The innovation arms of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force have announced the cohorts of small businesses that secured Strategic Funding Increase contracts for program year 2024 to help transition their defense technologies from the development phase to full production. The 2024 STRATFI initiative accounts for $193 million in Small Business Innovatio...
Now a contested domain, space has taken center stage in today’s global landscape, and the United States has made space capability development a top priority as it works to stay ahead in great power competition. “While the U.S. currently outpaces the rest of the world in space capabilities, our competitors are seeking to counter our...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to recognize Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, with the 2024 Wash100 Award for driving IT investments in the government contracting sector and leading business development and growth initiatives for GDIT. Vote for Gilliland as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popul...
Last month, Department of the Air Force leaders announced a four-pronged plan to reshape the DAF to stay competitive in modern great power competition. These categories – develop people, generate readiness, project power and develop integrated capabilities – form a holistic approach to optimizing the Air Force and Space Force. Each of these ar...
Brian Wood, a more than 20-year DCS veteran, has been named vice president and division manager of the robotic systems division at the Alexandria, Virginia-based professional services provider. Wood will be responsible for overseeing the development of robotic systems, command and control and autonomous architecture and safety programs for the Groun...
Executive Mosaic has elected Young Bang, U.S. Army principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology, as one of its first-time winners of the Wash100 Award for 2024. The recognition underscores how his endorsement of artificial intelligence, automation and digital engineering supported the integration of cutting-edge tec...
The U.S. Army is currently working to implement its Unified Data Reference Architecture, which is designed to join a data mesh and data fabric in a way that would allow users to easily access data products across different formats and locations. According to Deputy Secretary of the Army for Data, Engineering and Software Jennifer Swanson, who sp...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems division has received a pair of U.S. Air Force contracts worth $279.3 million combined to help sustain and enhance the U.S. Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System. The company will provide a trusted network environment with cross-domain collaboration and information-sharing capab...
A day without an American presence in the space domain would be “catastrophic” to the country’s “prosperity, defense and security,” argued Gen. Stephen Whiting, who leads U.S. Space Command. The SPACECOM commander says that due to shifts over the years, the strategic environment has evolved so that the world is heavily reliant on the comm...
Executive Mosaic, the government contracting industry’s premier media and events organization, is pleased to induct Tom Arseneault into the 2024 Wash100. As president and CEO of BAE Systems, Arseneault is recognized for his forward-thinking support of the U.S. defense effort through inspired new business combinations and aggressive contract purs...
