McAleese and Associates is hosting its 14th Annual Defense Programs Conference, one of the largest and most informative yearly events in the government contracting industry, on March 15. This year’s star-studded speaker lineup consists of the top decision makers across the Department of Defense, including officials like Heidi Shyu, Will...
The Department of Defense’s Washington Headquarters Services has issued a draft request for white papers on the establishment of an industrial base policy consortium to help expand DOD’s access to commercially available technologies. WHS plans to award a consortium-managed other transaction agreement in support of the agency’s Manu...
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to induct Bill Monet, president and CEO of Akima, into the Wash100 Award during its historic 10th year for his leadership in continuing company growth through numerous government contract awards to its subsidiaries and executive appointments. The annual Wash100 recognition is for public and private sector leaders the Exe...
Wow — we are officially six weeks into the popular vote contest for the 2023 Wash100 Award. That’s just about half of the competition, which lasts from late January through the end of April. We have seen some thrilling developments thus far, the weekly totals alight with surprising comebacks and hairpin races. Before we dive into...
Gilat Satellite Networks (Nasdaq: GILT) has agreed to acquire secure Duluth, Georgia-based communications platforms provider DataPath for an undisclosed sum to expand the Israeli company’s defense market footprint. Gilat said Thursday it expects the acquisition to conclude in the third quarter of 2023, pending approval from the Committee on Fo...
Jonathan Baba, formerly a strategy and analytics partner in the defense segment at Deloitte, has been appointed senior vice president of LMI’s defense market. Baba brings to the LMI team his more than two decades of government market experience supporting both the Department of Defense and industry, the consulting company said Thursday. “...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to unveil Intelsat CEO Dave Wajsgras as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner in recognition of his leadership in driving satellite communications innovation to facilitate the delivery of seamless connectivity to organizations and people worldwide. This marks the seventh time that Wasjgras has been chosen to Executive Mosaic’s an...
In the hotly contested space domain, U.S. government officials see two primary paths forward: strengthening partnerships with other nations and refining and retooling the processes at home. Though the U.S. has identified many foreign governments as direct competitors with regard to space, it has proved fruitful to ally itself with others to potentia...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit has secured a five-year, $88.2 million contract to develop a cloud-based information technology platform for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to find and transmit huge amounts of complex data from GEOINT sources. The General Dynamics IT business will provide software development servic...
Joseph Ritzel, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Day & Zimmermann, will retire from the company on April 1 after four decades of service. Joseph Ritzel His position will be filled by Kathleen King, vice president of corporate development, the engineering and construction firm said Wednesday. Ritzel started his caree...
