Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of the Department of Defense, said President Joe Biden’s defense budget request of $842 billion for fiscal year 2024 includes about $6 billion in funding to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and supply chains, DOD reported Monday. The $6 billion budget allocation includes long-term investments in the area...
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...
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. “...
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...
The State Department has approved Japan’s request to procure up to five Northrop Grumman-made (NYSE: NOC) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control aircraft, related equipment and services from the U.S. government under a foreign military sales agreement worth approximately $1.4 billion. Northrop will serve as the prime contractor i...
The State Department has cleared Taiwan’s request to buy munitions, related equipment and services for F-16 fighter jets from the U.S. government through a potential $619 million foreign military sales agreement. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTN) missiles and defense business will serve as principal contractors i...
The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy an extended-range configuration of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile system, related equipment and services under a potential $506 million foreign military sales agreement. The possible FMS transaction includes 63 AARGM-ERs and 20 captive air training missiles, the Defense Secur...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Aaron Weis, chief information officer at the Department of the Navy, as an inductee into the 2023 edition of the Wash100 for his leadership in defining digital modernization objectives as part of his information superiority framework for DON in the year ahead. This is the fourth consecutive year Executive...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, for the third consecutive year, as a winner of the Wash100 Award for championing innovation with contractors to support tactical and strategic goals across the Department of Defense. Hicks was sworn in as the Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian official in February 2021 and...
