An HII (NYSE: HII) shipbuilding division will design and construct a third Flight II amphibious ship for the U.S. Navy under a $1.3 billion contract modification. The award comes nine months after Ingalls Shipbuilding secured $240 million in advance funds to obtain long-lead-time items and equipment needed to build LPD 32, the company said Friday....
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to recognize Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, as a 2023 Wash100 Award recipient for driving major government contract awards that spurred record-high earnings for the General Dynamics subsidiary. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Gilliland was awarded the Wash100, which annual...
The Department of Defense is working to adopt commercial technologies at a faster rate than ever before as the United States’ peer and near-peer competitors increase their own technological capabilities. This approach, known as a “fast follower” strategy, was outlined in the 2022 National Defense Strategy, which called for the DOD t...
In light of recent advancements in autonomous technologies, the Department of Defense has made tremendous efforts to understand the role of these tools in warfighting operations and fully harness the benefits autonomy can provide. When implementing these technologies, cultivating a relationship between human operators and new technology is cruc...
Executive Mosaic is honored to name U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro to the 2023 Wash100 list for spearheading Navy infrastructure modernization initiatives, reforming acquisition processes and driving technology innovation across the service branch. This marks Del Toro’s debut on the Wash100 list, which annually recognizes distinguis...
The Department of Defense plans to explore the potential behind generative artificial intelligence during an upcoming AI conference in June, following a wave of commercial developments in the area. Maynard Holliday, deputy chief technology officer for critical technologies within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineer...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will manufacture lot nine glide bombs equipped with multimode seeker technology for the U.S. Air Force under a $320.3 million contract. The company’s missiles and defense business will produce 1,500 units of the StormBreaker, a networked weapon designed to locate and engage fixed or moving targets, Raytheon sa...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has booked a $99.9 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers sustain a key component of the Tomahawk Weapons System. The company will continue to provide maintenance and management support to tactical Tomahawk weapons control system operators, the Department of Defense said M...
Federal Contracting, doing business as Bryan Construction, has won a 32-month, $128.7 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build aircraft maintenance support facilities and equipment at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. USACE received two bids for the project via an online-based solicitation process, the Defense Departm...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Nazzic Keene, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner in recognition of her leadership in accelerating corporate growth strategy, driving veteran employment initiatives and advancing sustainability, social and governance goals. “Nazzic, a six-time winner, has successfu...
