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Department of the Air Force Plans to Reoptimize USAF, Space Force for Great Power Competition; Frank Kendall Quoted
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Department of the Air Force Plans to Reoptimize USAF, Space Force for Great Power Competition; Frank Kendall Quoted

Senior leaders of the Department of the Air Force introduced plans to reshape the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force to enable the services to maintain superiority.

“Today, we are announcing 24 key decisions that are going to address the current force and our ability to stay competitive,” Frank Kendall, secretary of the Air Force and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, said in a statement published Monday.

“We need these changes now; we are out of time to reoptimize our forces to meet the strategic challenges in a time of Great Power Competition,” Kendall added.

The department proposed 24 changes and classified them into four key categories: develop people; generate readiness; project power; and develop capabilities.

For the first category, proposed measures include consolidating force development functions under an expanded Airman Development Command to provide Airmen a common, mission-focused development and training path and developing “Mission Ready Airmen” with training focused on a mix of skills needed for wartime operational mission readiness.

To generate readiness, the department calls for the implementation of large-scale exercises and mission-focused training and reorientation of Air Combat Command to focus on presenting ready forces to combatant commanders.

To project power, planned changes include formalizing Space Force Combat Squadrons as Units of Action and establishing the relationship between Combat Wings and Base Command.

To build capabilities, proposed actions include creating a Department of the Air Force Integrated Capabilities Office to lead capability development and resource prioritization to drive modernization investments and establishing an Integration Development Office within Air Force Materiel Command to provide technology assessments and roadmaps.

How to Position Your Company for Growth in the Space Market
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How to Position Your Company for Growth in the Space Market

The space domain is experiencing record-breaking growth with more commercial space companies than ever before entering the domain. As competition increases, it’s important for space companies to strengthen their brands, expand their addressable markets and build deeper relationships with key customers.

Potomac Officers Club events like the 2024 Space Summit on March 5 offer companies unparalleled opportunities to connect with government officials, communicate their messaging and make their voice heard in the government contracting sector. Register here to attend, or click here to learn more about sponsorship opportunities.

Here are the top four reasons to join the summit as an exhibitor sponsor:

1. Brand awareness and visibility

Sponsoring POC events can put your brand in front of a large, targeted audience. Your company’s logo, materials and other messaging will be seen throughout the event, increasing your brand recognition and awareness. You can also leverage the massive media footprint POC and its parent company Executive Mosaic have in the market to reach an audience of more than 300,000 government and GovCon professionals.

How to Position Your Company for Growth in the Space Market
TribalCo sponsored POC’s Annual Defense R&D Summit in January. Photo by Andrew Noh.

2. Lead generation and networking

POC events offer opportunities to connect with potential customers and partners face-to-face. Exhibitor sponsor booths allow you to showcase your company’s products and services while collecting leads from interested attendees. 100 percent of POC event attendees are director level are above, making our networking events among the most productive and elite in the sector.

How to Position Your Company for Growth in the Space Market
Booz Allen sponsored POC’s Defense R&D Summit. Photo by Andrew Noh.

3. Customer engagement

Sponsoring a POC event can help you build goodwill and positive associations with your target audience and customer base. By engaging with customers directly, sponsors can receive valuable feedback and insights into customers’ needs and preferences.

How to Position Your Company for Growth in the Space Market
Recorded Future representatives engage with attendees at POC’s Defense R&D Summit. Photo by Andrew Noh.

4. Thought leadership and industry positioning

POC books headline speakers that talk about headline topics, and we are well-known as an industry leader in GovCon events. Leaders from space agencies like NASA, SDA, MDA, Space Force, NGA, Space Command, NRO will be speaking at our Space Summit, and supporting the event gives your company a chance to be seen as a competitor in the market. Sponsoring POC events can help you establish your company and its executives as thought leaders in your field.

Ready to sponsor a POC event? Click here to learn more and get in touch with us.

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Key GovCon CEOs Kathy Warden & John Ustica Spotlighted for 2024 Wash100 Wins
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Key GovCon CEOs Kathy Warden & John Ustica Spotlighted for 2024 Wash100 Wins

Executive Mosaic recognized Northrop Grumman Chairman, CEO and President Kathy Warden and Siemens Government Technologies President and CEO John Ustica for their 2024 Wash100 Award wins on Tuesday.

