ManTech has won a five-year, $133.1 million contract to perform analysis work for the U.S. Navy’s Warfare Effectiveness Department. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, ManTech will analyze the design and engineering performance of warfighting capabilities to help the branch ensure systems meet its mission requirements, ...
In February of last year, the Department of Defense identified microelectronics as one of its 14 critical technology areas of focus. Since then, the federal government has taken steps to rejuvenate this industry within the U.S., most notably with the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to rebuild the domestic semiconductor manufact...
Given its role as the organization responsible for helping the U.S. Department of Defense bring in and implement commercial technologies, the Defense Innovation Unit was among the first DOD entities to take up the fast follower strategy. The fast follower approach holds that government and research organizations should, rather than focus on their ow...
Eight weeks have now passed since the announcement of the Wash100 Award class of 2023 and with it, the beginning of this year’s popular vote contest. For two whole months, the 100 executives — company leaders, technology experts, government agency directors — who Executive Mosaic’s election committee deemed the best and brightest in governm...
Nine companies hold spots on a U.S. Air Force indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth $360 million over nine years to carry out construction projects at Barksdale AF Base in Louisiana. The 2nd Contracting Squadron received 21 bids for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive acquisition pr...
Steve Adlich, former president of Tyonek Native Corp.’s aviation services and manufacturing divisions for the past seven years, has been appointed chief strategy officer at Edge Autonomy. He will oversee plans and initiatives to advance Edge Autonomy’s global manufacturing and unmanned aerial system technology businesses, the company sai...
Aviation services provider AAR (NYSE: AIR) has purchased Trax USA, a software company that specializes in aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul. AAR said Monday that the acquisition aligns with its strategy to deliver digital platforms to aftermarket customers. Miami-based Trax was founded in 1999 and has since supported 5,000 aircraft through a...
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...
Doug Jones, a senior vice president and defense group chief technology officer of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) for the past three years, has been promoted to serve as the company’s deputy CTO. In his new capacity, Jones will lead the company’s research and development investments, technology partnerships, technical talent growth and key strategic...
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...
