Raytheon

When the door from government-to-industry leads to a brick wall

A high-level military official negotiates with a contractor, leaves the government, and joins the contractor. Is it a conflict of interest? Depends.

Contracting

Strategies for developing the cyber workforce of the future

Federal Insights

This undated image made available by Elon Musk on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 shows a new spacesuit from his company SpaceX. It's designed for its crewed flights planned for 2018. (SpaceX via AP)

The ISS is long overdue for new wardrobe options

The Space Hour

FILE - An American flag flies in front of the facade of Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems facility, in Woburn, Mass on June 10, 2019. China said Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, it will impose new sanctions on U.S. defense contractors Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin due to their arms sales to Taiwan, stepping up a feud with Washington over security and Beijing’s strategic ambitions. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Even big, old-line contractors run into trouble with Defense cost accounting rules

Contracting

The Navy’s supply command fosters an award-winning small business program

Contracting

Moving toward an active cyber defense posture requires a different type of training

Federal Insights

A contractor prevailed in court when the government tried to snitch its IP

Contracting

Why the need for speed, data is driving DoD’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control effort

Federal Insights

New missile technology, threats forcing DoD to alter its approach to protecting the nation

Federal Insights

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Agencies, industry must partners more to create a collaborative cyber defensive posture

Every Side of Cyber

How to ensure security in the cloud is a shared responsibility

Every Side of Cyber

A U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., is refueled by a KC-135 “Stratotanker” in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the second time this month, a show of force meant to deter Iran from attacking American or allied targets in the Middle East. (Senior Airman Roslyn Ward/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Defense contractors explore new ways to develop systems faster and cheaper

Both the armed services and contractors are trying to speed design and prototyping of new platforms and weapons using digital techniques.

Defense

Data is the key to ensuring the cyber resiliency of the nation’s critical infrastructure

Traditional approaches need to evolve and agencies, and really all organizations, need to improve their resiliency to not only survive a cyber attack,…

Every Side of Cyber

Why now is the time for cyber resiliency within the DoD

Commentary

Many traditional cybersecurity tools focus on managing risk as opposed to combating it actively head on, says Jacob Noffke, senior principal cyber engineer at Raytheon Intelligence & Space.