Category: Defense
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Congress Hosts HBCU Leaders for Event on Education, R&D, and Prosperity
WASHINGTON — Representative Mark Walker (R-N.C.) hosted the fourth annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Fly-In event with U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) This annual Fly-In represented nearly 40 […]
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Microsoft wins Pentagon’s $10 Billion JEDI contract
WASHINGTON — When the dust settles, FCW reports Microsoft could be the cloud provider of choice for the Pentagon for years to come. The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract […]
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Next Generation Digerati are no strangers to ‘Hidden Figure$’
Annual IT Summit in D.C. Broadens Tech-Inclusion and Community Outreach WASHINGTON — Helping Other People Excel. Now in its tenth year, H.O.P.E. Project DMV (HOPE) has successfully developed a proven approach […]
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APL’s Chief of Intelligent Systems Weighs in on Artificial Intelligence
BALTIMORE, MD—As chief of the Intelligent Systems Center at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, Ashley Llorens is at the nexus of efforts to develop a technology […]
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Meet the Corps’ New CIO
PENTAGON — On 10 April 2018, the Defense Department announced U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Lorna M. Mahlock’s nomination for appointment to the rank of Brigadier General. Mahlock was serving as the […]
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General Dynamics to Acquire CSRA for $9.6 Billion
FALLS CHURCH, VA — General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) announced February 12, 2018 they have entered into a definitive agreement under which General Dynamics will acquire all […]
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President Elevates U.S. Cyber Command to Unified Combatant Command
WASHINGTON — At the direction of the president, the Defense Department today (18 AUG 17) initiated the process to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command (UCC). “This new unified […]