In recent months, the Department of Defense has placed greater emphasis and importance on artificial intelligence. The technology has been included on the White House’s critical and emerging technologies list, and the department in December created a new position meant to oversee artificial intelligence, digital-focused initiatives and data. Now...
Gibbs & Cox, a Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) subsidiary, has secured a potential five-year, $318.7 million contract to help the U.S. Navy design surface combat ships, with an initial focus on the next-generation guided missile destroyer. Contract work supports the development of future combatant platforms and will initially drive design, technology integr...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of Maxar Technologies, into the 2022 Wash100 class of leaders who have grown in prominence throughout the government contracting sector for driving innovation and executing strategic vision. Jablonsky was appointed to his current dual role after Maxar completed its U.S. dome...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, as a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient. She has been selected five consecutive times to the annual list of executives with staying power and influence in the government contracting arena. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson noted Gilliland’s i...
Edmond Hughes Edmond Hughes, vice president of human resources and administration contracts at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, has been promoted to serve as the company’s executive vice president and chief human resources officer. He succeeds William Ermatinger, who will retire from HII after a 35-ye...
Voting for your ranking of the 2022 Wash100 Award winners is in full swing and this week saw an intense round of shifts, skyrocketing favors and tough competition. If you haven’t already, be sure to cast 10 allotted votes on your favorite figures in the GovCon, government and military sectors before the race ends on April...
A new McAleese & Associates report says most defense prime contractors recorded a 2 percent to 3 percent increase in sales during 2021. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, presented an analysis of the fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 financial performance of Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NY...
True Zero Technologies, a veteran-owned cyber security consulting firm, announced on Monday that Joseph Brinker, the former Chief of the Security Enablers Division within the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), has joined the company as its Director of Federal Services. A dynamic leader with more than 15 years leading cutting-edge federal tec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 22, 2022 — An air-to-surface missile system designed by Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) for radar detection and targeting missions has undergone a second live-fire test with the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported. An F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft launched the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range to demons...
As the 2022 Wash100 Voting season continues to heat up and the support from the government contracting (GovCon) community pours in, this year’s collection of Wash100 Award winners aren’t waiting until the April 30th vote deadline to challenge one another for the top spot in the rankings. Visit Wash100.com right now to participate in Executive...
