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By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet In early 2013, during his second term in office, then-President Barack Obama signed the annual Defense Authorization Act, setting in motion a process to change the federal government’s small business contracting programs. That same year, the Defense Contract Audit Agency made small business a ...

As the digital world continues to expand, cybersecurity, data and new technologies are rising to the forefront and becoming essential to government and industry organizations alike. M9 Solutions President and Chief Revenue Officer Sean DuGuay sat down with Executive Mosaic to discuss how the defense landscape is changing, which emerging technol...

A Department of Health and Human Services office has begun seeking proposals for a potential 10-year, $10 billion multiple-purpose acquisition vehicle that aims to advance the rapid development and commercialization of medical countermeasures. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov says that BARDA seeks to enter into an other transaction authority agreem...

Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors has been awarded a $624.6 million contract to design and manufacture two ships for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s research mission. The award resulted from a solicitation process from June to October last year and project funding will partly come from Inflation Reduction Act appropriations, ...

The U.S. Space Force has released a draft request for proposals to solicit information on potential industry sources that could meet the requirements of a potential 10-year, $2.5 billion contract to provide advisory and assistance services to help build and sustain weapons systems for Space Systems Command. USSF intends to compete the Hemisphere pro...

The U.S. government is expected to receive an approximately $3 billion purchase request from Israel for 25 F-35 aircraft manufactured by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defense minister, approved a proposal to expand the air force fleet to 75 stealth fighter jets by acquiring a third squadron of the “Adir” F-35 air...

Kevin Toner, former managing director of treasury, economics and commerce at Mitre, has been elevated to the role of vice president of the organization’s Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization. He will lead the team that supports work programs and emerging technologies under the federally funded Center for Enterprise Modernizati...

Executive Mosaic CEO and Wash100 Founder Jim Garrettson formally handed a Wash100 plaque of recognition to 2023 inductee David McKeown, senior information security officer and deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity at the Department of Defense. McKeown is a first-time awardee of the Wash100, an annual selection of public and private sect...

The federal government allocates substantial financial services amounting to millions and even billions of dollars to procure a diverse range of services encompassing defense, weaponry, healthcare, cybersecurity, space missions, and more. Federal agencies enter into contracts with private companies that offer these specialized services to accomplish...

The United States’ semiconductor chip manufacturing output has been steadily slipping over the last few decades, jeopardizing the country’s power in an increasingly critical industry on the global stage. But one key piece of legislation, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, aims to rewrite this narrative and place the U.S. back on top. The CH...