Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index and Wall Street ended the week strong due to a broad market rally. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, edged 0.21% higher Friday to $4,871.91, suitable for a 1.94% week-on-week gain. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 2.02% for a weekly gain of 4.2%. Alphabet (Nasdaq: G...
Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a new manufacturing center in Germantown, Maryland, to house the production of satellite modems and terminals and the testing of private 5G technologies. The EchoStar company said Friday the Hughes Manufacturing Facility is located in the Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology on the Montgomery Coll...
It’s red alert hours here at Executive Mosaic headquarters — less than one week remains in the 2024 Wash100 popular vote contest. When the clock strikes midnight on May 1, you will no longer be able to foist your support behind your favorite executives in government contracting. Then, just a couple of days later, when all...
Kim Lynch, executive vice president of government defense and intelligence at Oracle, recently received her 2024 Wash100 Award from Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the esteemed accolade. Wash100 is an annual celebration of the government contracting industry’s most notable leaders. Executives who win a Wash100 Award are hi...
Defense Information Systems Agency Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson on stage during the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual CIO Summit. Vote now for Lt. Gen. Skinner as your favorite Wash100 winner at Wash100.com! The popular vote competition is coming to a close on April ...
We’ve come such a long way since January. When we began this year’s iteration, no executive had ever amassed 1,000 points in the Wash100 popular vote contest. Now, the top eight executives in the top 30 have all cleared the 1,000 threshold! No matter where they ultimately land when voting closes in ONE WEEK, Booz...
When Jen Sovada realized she could make more of an impact on the outside of the military looking in, she retired from the U.S. Air Force. Now, her company, the fast-growing startup SandboxAQ, regularly does business with the USAF and Sovada still gets to support the mission, circumnavigating the oft-labyrinthine bureaucracy of the government. Sovada...
Larry Bradshaw, formerly senior vice president of finance at BlueHalo, has been appointed chief financial officer at information technology and advisory services provider Tria Federal. He brings over two decades of experience serving in finance leadership roles at government contracting, telecommunications and technology companies, Tria Federal said...
The Honorable Frank Kendall, secretary of the Air Force, accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the Pentagon. Vote for Secretary Kendall to win the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition at Wash100.com. There’s only ONE WEEK left to vote, so cast your votes today! Kendall won his fifth W...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index advanced 1.08% before the weekend and averted a third consecutive losing week. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, ended at $4,786.97 for a 0.13% week-on-week gain. Wall Street concluded the week with a tech sell-off, and only the Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.01%) ...
