Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, was officially presented with his 2022 Wash100 Award. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson officially presented the most prestigious award in all of government c...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Owl Cyber Defense Solutions positions on a potential five-year, $249.1 million contract to provide development, testing and implementation support for the Foreign Military Sales Cross Domain Solutions program. FMS CDS is an information assurance method that seeks to deliver the ...
James Christopher, a more than 25-year technology services veteran, has assumed the president role at Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) 1901 Group subsidiary, FedHealthIT reported Tuesday. He oversees three enterprise information technology operations centers, two of which are located in Virginia and the third in Idaho, and the maturation of InSight, a man...
The U.S. Navy is paving new paths toward innovation and getting more creative about how it harnesses new talent while developing and retaining its workforce. Christopher Cleary, principal cyber advisor for the Department of the Navy, said he thinks younger, newer Navy members should be given more responsibility and oversight of long-term initiatives...
Fairbanks Morse Defense has purchased California-based marine electrical hardware manufacturing company Research Tool & Die to further expand the FMD’s turnkey offerings in the naval defense market. FMD said Thursday it made the acquisition to elevate its portfolio that supports naval power and propulsion systems production, maintena...
Jack Azagury, a 26-year Accenture (NYSE: ACN) veteran and most recently the U.S. Northeast market unit lead, has been named group chief executive of the company’s strategy and consulting group. In his new position, Azagury will be responsible for managing the unit’s enterprise operations, business strategy, applied intelligence and inno...
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the military service predicts its next manned fighter platform and associated systems to be ready by the end of the decade, The Drive reported Wednesday. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 Award winner, told an audience at a recent Heritage Foundation event that engineering and manufacturing development efforts are ...
Paul Meyer, president of Department 22 at Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He said Department 22 was formed in response to customers’ call to boost the speed of innovation amid the Department of Defense’s implementation of its Joint All...
Canada-based engineering services provider WSP Global has agreed to acquire John Wood Group’s environment and infrastructure business for approximately $1.81 billion in a transaction that would expand WSP’s earth and environment consulting practice in the U.S. WSP said Wednesday it expects the transaction to close in the fourth quarter of 20...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been at the center of many of the White House’s cyber initiatives, policies and executive orders within the past few years. Now, just after the one year anniversary of President Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity, CISA is focusing on zero trust, modernization and workforce developmen...
