NASA Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy recently accepted her 2023 Wash100 Award from Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and creator of the elite recognition. For 10 years, the Wash100 Award has celebrated the government contracting industry’s most powerful leaders. Chosen through an intense selection process that weighs the pa...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has secured a potential five-year, $383 million contract to help the U.S. Navy’s Surface Combat Systems Training Command facilitate classroom learning and instructional simulation for approximately 100,000 sailors. GDIT will develop a curriculum and aids that can assist trainee...
Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) has deployed and established contact with two nanosatellites that employ optical inter-satellite links to establish secure communications with each other and reduce network latency. The 6U satellites launched into orbit aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter-8 rideshare mission in support of the Eu...
FDH Aero has consolidated three of its brands into a single business group that will offer electronic components in the defense and aerospace market. The FDH Aero Electronic Products Group, led by Mitch Enright, merges units focused on electronics, consumables and electrical component products, the company said Thursday. Enright has served as presid...
Modernization is currently a top priority for the U.S. Navy, and the service branch has already revamped its Navigation Plan to reflect the urgent need for cutting-edge capabilities. More recently, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, a 2023 Wash100 Award winner, ordered the development of a 30-year infrastructure modernization plan, ...
SpaceX has secured a task order to launch small satellite payloads into orbit under NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative program. The two CSLI missions will launch onboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 2025 as part of the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare initiative, NASA said Tuesday. Specific pa...
Parsons is going through a period of accelerated, unprecedented growth. After a first quarter that exceeded financial expectations, Parsons has raised its prediction for full-year 2023 revenue to $4.6 billion. Executive Mosaic spoke with Parsons Chairwoman, President and CEO Carey Smith, a five-time Wash100 Award winner, to lear...
Today, cybersecurity and infrastructure are intertwined – a single cyberattack can disrupt systems critical to Americans’ day-to-day activities. Incidents like the Colonial Pipeline attack, which resulted in a gasoline shortage that impacted millions, have shined a light on this relationship, and now, the U.S. government is more focused on cyber...
The United States now regularly and publicly participates in cyber warfare. However, 20 years ago — even as recently as a decade ago — this was highly classified information, not permitted in the Title 10 or Title 50 spaces. It has only been in recent years that such practices have become more normalized and widely...
The persistent threat of cyber attacks has been a top concern for the Department of Defense in recent years. Now, as the Pentagon moves forward with a zero trust approach to cybersecurity, DOD leaders are paying close attention to implementing security not just at the enterprise level, but also at the tactical edge, where threats...
