Executive Mosaic has selected Aaron Weis, managing director of technology at Google Public Sector and a five-time Wash100 awardee, as chairman of the CIO Group for the 4×24 Executive Leadership Series. The 4×24 Executive Leadership Program provides a space for government contracting leaders and industry executives to connect...
KBR has received a potential five-year, $445 million recompete task order to help expand capabilities for the Department of Defense’s Joint Mission Environment Test Capability, or JMETC, Program. The company said Monday it will support the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Test Resource Management Center, or TRMC, in broadening test and e...
As 5G technologies continue to be unleashed at increased levels worldwide, the federal government has begun to work closely with industry partners to develop priorities, face challenges and better integrate 5G and FutureG tech across the enterprise. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 5G Summit on Feb. 27, federal and industry leaders will discu...
Mike Bosco holds more than 20 years of military and intelligence experience, but he ended up in government contracting somewhat by chance. Upon retiring from the military in 2012, he was intent on transitioning to federal civilian work, maybe in the Intelligence Community. However, perhaps surprisingly, it takes extensive time and enduring a lot of...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index inched 0.09% lower at $4,947.67 (-0.09%) on Friday, a fourth daily loss in five days like the previous week. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, has lost more than 2% in two consecutive weeks and -4.95% overall in the first half of December. The Nasdaq...
VIAVI Solutions has agreed to acquire Inertial Labs for up to $325 million as part of a push to expand its product portfolio and presence in defense, aerospace and industrial end markets. The network test platforms provider said Friday it expects to close the acquisition during the first quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory clearances...
Houston-based TechTrans International has won a Defense Threat Reduction Agency contract worth $325 million to provide support services for the Cooperative Threat Reduction, or CTR, program. The Department of Defense said Friday DTRA launched a competitive procurement process and received three bids for the single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefini...
The Department of Defense’s budget for fiscal year 2024 was $824.3 billion, a sizable amount of which was devoted to acquisition and procurement from the industrial base. Thousands or perhaps even hundreds of thousands of companies, from two-person startups to multi-billion dollar enterprises in their own right vied for these contracts, which cove...
Kevin Youngquist was named vice president of sales for public sector at SoftBank Group-backed data security software firm Cohesity, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Youngquist came to Cohesity from Veritas Technologies, which was acquired by the former to create the largest data protection software provider by market share. Read...
Executive Mosaic has appointed Victor Brown, CEO of W3Nebula Technology, as chair of the CTO Group for the 4×24 Executive Leadership Series. The 4×24 Executive Leadership Program provides an environment for government and industry leaders to build relationships to advance strategic mission areas. The CTO Group unites public and privat...
