Mick Fox, chief operating officer for Technomile, has provided his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. Previously, GovCon Expert Mick Fox has shared his insights with a two-part informative guide breaking down contract lifecycle management (CLM) in the federal landscape today. In today’s piece, Fox...
The Department of Defense has released a report that provides an overview of the state of competition in the defense industrial base and offers recommendations to promote competition in the DIB. The five recommendations outlined in the report are strengthening merger oversight; addressing intellectual property limitations; increasing new entrants; i...
Aerospace and defense electronics supplier Emcore (Nasdaq: EMKR) has signed an approximately $5 million cash deal to acquire the space and navigation unit of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX). Emcore said Tuesday it aims to expand the company’s inertial navigation technology offerings, add design and test equipment for space applications and c...
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has agreed to acquire Tower Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TSEM) for $53 per share in cash, or approximately $5.4 billion, in a transaction that will create an end-to-end foundry to meet the increasing demand for semiconductors worldwide. The boards of the two companies have unanimously approved the deal that is expected to be completed...
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...
Gregg Burgess, former chief technology officer of the space systems business at Sierra Nevada Corp., been appointed vice president for space systems within General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems group. He will oversee GA-EMS’ portfolio of satellite systems and space technologies designed to work with laser-based radiofrequency and optical ...
Clara Conti, vice president and general manager of Red Hat’s North America Public Sector as well as a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, recently took part in a Q&A session with GovCon Wire to discuss her background in the public sector market and how it led to her appointment with Red Hat. Conti also discussed why...
Finland’s defense ministry has formalized an agreement to procure 64 F-35A conventional takeoff and landing jets along with associated equipment and sustainment services from the U.S. government for approximately $9.4 billion, Reuters reported Friday. The signing of the procurement documents came one month after Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: ...
U.S. Special Operations Command can continue to order new manpack radio systems from L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) after SOCOM awarded a $297.2 million contract modification under the Next Generation Tactical Communications program. The award is for the delivery of AN/PRC-167 multichannel radios and support equipment to special operations forces...
Mark Testoni, CEO of SAP National Security Services, has been selected to the 2022 edition of the Wash100, the seventh time he’s won the prestigious award in the nine-year history of Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of executives with staying power and influence in the government contracting arena. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson noted T...
