The private sector is known for its rapid technological innovation process unencumbered by bureaucracy, restrictive requirements or mysterious funding procedures. Unfortunately, these qualities have not typically described the innovation process within the U.S. federal government; but now, public sector leaders are taking a page from the commercial ...
CAES has expanded its portfolio of capabilities and presence in the radio frequency technology market with the acquisition of Herley. Herley designs and produces microwave electronic products for electronic warfare assemblies, missile flight instrumentation platforms and other tactical RF systems for defense and aerospace industry customers and has ...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Amentum CEO John Heller as a 2023 Wash100 awardee, marking his seventh selection to the annual list of significant government contracting industry growth contributors. Heller has been recognized for his leadership in advancing the development of technology capabilities in support of mission-critical customers...
Jim Taiclet, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), said High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems or HIMARS and Javelin missiles are a big part of the arms package the U.S. government is providing for Ukraine to help the country defend itself against Russian invasion and that he expects to see robust orders for...
GovCon industry veteran Christine Fox Harbison will assume the role of executive vice president and chief growth officer at Mercury Systems on March 6. She will report directly to Mercury CEO Mark Aslett as she oversees the execution of the company’s growth strategy, builds up technology partnerships and leads strategic account management and capt...
BAE Systems‘ land and armaments business was awarded a $245.6 million contract that covers early order material for the manufacturing of the U.S. Army’s Armored Multipurpose Vehicle fleet. The Department of Defense said Thursday the Army used its weapons and tracked combat vehicle procurement funds for fiscal 2022 and 2023 to obligate the fu...
Elbit Systems (Nasdaq: ESLT) will provide a NATO member country in Europe with artillery systems under two contracts worth $252 million combined. The company said Thursday it will supply ATMOS 155mm/52 caliber truck-mounted howitzers systems under a two-year, $119 million contract and PULS artillery rocket-launcher systems under a three-year, $133 m...
Executive Mosaic is excited to recognize the impressive achievements of Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, with the 2023 Wash100 Award. Shyu earns the distinction — her third win total and second consecutive — due to a persistent support of technological modernization through dogged organizational maneu...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will support information technology processes at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through four contract awards worth up to $102 million combined. Under a $79 million prime contract, Leidos will help CMS migrate and maintain agency applications in hybrid cloud platforms, the company said Wednesday. The award has a pe...
The U.K. government has provisionally cleared the planned merger between Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) and British satellite services provider Inmarsat following the completion of a Phase 2 review, which found that the combined entity is likely to face competition from existing and emerging companies as the satellite communications sector expands. In Novemb...
