By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet Maintaining healthy cash flow is a critical element for any business, but it’s particularly vital for government contractors due to the nature of our industry. Government contracts often involve lengthy payment cycles and stringent compliance requirements. That means your GovCon will want to ...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index was in the red in three of five trading sessions but still ended with a solid 1.43% week-on-week gain. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, recorded its largest single-day gain (2.04%) and highest close ($5,105.25) on Tuesday. It was Wall Street’s worst week since Apri...
Matt Topper, president of UberEther, said government agencies seeking to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access, data breaches and other cyberthreats should implement identity and access management systems, which he said act as a “gatekeeper.” “By rigorously controlling and monitoring access, IAM solutions mitigate the risks po...
Chugach Government Solutions has appointed Dirk van der Vaart, a more than 25-year defense and security industry executive, as president and Michael Iacobucci, a more than 15-year government contracting industry veteran, as senior vice president and chief growth officer. The company said Wednesday van der Vaart will also serve as executive VP of Chu...
Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, accepted her 2024 Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO and Wash100 Founder Jim Garrettson. Each year, Wash100 identifies and celebrates the most accomplished leaders in the government contracting field. Winners are selected using an intensi...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has added Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies to the vendor pool of launch providers as part of the second on-ramping process to the fourth iteration of the Orbital Services Program. SSC said Wednesday OSP-4 is a potential $986 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an or...
Institute for Defense Analyses has secured a potential five-year, $1.42 billion contract from the Washington Headquarters Services to provide research, analyses, test and evaluation support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, combatant commands and defense agencies. The company will help maintain a comprehensive evaluation of...
Mark Peters, a scientist and national energy laboratory executive, will assume the role of president and CEO of MITRE on Sept. 3. Peters, who currently serves as executive vice president for national laboratory management and operations at Battelle, will succeed the retiring Jason Providakes, a 37-year MITRE veteran and a three-time Wash100 awardee,...
DZYNE Technologies has acquired High Point Aerotechnologies for an undisclosed sum to expand its portfolio of air defense technology platforms with the addition of counter-uncrewed autonomous system capabilities. High Point CEO Al White will join DZYNE as executive vice president of air defense technologies with oversight of the C-UAS business, the ...
The U.S. Navy has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) a potential five-year, $998.8 million contract to develop, produce, sustain and retrofit Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems terminals. The Department of Defense said Monday Naval Information Warfare System Command received three offers for the indef...
