The Department of Defense has begun its search for a new executive who will succeed Michael Brown as director of the Defense Innovation Unit, which helps DOD speed up the adoption of commercial technologies to strengthen national security. Brown, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, will step down from his role as DIU director once his...
Does Lockheed Martin have government contracts? The primary activities of Lockheed Martin, a multinational security and aerospace company, are the design, research, manufacture, business development, integration, and maintenance of high-tech equipment. Although the company is a private company, it mainly offers its products and services to th...
Vince Vlasho, a senior managing director and defense portfolio lead for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), was recently presented his first Wash100 Award, the highest honor in government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a visit to the company’s office. Executive Mosaic recognizes Vince Vlasho as a 2022 Wash10...
In the wake of President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request, Executive Mosaic sat down with GovCon Expert Jim McAleese, principal and owner of McAleese and Associates and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, to get a comprehensive breakdown of the FY23 defense budget and understand which programs, military branches and initiatives rank among t...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential five-year, $307.1 million contract from the U.S. Army to repair and recertify its Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target Advanced Capability-3 missiles. U.S. Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama is the contracting activity and obligated at the time of award $150.4 mi...
The Biden Administration’s fiscal year 2023 budget request, released in March 2022, allocates $773 billion in funding to the Department of Defense. In a recent video interview with Executive Mosaic, GovCon Expert Jim McAleese, principal and owner of McAleese and Associates and a Wash100 Award winner, gave an in-depth analysis of what this budget ...
Edward Anderson, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, has joined Sigma Defense Systems as vice president of maritime strategy. He will report to Sigma Defense CEO Matt Jones and oversee the company’s development efforts and strategy with a focus on connected networks and maritime matters, the company said Monday. Jones said Anderson brings to the...
Software investor Insight Partners has named seven public sector leaders to its newly created government advisory board to advise the private equity firm on investment strategy and programs meant to further build up its portfolio companies that are supporting government clients. “Our inaugural GAB members come with different experiences across the...
Mick Fox, chief operating officer of Technomile, has provided his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. In his latest piece, GovCon Expert Mick Fox provided an in-depth look into the foundational stage of maturity and the critical ways that contracting organizations are building their success with CL...
SEMPRE, a 5G service and edge computing company founded by a U.S. Air Force veteran, has acquired NewSpace Networks in a strategy to offer integrated technology products that can support multidomain wireless communications. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed and SEMPRE said Wednesday it plans to expand its Private 5G platform, whi...
