Top U.S. Army officials have declared that they see a collaborative and “reciprocal relationship” with industry as key to getting new technologies into the hands of warfighters at a faster rate. Among the Department of Defense component’s tech focus areas are artificial intelligence, counter-drone systems and long-range precision fires. Young ...
Fourteen companies have secured spots on a $2.4 billion multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver information technology products and services to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Information and Technology Services. The IT Innovative Procurement for Strategic Sourcing contract covers the provisio...
Darron Makrokanis, formerly chief revenue officer at Xage Security, has assumed the same position at Summit 7, a provider of managed security services to defense contractors, according to his LinkedIn post. He will manage the company’s overall go-to-market functions, including marketing, sales, business development, partnerships and product ma...
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 was signed into law at the end of 2023. Among its various mandates were that the Department of Defense cultivate private 5G networks at its service branch bases and outposts. These bases total around 800 globally, representing a clear opportunity for telecommunications providers to offer th...
The U.S. Navy has awarded eight companies contract options worth $1.86 billion combined to continue providing professional management and technical services in support of the military branch’s cyberspace operation systems and capabilities. The award exercises the second option year of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantit...
They say government contracting isn’t a popularity contest, but for three months every year, Executive Mosaic makes it one — for fun! The premier GovCon events and media company’s esteemed Wash100 Award is much more than just a collection of personal favorites, as it annually celebrates beacons of leadership, vision and innovation from acros...
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...
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...
The Wash100 Award popular vote contest — a friendly yet fiery match-up between the government contracting industry’s most exceptional talents — has been going on for nearly three months now, but this week may have been its most exciting yet. The number one seed, Booz Allen Hamilton’s Judi Dotson, is hanging on to her spot, but there...
As a program manager and engineer in the U.S. Air Force, Rocky Thurston gained the skills he needed to transition smoothly into government contracting. His first work in the field was as a program manager for an intelligence community contract at Booz Allen Hamilton, after which point he took on more assignments and learned and...