Wash100 is an annual celebration that identifies the most notable executives in the government contracting industry. Nominees for the award, which represents the highest honor for GovCon leaders, are put through a comprehensive selection process that identifies each individual’s past success and anticipated future impact.

Warden’s win marks her ninth entry into the ranks of Wash100. This year, she was honored for driving major company growth. Under her leadership, Northrop Grumman achieved $39.9 billion in overall sales last year and grew its B-21 program, which faced setbacks early on. Click here to read her full profile.

Ustica secured his second Wash100 Award this year for securing contracts and investing into emerging technologies, including digital twins and microelectronics. He has spoken extensively about these topics, and in a video interview with Executive Mosaic’s Summer Myatt, he revealed that SGT is looking to use its digital twin technologies to support CHIPS Act efforts to elevate domestic microelectronics production. Read his full profile here.

The annual Wash100 popular vote contest gives you the opportunity to choose your favorite 2024 winners. Visit Wash100.com to cast your votes in this exciting competition.

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GSA & DOD Seek Input on Upcoming Government Procurement of Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity
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GSA & DOD Seek Input on Upcoming Government Procurement of Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity

The General Services Administration and the Department of Defense have jointly released a request for information that would help inform a procurement to be issued later this year for carbon pollution-free electricity, or CFE.

The GSA said Friday that the government seeks providers that could deliver an annual average of about 2.7 million megawatt hours of CFE to federal civilian and defense agencies located within the area where PJM Interconnection serves as regional transmission operator.

The GSA noted that the upcoming procurement “would be one of the federal government’s largest-ever clean electricity purchases.”

An Industry Day has been scheduled for Feb. 20 to provide interested parties within further information. The event will take place in Washington, D.C.

“We’re using the government’s buying power to spur demand for clean, carbon pollution-free electricity,” said GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan, who described the procurement as “a key milestone” in efforts to drive clean energy production and delivery.

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CISA Releases Updated Emergency Directive to Patch Newly Found Ivanti Device Vulnerabilities
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CISA Releases Updated Emergency Directive to Patch Newly Found Ivanti Device Vulnerabilities

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released an updated emergency directive outlining measures to address a new vulnerability in Ivanti’s Connect Secure and Policy Secure platforms.

Ivanti disclosed that cyberthreat actors are using a new vulnerability affecting its devices to gain access to restricted resources without authentication, CISA said Friday.

CISA’s Supplemental Direction V2 provides new security measures to address the system weakness, including a requirement for federal civilian agencies running the affected software versions to apply appropriate security updates.

According to the directive, agencies must continue threat hunting on any systems connected to the affected Ivanti devices, monitor potentially exposed authentication and identity management services, isolate the systems from any enterprise resources and audit privilege-level access accounts.

The updated directive supersedes a previously released executive directive warning against Ivanti device vulnerabilities that enable malicious threat actors to exfiltrate data and establish persistent system access.

DISA Seeks Info on Cross Domain Enterprise Service – Engineering, Program Management Support
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DISA Seeks Info on Cross Domain Enterprise Service – Engineering, Program Management Support

The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a sources sought notice for cross domain enterprise service with engineering and program management support requirements of Department of Defense customers.

According to the notice posted on SAM.gov, DISA is seeking information from small businesses about their availability and technical capability to provide DOD clients with enterprise, enterprise-hosted and mission-specific cross domain products and/or services in support of their mission requirements.

Interested parties are asked to detail their experience in handling and maintaining all security and accreditation material; assisting information system security officers in vulnerability tracking, system risk management analysis and information security strategy development; helping mission partners comply with DOD requirements and standards; supporting a production environment for process and technology monitoring and reporting; and utilizing cross domain products and/or enterprise services to drive the government’s cybersecurity initiative.

The agency anticipates the contract’s period of performance to start Sept. 16, 2024, and end Sept. 15, 2029, if all options are exercised.

Responses to the request for information are due March 9.

