Michele Miller, senior director for tactical systems engineering at Ball Aerospace, has been promoted to serve as vice president of the company’s security and mission assurance unit. She succeeds Jeff Osterkamp, who retired from the company, Ball said Monday. Miller served as director of the missile defense systems group at Northrop Grumman (N...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is developing a “port of the future” design that leverages advanced technology to increase efficiency and combat illegal trafficking at multiple ports of entry along the United States’ Southern border. Thomas Overacker, executive director of cargo and conveyance security for CBP, said the initiative began...
Robert “Bob” George, a more than 30-year business leader and finance executive, will assume the role of chief financial officer at WidePoint (NYSE American: WYY) on April 1. He will succeed Kellie Kim, who announced in November her plans to retire, WidePoint said Monday. George will bring to the role over three decades of experience...
Jonathan Moneymaker, CEO of BlueHalo, has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, the most prestigious and acclaimed award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his innovation centric leadership approach that drives company growth and technology capabilities for the company’s customers as well as U.S. warfighters across our nation’s ...
In recent months, the Department of Defense has placed greater emphasis and importance on artificial intelligence. The technology has been included on the White House’s critical and emerging technologies list, and the department in December created a new position meant to oversee artificial intelligence, digital-focused initiatives and data. Now...
Last week, Senators introduced a new legislative package that combines aspects of the Cyber Incident Reporting act, the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2021 and the Federal Secure Cloud Improvement and Jobs Act into a more comprehensive, robust and up-to-date bill that is expected to be more likely to pass into law than each...
NASA has announced funding and collaboration opportunities for companies that want to help the agency mature technologies for use in future space missions in near-Earth and lunar destinations. The agency said Tuesday it will award as much as $200 million in Space Act Agreement funds through the Tipping Point initiative, which has supported 50 projec...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, as a recipient of the 2022 Wash100 Award and the only nine-time winner of the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). “Roger Krone is the winningest member of the GovCon community,” said Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and...
Despite a noticeable dip in air travel over the past two years due to COVID-19 restrictions, the aviation industry still produces a significant percentage of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the Federal Aviation Administration is working to enact transformative change across aviation organizations to accelerate the adoption of sustainability initi...
Fluor (NYSE: FLR) has secured a spot on the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule that allows the company to compete for task orders in two categories under the 20-year governmentwide indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Wednesday it is now eligible to provide facilities support and professiona...
