In February of last year, the Department of Defense identified microelectronics as one of its 14 critical technology areas of focus. Since then, the federal government has taken steps to rejuvenate this industry within the U.S., most notably with the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to rebuild the domestic semiconductor manufact...
Aaron Weis, a four-time Wash100 Award recipient who most recently served as chief information officer at the Department of the Navy, has been named managing director of technology at Google’s public sector arm. He will oversee the unit’s tech strategy for the Google Cloud Platform and manage a team of public sector technologists that will...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $210.1 million order to provide logistics support for the U.K.’s F-35 air systems. Lockheed’s aeronautics unit will conduct ground maintenance, warehouse management, training and depot activities, the Department of Defense said Monday. DOD added that the business will operate and ma...
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...
To adapt to a warfighting landscape increasingly driven by digital technology, the U.S. military must pursue the implementation of zero trust with interoperability and collaboration in mind, according to public and private sector information technology leaders. Joseph Staier Joseph Staier, chief engineer for the Air Force’s enterprise information ...
By the time a new technology is funded, developed, prototyped, tested, produced and finally put in the hands of our warfighters, it’s often already outdated, as the federal government’s acquisition processes can take years to get through. The Defense Innovation Unit is on a mission to drastically speed up the Department of Defense’s acquisiti...
Redhorse Corporation CEO John Zangardi, an accomplished technology leader with extensive public and private sector experience, has won the 2023 Wash100 Award. The honor is Executive Mosaic’s annual celebration of the top talents in government contracting and the federal sector. Zangardi secured a spot in this year’s roster for effectively depl...
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...
Eighteen companies have won spots on a nine-year, $960 million U.S. Air Force contract to assist the Department of Defense and its partner nation agencies in combatting various security threats across the globe. USAF’s Air Combat Command Acquisition Management and Integration Center received 75 proposals for the Counter-Narcotics and Global Th...
For the fourth year in a row, Executive Mosaic has the honor of recognizing John Mengucci, CEO of CACI International, with the Wash100 Award. This year Mengucci added to an already robust legacy by ushering his company toward new projects tackling complex technology challenges for the U.S. defense community and breaking ground with stellar quarte...