ASRC Federal and Leidos are the incumbent contractors for the requirement. The former’s work will run through Sept. 15, 2024, while the latter’s extends to Sept. 30, 2025.

Biden Administration Fuels Semiconductor Tech Center With $5B Funding for 2024
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Biden Administration Fuels Semiconductor Tech Center With $5B Funding for 2024

The Biden administration is investing a minimum of $5 billion in the National Semiconductor Technology Center as part of its 2024 roadmap to bolster domestic chips research and development.

The White House hosted government officials and industry and academic experts to discuss its plan for NSTC, including creating a workforce center for excellence and free pre-membership community of interest, the Department of Commerce announced Friday.

NSTC is a public-private consortium founded by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Defense Secretary and Wash100 awardee Lloyd Austin and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, along with National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan and National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology CEO Deirdre Hanford.

The latest investment will fund projects surrounding the design, prototyping and piloting of capabilities critical to semiconductor technologies. Part of the funding will be allocated to training and education programs and campaigns to develop skilled workforce in the chips industry.

The administration will also launch the NSTC Community of Interest where stakeholders can share their ideas on the center’s offerings and operational structure.

CENTCOM Hosts Counter-UAS Hackathon; Schuyler Moore Quoted
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CENTCOM Hosts Counter-UAS Hackathon; Schuyler Moore Quoted

U.S. Central Command has hosted a week-long hackathon called Sandtrap to develop new methods of advancing the process of identifying and defeating one-way unmanned aerial system attacks in CENTCOM’s area of responsibility.

Fifteen coders from across the Department of Defense participated in data and software challenges related to countering enemy drones in the region and built prototypes to enhance the accuracy and speed of counter-UAS processes, CENTCOM said Friday.

Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, commander of CENTCOM, said the hackathon provided service members with the opportunity to “bring new and creative solutions to the table.”

“The SANDTRAP hackathon combined all three: exceptional coders, brilliant software prototypes, and a repeatable process that can give us creative solutions in the future,” said Schuyler Moore, chief technology officer at CENTCOM and a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient.

POC - Achieving Transformative Cooperation for National Defense Forum

Moore is set to speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s Achieving Transformative Cooperation for National Defense Forum on March 14. Register here to join and hear from military and industry leaders about the future and impact of the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative.

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GovCon Index Soared Upward Last Week
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GovCon Index Soared Upward Last Week

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index rose by 0.89% last week, closing at $4,741.09 on Friday.

GovCon Index is an aggregate index that tracks real-time data from 30 key government contractors, allowing users to gauge the performance of each company. With these insights, users are also able to assess the overall state of the GovCon market and identify key trends shaping the field.

Last week’s increase represents a 1.935% uptick from the week before and a continuation of a four-week growth trend.

GovCon Index began last week with a Monday slump, but quickly rebounded on Tuesday, when it grew by 0.90%. Palantir Technologies led this rise with an increase of 30.8% and Carlyle Group (+8.64%) ascended to first place on Wednesday. Palantir retook the lead on Thursday, and Mercury Systems (+11.7%) was Friday’s top gainer.

For a closer look at daily GovCon Index performance, check out last week’s market reports. To see the full list of tracked organizations, click here.

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DOD CIO Publishes Cybersecurity Standards Guide for International Partners
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DOD CIO Publishes Cybersecurity Standards Guide for International Partners

The Department of Defense’s Chief Information Officer has released new guidance for sharing standards, best practices and training to international partners looking to develop their cybersecurity programs; cyber workforce; command, control and communications capabilities; and information enterprise.

The Standards Guide for Foreign Partners provides a compilation of readily available and unclassified resources to support efforts to build and operate trusted networks and ensure the security and availability of information systems used by international and U.S. stakeholders.

The document lists the cybersecurity policies, standards and procedures of agency partners, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Security Agency and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

“Our partnerships allow us to learn and benefit from each other, maintain a shared defense information advantage, and mutually advance warfighting superiority to achieve strategic outcomes. This guide reaches across the many technical areas of the DoD CIO organization. The guide will enable a coordinated, consistent, and effective approach to support our global engagements in direct backing of the National Defense Strategy,” the guide reads.

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