The Department of Defense and the National Spectrum Consortium have asked industry and academia for insights, ideas and other feedback through a call for whitepapers as part of efforts to speed up the development, production and testing of 5G Open Radio Access Network technologies in the U.S. Virtualization and open architecture development has been...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, was officially presented with his 2022 Wash100 Award. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson officially presented the most prestigious award in all of government c...
James Christopher, a more than 25-year technology services veteran, has assumed the president role at Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) 1901 Group subsidiary, FedHealthIT reported Tuesday. He oversees three enterprise information technology operations centers, two of which are located in Virginia and the third in Idaho, and the maturation of InSight, a man...
The U.S. Navy is paving new paths toward innovation and getting more creative about how it harnesses new talent while developing and retaining its workforce. Christopher Cleary, principal cyber advisor for the Department of the Navy, said he thinks younger, newer Navy members should be given more responsibility and oversight of long-term initiatives...
Suzanne Mathew, chief financial officer of Yorktown Systems Group, has assumed additional responsibilities as president of the Huntsville, Alabama-based mission support and training services provider. She will bring to the role over 25 years of GovCon experience as Yorktown pursues growth initiatives, including a more than twofold increase in revenu...
Fairbanks Morse Defense has purchased California-based marine electrical hardware manufacturing company Research Tool & Die to further expand the FMD’s turnkey offerings in the naval defense market. FMD said Thursday it made the acquisition to elevate its portfolio that supports naval power and propulsion systems production, maintena...
Jack Azagury, a 26-year Accenture (NYSE: ACN) veteran and most recently the U.S. Northeast market unit lead, has been named group chief executive of the company’s strategy and consulting group. In his new position, Azagury will be responsible for managing the unit’s enterprise operations, business strategy, applied intelligence and inno...
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the military service predicts its next manned fighter platform and associated systems to be ready by the end of the decade, The Drive reported Wednesday. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 Award winner, told an audience at a recent Heritage Foundation event that engineering and manufacturing development efforts are ...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has closed its purchase of Xator for approximately $400 million as part of efforts to expand its footprint within the Intelligence Community, U.S. Special Operations Command, federal civilian and critical infrastructure markets. The transaction was first announced in May and Parsons said Wednesday it will integrate Xator into its...
Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace subsidiary and Axiom Space have won positions on a potential 12-year, $3.5 billion contract to develop next-generation spacesuits that would enable NASA astronauts to perform spacewalks outside the International Space Station and explore the lunar surface as part of Artemis missions. NASA said T...
