Empower AI President and CEO Paul Dillahay recently received his 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest honor in all of government contracting (GovCon), in recognition of his leadership to drive the company’s major contract wins, adoption of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies as well as create new partnerships with the academe. Exe...
Brad Pedersen, a more than 35-year aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been named president and CEO of MD Helicopters following the acquisition of the company by an investment consortium led by MBIA Insurance and MB Global Partners. He brings to the role decades of leadership experience at aerospace and defense companies, including Boeing’...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Marion Kennedy, senior vice president of intelligence market at LMI, to talk about the company’s efforts to prototype software offerings to help intelligence community customers address challenges. The Q&A also tackled driving digital transformation to stay ahead of innovat...
Inmarsat‘s U.S. government subsidiary has won a potential 10-year, $979.8 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide a managed satellite communications service to the U.S. Navy. The Defense Information Technology Organization received two proposals for the follow-on Commercial Broadband Satellite Program Satellite ...
Juan Zarate, global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer at K2 Integrity, accepted his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon) from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office in Washington D.C. “Zarate is indeed a rare individual whose expertise...
The U.S. Air Force’s 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron has indicated its intent to award a $20 billion modification to a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle that supports research and development initiatives across the Department of Defense. In a special notice posted Thursday, AFICC ESS said the possible ceili...
Marshall Choy, senior vice president of product at SambaNova Systems, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. He discussed the company’s focus on innovation to provide real value to its end users. The interview also covered data computation and SambaNova’s partnership with a national laboratory on build...
The Department of Defense is working to finalize guidance meant to provide its contracting officials more flexibility when it comes to reimbursing companies facing the effects of higher prices, Federal News Network reported Thursday. William LaPlante, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at DOD, said the updated policy document could be av...
An industry team led by Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has received a potential five-year, $160 million blanket purchase agreement to continue delivering enterprise construction management services to the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration. Augur Consulting, JGMS Government Services, Crawford Consulting Services and Longeneck...
The rise of electronic warfare, or EW, has fueled an increase in demand for electromagnetic spectrum operations and capabilities across the GovCon landscape. This heightened demand is manifesting in increased interest and investments in 5G-enabled technologies, smart facilities, Internet of Things and more as spectrum sharing becomes more prevalent ...
