The U.S. Air Force has selected a Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business to replace the wheel and brake system of 77 B-52 Stratofortress bombers as part of the branch’s fleet retrofit program. Collins said Wednesday it will use the Duracarb carbon disk technology to produce a new aircraft braking system for the bra...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for the fourth time in the eight-year history of the Wash100 Award, the industry standard for excellence in the government contracting (GovCon) sector. This marks Shotwell’s fourth Wash100 win in the l...
Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek and 2021 Wash100 Award winner, has published his latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. GovCon Expert Kevin Plexico wrote about the impact the current administration is having on federal government contractors since the exchange of power ...
Mary Petryszyn, corporate vice president and president of the defense systems sector at Northrop Grumman, has received her first Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for her leadership and efforts to drive modernization and support new technology offerings for the defense, security and military sectors...
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Robin Carnahan, former secretary of state of Missouri, to serve as head of the General Services Administration. She established and led the state and local government practice at GSA’s digital services unit 18F between 2016 and 2020, the White House said Tuesday. Carnahan helped federal, local and state gove...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft’s federal arm, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for his leadership and efforts to drive digital transformation as federal agencies push their adoption of the latest emerging technologies. This marks the fourth consecutive Wash100 Award for Wagner. Previously, Wagne...
Joshua Marcuse, head of Strategy and Innovation for Google’s global public sector business, has received his second consecutive Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), as a part of the 2021 recipients for his leadership and efforts to advance digital transformation, tech capabilities and drive indus...
Dan Corbett, chief financial officer and chief development officer of Valiant Integrated Services, has been promoted to succeed the retiring Jim Jaska as CEO at the Herndon, Virginia-based government services contractor starting April 15. Valiant said Monday that Chief Operating Officer Mike Pilon will take over Jaska’s responsibilities ...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, chief information officer and director of command, control, communications and computers/cyber at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for spearheading the development of the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy and leading innovative technology ef...
President Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, for the role of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. Brown has been serving as head of DIU within the Department of Defense since 2018. Under his leadership, the unit transitioned 26 tech capabilities to warfighters and b...
