David Goldfein, former chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been appointed a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. APL said Tuesday that Goldfein will build on his military experience to offer the laboratory insight on national challenges, space operations, strategic deterrence and com...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to present Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of the space business segment at Lockheed Martin, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for his significant contributions to the federal sector, space domain and his drive to advance spacecraft development and other space tech capabilities. For the sixth year, Ambrose h...
Over 30 CEOs in the GovCon industry responded to a call to participate in the Department of Labor’s veteran apprenticeship pilot program that seeks to provide civilian career opportunities for transitioning service members. In November, Dave Dacquino, chairman and CEO of Serco Inc. and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, challenged fellow GovCon executiv...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2021 — Cobham‘s advanced electronic solutions business will design and build antenna technologies that could be integrated into hypersonic systems under a contract of an undisclosed sum from the U.S. government, ExecutiveBiz reported March 15. Mike Kahn, president and CEO of CAES and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipien...
Ametek (NYSE: AME) has agreed to acquire Abaco Systems, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital that supplies embedded computing technology to the aerospace and defense sectors, for approximately $1.35 billion in cash. Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based Ametek said Monday it expects to close the transaction by midyear, pending regulatory clearances and other...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Paul Dillahay, president and CEO of NCI Information Systems, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). This marks the third overall Wash100 Award for Dillahay and his second straight since 2020. For his previous 2020 Wash100 Award win,...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Sonny Hashmi, commissioner of the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for driving technology transformation, acquisitions and massive contract awards that support the administration’s key missions and the best interests of the U.S...
Ametek (NYSE: AME), a Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based electronics instruments maker, is in advanced negotiations with private-equity firm Veritas Capital to acquire the latter’s Abaco Systems for up to $1.5 billion, Bloomberg reported Monday. Bloomberg cited sources that say a decision could come as soon as this week. In December 2015, Veritas acquired...
Following last week’s results of the 2021 Wash100 Vote Standings, more than 500 additional votes have been cast to determine who the government contracting (GovCon) community thinks is the most significant executive of consequence to the sector as 2021 picks up the pace. To vote for your favorite executives from the 2021 Wash100 Award selection,...
Executive Mosaic is proud to introduce DeEtte Gray, president of business and information technology solutions for CACI International, as a recipient of the highly coveted Wash100 Award for the fifth year in the prestigious eight-year history of the award. This also marks the second consecutive year that Gray has received a Wash100 Award for her...
