Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report outlining key takeaways from the speech of Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks on fiscal year 2023 budget request and the National Defense Strategy at the Reagan Institute. Hicks, a 2022 Wash100 awardee, noted that the Department of Defense’s $773 billion budget proposal for FY 20...
President Joe Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Michael Schmidt to serve as director of the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office in Arlington, Virginia. The Department of Defense said Thursday that Schmidt will receive a promotion to the rank of lieutenant general along with his new assignment. He is currently serving as program executive officer for...
Hensel Phelps Construction Co. has won a potential $531.7 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build flightline area facilities at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. The 11-facility construction project includes detection and protection features, site improvements and security enhancements, the Department of Defense said Tuesday...
The Office of the National Cyber Director has announced the appointment of cybersecurity leaders Kemba Walden, Neal Higgins and Rob Knake to help Chris DeRusha, federal chief information security officer and deputy national cyber director for federal cybersecurity, meet ONCD’s mission to protect U.S. citizens in cyberspace and enable them to benef...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $805.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to continue supporting the service’s Tactical Reconnaissance Pod program. The latest award brings the contract’s total cumulative face value to approximately $1 billion, the Depart...
Adam “AJ” Jarnagin, CEO and founding partner of EXPANSIA, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the company’s mission to drive technology advancement and digital transformation efforts at the edge for federal and intelligence agencies. In addition, Jarnagin also discussed EXPANSIA’s recent contract award to provide the AGORA Di...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $372.5 million contract modification for the delivery of lots 15 and 16 of F-35 Lightning II aircraft‘s ancillary mission equipment requirements to the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. The Navy award also provides for the fighter jet’s initial spares in support of military customers, non-De...
A joint venture between Black Construction and Tutor Perini has won a pair of task orders worth $124.3 million combined from Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific to perform building work at two U.S. military installations in Guam. The first project, valued at $73 million, will involve constructing an electronics-communications mainte...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is shifting its workflow approach and prioritizing speed to close its pacing gap with other global powers in today’s rapidly changing geopolitical environment, according to NGA Chief Information Officer Mark Andress. “We’re moving away from a Continental U.S.-first, human-initiated, point-to-poin...
Chris Pehrson, formerly an executive at General Atomics, has been appointed chief growth officer of defense technology company Parry Labs. He will be responsible for driving growth initiatives through business capture, program growth and strategic planning efforts in his new position, Parry Labs said Monday. Parry Labs CEO John Parkes said Pehrson...
