The Defense Innovation Unit awarded 72 prototype other transaction contracts to commercial companies and transitioned eight commercial platforms to Department of Defense end-users in fiscal year 2021, bringing DIU’s cumulative transition rate to 41 percent. The number of awarded prototype OT contracts reflects a 31 percent rise from FY 2020, accor...
Christopher Kastner, chief operating officer of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), has been selected by the company’s board of directors to succeed Mike Petters as president and CEO in a move slated to take effect March 1. Petters, a previous Wash100 Award recipient, will continue to represent HII throughout the year and serve as execu...
Executive Mosaic is proud to recognize Lauren Knausenberger, chief information officer for the U.S. Air Force, as a 2022 recipient of the prestigious Wash100 Award, which annually honors a select group of preeminent leaders in the government contracting community for their impactful contributions across the federal landscape. This marks Knausenber...
On Jan. 19, we announced the ninth edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic‘s annual list of the government contracting sector’s most significant contributors from both the public and private sectors. Alongside the 2022 Wash100 selections, Executive Mosaic offers our readership a platform to vote for their favorite GovCon leaders. The...
Daniel Perkins, formerly the chairman and CEO of MTS Technologies, has been named into Concurrent Technologies Corporation‘s board of directors. CTC said Thursday Perkins founded and led MTS, which provided technical and logistics support to customers at the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. He has been involved in consulting e...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, as a recipient of the 2022 Wash100 Award and the only nine-time winner of the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). “Roger Krone is the winningest member of the GovCon community,” said Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and...
Tina Kuhn, a more than three-decade government contracting industry veteran, has been named president of Maryland-based software engineering and cybersecurity company Proximas Group. In her new role, Kuhn will steward acquisition and integration pursuits intended to grow Proximas’ portfolio of technology and engagement offerings for the intelligen...
PV Puvvada, CEO of NetImpact Strategies and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Wednesday. He talked about the company’s growth strategy for 2022, delivery of digital transformation services to federal agencies, recent certifications and software capability updates a...
Karey Malyszko, formerly the director of radiological controls at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been promoted to vice president of the unit’s plant operations. She replaced Dru Branche, who retired from HII in December, and will manage waterfront support services, facilities, security ...
Dr. Stacey Dixon, principal deputy director of national intelligence at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), has received a 2022 Wash100 Award, the third consecutive time that she’s won the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). This year, Dr. Dixon has received a 2022 Wash100 Award for her critica...
