Booz Allen Hamilton

How one defense contractor wants to advance directed energy

Booz Allen Hamilton thinks its engineers have answers for high energy lasers.

Contracting

(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia)

Members of the 6th Special Operations Squadron use a tablet to upload coordinates during an exercise showcasing the capabilities of the Advanced Battle Management System at Duke Field, Fla., Dec. 17, 2019. During the first demonstration of the ABMS, operators across the Air Force, Army, Navy and industry tested multiple real-time data sharing tools and technology in a homeland defense-based scenario enacted by U.S. Northern Command and enabled by Air Force senior leaders. The collection of networked systems and immediately available information is critical to enabling joint service operations across all domains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia)

How to solve JADC2’s social engineering problem

Commentary

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Why contract award debriefings are no mere formalities

Contracting

One prime contractor is growing its own startups with promising technology

Technology

The Biden administration’s aggressive anti-trust approach includes federal contractors

Contracting

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In the quantum era, cybersecurity is a race against the clock

Commentary

A new report by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission

Hiring/Retention

Booz Allen executive explains how to be an effective leader

Leaders and Legends

This image provided by Apple shows Apple CEO Tim Cook making a presentation on 5G and the new iPhone 12, which was unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. A much-hyped network upgrade called “5G” means different things to different people. To industry proponents, it’s the next huge innovation in wireless internet. To the U.S. government, it’s the backbone technology of a future that America will wrestle with China to control. To many average people, it’s simply a mystery. (Apple via AP)

DoD offering up to $3 million to help make 5G more compatible

Defense

‘There’s no reason to wait to begin threat hunting,’ so here are 4 ways to get started

Federal Insights

We know what Russia does in cyber hacking, but exactly why?

Cybersecurity

DISA makes $7M award to start proving out DoD zero trust strategy

The award to Booz Allen Hamilton will be used to start testing a prototype of DoD’s zero trust security model, which the agency calls “Thunderdome.”

Defense

Software factory approach can help quickly deliver cyber capabilities at scale

The increased threat surface driven by massive adoption of cloud services and remote delivery due to the pandemic means more endpoints, which means more…

Federal Insights

Applying digital, analytics innovation to make America’s infrastructure more resilient

Commentary

The critical infrastructure Americans rely on every day for power, transportation, water, connectivity and more has reached a perfect storm of vulnerability.