In response to the growing need for modern defense technologies now and in the future, the United States Army established its Army Futures Command, an organization dedicated to facilitating persistent modernization within the service branch. Since its launch in 2018, the command has centered three focus areas: prioritizing people, designin...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, for the third consecutive year, as a winner of the Wash100 Award for championing innovation with contractors to support tactical and strategic goals across the Department of Defense. Hicks was sworn in as the Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian official in February 2021 and...
Jacobs (NYSE: J) has secured a potential $3.2 billion contract to support ground systems and launch infrastructure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company will assemble, integrate, launch and recover vehicles for the Artemis program through 2033 as part of the Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering and Test contract, N...
If you can believe it, we’re already a month into the 2023 Wash100 popular vote contest. Some executives have held onto early leads and others have rallied their fanbases to make startling progress from when this all first began back in January. If you’re just joining us now, this friendly but nail-biting competition is among...
Kimberly Finnegan, former program manager at the Department of Health and Human Services, was appointed senior vice president of growth for federal health at Unissant. In a statement published Thursday, Unissant CEO Manish Malhotra underscored Finnegan’s extensive experience in the government health care landscape and how it could support comp...
NV5 Global (Nasdaq: NVEE) has acquired location data analytics and mapping services provider Axim Geospatial for an undisclosed sum. Wisconsin-headquartered Axim has 340 employees across the globe and works with clients in the fields of enterprise GIS, survey and mapping and data analysis, NV5 said Thursday. The acquired company maintains over 200 g...
Professional services firm cBEYONData has acquired Summit2Sea Consulting in a transaction that expands its data analytics capabilities for federal government customers. Summit2Sea has been providing data analytics, enterprise application modernization and robotic process automation support across Department of Defense programs since 2003 and maintai...
Executive Mosaic is honored to include Battelle President and CEO Lou Von Thaer in the prestigious roster of 2023 Wash100 awardees. Von Thaer’s eighth Wash100 selection reflects his outstanding leadership of the applied science and technology organization and his staying power in the government contracting sector. “In the five years since ta...
The CIA has been quickly adapting its practices to the global influx of artificial intelligence implementation over the last few years. In January 2022, the director of AI position was established to concentrate autonomy modernization efforts and galvanize the agency’s capabilities in light of pressing AI-related foreign threats. The first mandate...
Dennis Crall, a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general and a two-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed to the board of advisers of Sigma Defense Systems. Sigma Defense CEO Matt Jones said in a statement released Wednesday Crall’s focus on mission outcomes aligns with the company’s philosophy and will bring to the team his insight...
