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President Joe Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2024 includes $842 billion in defense spending and Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2023 Wash100 Award recipient, said the proposed DOD budget would enable the Pentagon to continue the implementation of the National Defense Strategy and invest in capabilities that could...

The U.S. Navy has issued a $622 million award to TranLogistics, a transportation and supply chain services provider, as a modification of a potential 10-year multiple-award contract for husbanding services that was originally announced in 2020. The amendment to the previously awarded $2.12 billion contract adds new providers for the remaining three ...

David Goldfein, a retired U.S. Air Force general and a two-time Wash100 awardee, has been named to the national security advisory board of Shield Capital. Goldfein, former Air Force chief of staff, will bring to NSAB and Shield’s portfolio companies his insights and experience in capability integration across cybersecurity, space operations and in...

The U.S. federal government has sharpened its focus on cybersecurity in recent months; the Department of Defense released its zero trust strategy and roadmap at the close of 2022, and the Biden-Harris administration debuted a new national cybersecurity strategy just last week. In a statement published March 2, 2023 the White House said the...

BioMADE, a Department of Defense-sponsored manufacturing innovation institute, has received a budget hike of about $450 million from DOD to help advance bioindustrial manufacturing education and innovation. “BioMADE’s research and development is already yielding significant progress in biomanufactured proteins, chemicals, fabrics, rubber, and mo...

The private sector is known for its rapid technological innovation process unencumbered by bureaucracy, restrictive requirements or mysterious funding procedures. Unfortunately, these qualities have not typically described the innovation process within the U.S. federal government; but now, public sector leaders are taking a page from the commercial ...

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Amentum CEO John Heller as a 2023 Wash100 awardee, marking his seventh selection to the annual list of significant government contracting industry growth contributors. Heller has been recognized for his leadership in advancing the development of technology capabilities in support of mission-critical customers...