The private sector is known for its rapid technological innovation process unencumbered by bureaucracy, restrictive requirements or mysterious funding procedures. Unfortunately, these qualities have not typically described the innovation process within the U.S. federal government; but now, public sector leaders are taking a page from the commercial ...
Pratt & Whitney, a business unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has secured a potential $8 billion contract to manufacture engines to power F-35 jets, produced by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), for U.S. and international defense customers. The deal covers 15-16 production lots of up to 518 F135 engines and includes a lot 17 lot...
Axient CEO Randy Cash has promoted company executives Jay Kovacs, Patience Samson and Port Dubon to C-level positions. Kovacs, most recently senior vice president of growth strategies, will now serve as chief innovation officer and oversee Axient’s innovation and growth strategy and technical capability expansion efforts in data analytics and digi...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a request for proposals for a recompete of its multiple-award contract vehicle that covers professional, scientific and technical services in the fisheries domain. NOAA said the ProTech 2.0 Fisheries solicitation is reserved for small businesses and will comprise multiple task orders to ...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, as a winner of 2023 Wash100 Award for his leadership in utilizing satellite imagery and other space products to support critical government missions across the globe. This is the sixth time Exec...
Robert Kincade, a 10-year veteran of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has joined information and engineering services provider Colsa as chief growth officer. The three-decade industry veteran announced his new role at Colsa in a LinkedIn post Thursday and will also hold the title of executive vice president. He previously served as a principal in...
Jacobs’ (NYSE: J) government services business has won a $249 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support design-build work for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps installation projects. The eight-year IDIQ award covers multidisciplinary architect-engineering tasks in the Navy Region Southwest area of responsibility, the Departm...
Executive Mosaic is excited to recognize the impressive achievements of Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, with the 2023 Wash100 Award. Shyu earns the distinction — her third win total and second consecutive — due to a persistent support of technological modernization through dogged organizational maneu...
Howard McKenzie, a 35-year veteran of Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been promoted to chief engineer at the corporate level and he succeeds Greg Hyslop, who is set to retire from the aerospace and defense company after 41 years of service. Hyslop will hold the chief engineer emeritus designation and assist with leadership transition efforts until...
Analytical Mechanics Associates has secured a potential $1.5 billion contract to provide flight readiness support at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia. Hampton, Virginia-based AMA will assist the center across research, engineering and science programs as part of the eight-year contract, the space agency said Wednesday. The RSES effor...
