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The Department of Defense and a nonprofit corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to move the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program forward, Nextgov reported Thursday. Katie Arrington, chief information security officer in DoD's acquisition office and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, confirmed the MOU between the Pentagon and the CMMC accreditation body during a webinar held Thursday.

We find ourselves in uncharted waters with the majority of us working from home. Most people have worked from home in very small increments, maybe a few hours, a few days or even a week. For most it is still new.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for driving federal contract awards within the company’s defense sector, which exponentially grew its revenue. 

The Defense Logistics Agency has selected U.K.-based protective equipment supplier Avon Rubber for a potential  $333M framework contract to provide body armor plates from its recently acquired business, Ceradyne.

Boeing (NYSE: BA), Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary and other aerospace defense manufacturers have increased cleaning efforts and implemented telework capabilities, social distancing and other measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and maintain operations, FlightGlobal reported Friday. Other companies that have initiated similar efforts are Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Sikorsky and AeroVironment.

Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has been awarded a $125.4M contract to obtain long-lead materials needed to manufacture a fifth batch of CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters for the U.S. Navy.

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) a potential seven-year, $2.14B contract to manufacture, assemble and maintain ballistic missile interceptors for U.S. military and undisclosed international defense customers.

Matthew Gallagher, a two-decade public sector sales veteran, has been named vice president of civilian programs at information technology services provider Citizant, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Thursday.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has finalized its acquisition of Pocasset, Mass.-based marine robotics provider Hydroid from Kongsberg Maritime for approximately $350M as part of efforts to expand its capabilities in the autonomous and unmanned maritime systems market. HII said Thursday it will operate Hydroid as part of unmanned systems business unit within its technical solutions division, which now includes capabilities in small and medium unmanned underwater vehicles with the addition of Hydroid’s Remus and Seaglider autonomous underwater vehicles.

Leidos' (NYSE: LDOS) QTC Medical Services subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $999M contract to provide commercial health services to U.S. Army Reserve troops.