President Donald Trump has selected Mark Esper, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2019 Wash100 winner, to take over leadership of the Department of Defense on an acting basis. Trump announced Esper’s appointment in a tweet posted Tuesday after Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan resigned and withdrew from consideration for the top DoD jo...
Nadia Carlsten, former director of commercialization at the Department of Homeland Security and program manager of its cybersecurity division, has joined Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) as head of strategy and operations, G2Xchange ETC reported Monday....
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has landed a potential two-year, $724M joint enterprise license agreement with the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue to provide technical support and services across the Department of Defense....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 17, 2019 ” A Cubic (NYSE: CUB) business unit will supply video data link systems to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) in support of a follow-on modernization program to further develop the combat capability of the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Cubic Mission Solutions said Tuesday it will de...
On Thursday, Executive Mosaic hosted the Potomac Officers Club™s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum. The forum featured a keynote address from BG Matthew Easley discussing the challenges of implementing AI for the U.S. Army, and a panel of GovCon leaders who elaborated on the impact AI continues to have on federal agencies. VADM Robert Sh...
Jana Weir Murphy, vice president and head of government affairs for Saab's North American market area, has elevated to the position of VP and head of corporate affairs within the region....
Mike Bowser, senior vice president for Department of Defense and federal civilian programs at By Light Professional IT Services, has been promoted to chief operating officer. The company said Thursday it also hired 30-year industry veteran Mike Hatcher as chief revenue officer....
Resource Management Concepts has won a potential four-year, $101.2M contract to support the U.S. Navy’s systems for simulation and testing operations....
Harris (NYSE: HRS) has been awarded a second low-rate initial production order to supply the U.S. Army with tactical radio systems as part of a potential 10-year, $12.7B contract awarded in 2016. The new order falls under the Handheld, Manpack and Small Form-Fit indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and precedes an operational test th...
Shawn Black, chief operating officer of Cobham’s U.S.-based advanced electronic solutions sector, has been promoted to serve as president of the same business beginning on July 1....
