The heightening peer and near-peer competition undoubtedly stands as the Department of Defense’s most critical priority today. Global powers like China and Russia have publicly demonstrated their advancements in weapons systems, next-generation technology and other crucial areas, and the United States is strategizing how to maintain its dominance ...
Executive Mosaic is excited to recognize the impressive achievements of Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, with the 2023 Wash100 Award. Shyu earns the distinction — her third win total and second consecutive — due to a persistent support of technological modernization through dogged organizational maneu...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will continue the development of air-to-ground weapon system offerings for a U.S. Air Force program under separate contracts worth nearly $54 million combined. USAF awarded $18 million each to Lockheed and Northrop and another $17.7 million to L3Harris fo...
Blue Ivy Partners has secured a three-year, $148.6 million contract to license and deploy software applications for the U.S. Air Force’s Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center awarded the Software as a Service 2.0 contract on a sole-source acquisition basis and will obligate an initial $14.3 mi...
At the helm of Leidos, one of the major players in the government contracting market, CEO and Chairman Roger Krone is spearheading the company’s growth and guiding the organization through an era marked by heightened competition both within the GovCon ecosystem and on the global stage. Under Krone’s leadership, Leidos has doubled its revenue t...
A joint venture between Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and nou Systems has won a potential $637.1 million contract to help the Missile Defense Agency develop a layered system for defending against missile attacks. Huntsville, Alabama-based nTSI will engineer hypersonic defense, cybersecurity, space and threat systems as part of the cost-plus-fixed...
Five companies will compete for orders under a five-year, $75 million contract to perform design, construction, repair and maintenance services at the Grand Forks Air Force Base and Cavalier Space Force Station in North Dakota. The Grand Forks AFB’s 319th Contracting Squadron received 10 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity c...
Since he began at Army Futures Command in 2020, Lt. Gen Thomas Todd has focused on aligning the Department of Defense’s technology arsenal with its fast-moving targets and battle demands. As deputy commanding general for acquisition and systems management, Todd is in charge of envisioning and leading research on the next generation of wa...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Andy Green, an executive vice president of HII and president of the HII Mission Technologies division, as a recipient of the 2023 Wash100 Award for his leadership in driving strategic growth through major contract awards and advancing innovation aligned with national defense priorities. “Andy is an engag...
The rapid growth of commercial space has unlocked exciting new opportunities for the U.S. federal government. Many of these possibilities lie in the field of geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, and space-based imagery, especially with the recent development of 3D and 4D capabilities. GovCon Wire spoke with six-time Wash100 Award winner&nb...
