Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) received the most money through Department of Defense contracts during the government’s 2021 fiscal year, according to data from the Pentagon’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. The “Fiscal Year 2021 Defense Spending by State” report...
The Japanese government aims to expand its air defense capabilities with the procurement of anti-air and anti-surface interceptor missiles and related equipment from the U.S. government through a $450 million foreign military sales agreement approved by the State Department. Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense unit will ser...
Cadmus has appointed two public sector executives Elise Logan and Kevin Bush to lead its sustainability- and infrastructure-focused practices catering to federal, state and local government clients. The company said Wednesday it named Logan, former manager at Deloitte, as principal of sustainability and resilience, and Kevin Bush, former deputy assi...
The Department of Energy has selected 20 companies that will receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds totaling $2.8 billion to grow the battery supply chain for the power grid, as well as electric vehicles and associated components. DOE said Wednesday the awards will support the establishment and expansion of commercial-grade domestic factories f...
Once Frank Whitworth began his duties as the eighth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, he asked his team what their desired goal was for the end state, or ultimate mission completion, of the organization. They replied with a resounding, ambitious answer: “GEOINT [or geointelligence] supremacy.” At first, Whitworth was a b...
Humana Inc. is one of the country’s largest and most prestigious health insurance providers. With a mission to assist consumers in achieving maximum health and well-being, the business is continually seeking new and improved ways to provide health care to individuals who need it. Meet the Humana Inc. leaders and executives who have made a...
Reggie Brothers, former CEO of BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) and two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been named an operating partner at AE Industrial Partners. “I know firsthand the value that AEI’s operational support and strategic vision adds to its portfolio companies, and I am excited to have the opportunity to leverage my technology and defense ba...
William LaPlante, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has signed a waiver allowing DOD to accept lots 13 and 14 deliveries of the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 fighter jet. “Acceptance of the aircraft is necessary for national security interests,” LaPlante sa...
Matt Tait to succeed Kevin Phillips as ManTech President, CEO; Verizon Books $1.6B Deal for State Department IT Update; L3Harris to Buy Viasat Tactical Data Link Segment for $2B; LMI CEO Doug Wagoner to be Honored With Good Scout Award Click to Unmute...
Cybersecurity has become the latest frontier in national security with the expansion and proliferation of the digital environment in recent decades. Today, cyber is also an emerging and important component of warfighting, and the U.S. government has placed a high priority on better protecting our critical information, data and cyber assets as the th...
