likely won’t be the last. The […]
OneGov’s discounted deals are ‘a first step’ to longer-term contracts, officials say
The General Services Administration has asked some companies to re-up their temporary price cuts while it continues to talk with them about becoming direct contractors on its Multiple Award Schedule. The General Services Administration is looking at extending discounted deals that several companies had offered the federal government on their software products and services via the […]