Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary has secured a $455 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce and deliver 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters to the government of Nigeria. The firm-fixed-price contract covers associated engineering, program management and logistics support services and non-recurring engineering to solve obsolescence issues, ...
Executive Mosaic is excited to recognize Aaron Weis, managing director of technology at Google Public Sector, with a 2024 Wash100 Award for his success in propelling federal technology modernization efforts forward as a leader in both public and private sector organizations. Don’t miss your chance to choose Weis as your favorite 2024 Wash100...
Each year, influential chief information officers from government and industry gather at the Potomac Officers Club’s Annual CIO Summit to discuss what’s on the horizon for federal IT, technology, cybersecurity and more. POC is preparing for its 5th Annual CIO Summit next month, and three key public sector CIOs just joined the speaker lineup, ma...
In the challenging environment of space, “nuclear answers the mail on some serious operational problems,” according to Michael Smith, nuclear portfolio lead for operational energy-innovation within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. During a panel discussion at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Space...
Scott Helmore, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has been named senior vice president of emerging technologies at Bethesda, Maryland-headquartered global systems integrator Tribalco. He will oversee the development of multidomain products and services, including secure communications, artificial intelligence, edge computing and position, navigation and t...
Ramzi Musallam, CEO and managing partner of Veritas Capital, has earned the coveted 2024 Wash100 Award for his continued exceptional leadership of one of the most influential investment firms within the government contracting industry and for his unwavering commitment to supporting government missions in national security, healthcare and education....
The innovation arms of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force have announced the cohorts of small businesses that secured Strategic Funding Increase contracts for program year 2024 to help transition their defense technologies from the development phase to full production. The 2024 STRATFI initiative accounts for $193 million in Small Business Innovatio...
Now a contested domain, space has taken center stage in today’s global landscape, and the United States has made space capability development a top priority as it works to stay ahead in great power competition. “While the U.S. currently outpaces the rest of the world in space capabilities, our competitors are seeking to counter our...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to recognize Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, with the 2024 Wash100 Award for driving IT investments in the government contracting sector and leading business development and growth initiatives for GDIT. Vote for Gilliland as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popul...
Last month, Department of the Air Force leaders announced a four-pronged plan to reshape the DAF to stay competitive in modern great power competition. These categories – develop people, generate readiness, project power and develop integrated capabilities – form a holistic approach to optimizing the Air Force and Space Force. Each of these ar...
