Jon Gruen, executive chairman of Fortem Technologies, has assumed additional duties as CEO of the Pleasant Groves, Utah-based airspace awareness technology developer as part of a strategic reorganization that seeks to address the rising market demand for counter-unmanned aircraft systems support and strengthen the company’s focus on pursuing growt...
Stevan Slijepcevic, president and CEO of Cubic Corp., recently accepted his 2022 Wash100 Award for his visionary leadership to support the company’s customers in their critical missions as well as for driving significant company growth since assuming the CEO role in January 2022. Executive Mosaic is honored to recognize Stevan Slije...
Don Chaney, vice president of federal sales at Forcepoint, published his first feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Friday to highlight the significant challenges that the federal government is facing as its different agencies all adapt to the latest cybersecurity standards and find innovative solutions for ...
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has received a contract extension valued at $229 million to continue working with the Army Research Laboratory on the experimentation and implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications across the U.S. military. The new award is an addendum to the $99.9 million contract announced in...
Seventeen companies have won spots on a potential five-year, $650 million contract to provide subject matter expertise to help the Department of Veterans Affairs design, build and test novel platforms, services and care models that could be scaled into clinical production in support of the Veterans Health Administration. The VA named its industry pa...
Scott Rayder, former chief of staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, was named vice president and division manager at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), where he will oversee its climate, energy and environment portfolio. The company said Thursday Rayder will also be responsible for customer engagement efforts in climate and environmental m...
Science and Engineering Services, an Alabama-based aviation systems integrator, has won a potential $259.6 million contract from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to build multirole enforcement aircraft for use in land interdiction operations. SES will supply up to nine MEA LI planes under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contra...
The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded six companies separate contracts under the Strategic Commercial Enhancements program to provide insight into radio frequency remote sensing capabilities. Aurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global and Umbra Lab will conduct studies to inform the acquisition and integration of comme...
Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm has promoted Keith Runtz and Vanessa Godshalk to respectively oversee the company’s defense and safety and citizen services portfolios. Runtz succeeds Vince Vlasho, who most recently served as a senior managing director and defense portfolio lead at Accenture Federal Services. Vlasho, a 2022 Wash100 awardee, r...
Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering OUSD(R&E) at the Department of Defense (DoD), recently accepted her 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest annual honor bestowed to the highest members of the government contracting (GovCon) community, during a visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Executive Mosaic is thrilled to recog...
