By the time a new technology is funded, developed, prototyped, tested, produced and finally put in the hands of our warfighters, it’s often already outdated, as the federal government’s acquisition processes can take years to get through. The Defense Innovation Unit is on a mission to drastically speed up the Department of Defense’s acquisiti...
By Mick Fox Chief Operating Officer, TechnoMile I began my career by serving in the U.S. Air Force and this cultivated what has become a lifelong passion for aviation. I love to fly and enjoy time up in a Cirrus SR22 as often as possible. My fellow aviators know that the flight instruments in the...
With the increasing importance of technologies such as the cloud, zero trust architecture and artificial intelligence, the need for modernization has grown, and the U.S. military has made technology transformation a priority to keep up with the demands of the rapidly evolving warfighting landscape. To address these needs, Lauren Knausenberger, chie...
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity and government the U.S. Army Research Office have issued a broad agency announcement for a new program aimed at helping analysts create evidence-based intelligence reports. A notice posted Monday on SAM.gov says the Rapid Explanation, Analysis and Sourcing Online project is seeking artificial inte...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Kathy Warden, chair, CEO and president of Northrop Grumman, as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner for aligning the company’s portfolio of technology offerings to priorities of defense customers and advancing strategic growth. This year marks the 10th iteration of Executive Mosaic’s annual list of the top 100...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential $1.9 billion contract modification from the U.S. Army to produce 184 AH-64E Apache combat helicopters for the service branch and international customers, including Australia. The company said Friday the award brings the contract’s total funded value to $2.1 billion and could increase to more than $3.8 bil...
The State Department has cleared a potential $268 million foreign military sale of assault amphibious vehicles and related equipment to Greece. The Greek government asked to buy a total of 76 AAV units in personnel, command and recovery configurations along with 63 50-caliber machine guns, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday. Contrac...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Nazzic Keene, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner in recognition of her leadership in accelerating corporate growth strategy, driving veteran employment initiatives and advancing sustainability, social and governance goals. “Nazzic, a six-time winner, has successfu...
As the nature of threats continues to evolve, novel technologies, such as artificial intelligence, the cloud and numerous others, have grown in priority as the U.S. works to maintain its information advantage. Military service officers and executives who took part in a panel discussion Wednesday at ExecutiveBiz’s Information Warfare Forum sa...
In December, four major cloud service providers landed a spot on the Department of Defense’s $9 billion Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract, the Pentagon’s enterprise-wide cloud adoption effort. To take a deeper look at what each vendor brings to the contract, Executive Mosaic sat down with leaders from the four awardee companies: Amazon ...
