Six small businesses have won spots on a five-year, $499 million contract to support construction projects within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command‘s Hawaii area of responsibility. NAVFAC received 14 proposals for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive bidding process on SAM.gov and wi...
Joseph Early, former chief digital and data officer at the Department Defense’s F-35 Joint Program Office, has joined Cornerstone Defense as deputy chief technology officer. The former U.S. Navy lieutenant commander will work with the company’s leadership and technical teams in efforts to bring differentiated platforms to the government...
Patrick Shanahan, former acting secretary at the Department of Defense, and 38-year General Electric (NYSE: GE) veteran William Fitzgerald have joined the board of directors at Spirit AeroSystems Holdings (NYSE: SPR). Shanahan, a previous Wash100 inductee, will be part of the audit and compensation committees where he brings leadership experience at...
Extreme weather events continue to increase in frequency and severity on a global scale, and climate change is gaining greater importance across federal government agencies’ priorities and concerns. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information, the U.S. has experienced at least...
Atlas Executive Consulting has won a potential $241.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to analyze data and conduct financial reviews for Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic. The company will also help NIWC Atlantic create and maintain data universes, develop metrics and prepare documents under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity con...
Potomac Officers Club hosted its The Cost of AI Forum, the latest event in the Data-Driven 2021 Series, on Tuesday to bring together the elite public and private sector leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities involved with integrating innovative AI solutions and infrastructures as organizations work to keep pace with evolving adversarial...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Serco’s U.S. subsidiary have secured separate contracts to provide engineering support, test, product development and ship and systems integration services for the U.S. Navy’s Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems. SAIC will deliver services to PEO IWS 1.0 and 9.0 under a p...
Al Whitmore, president of the Intelligence & Security (I&S) sector of BAE Systems, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent 4×24 membership dinner. This marks the fourth consecutive time that Whitmore has received the most prestigious award in government contracting (GovCon). Executive Mosa...
Rich Wilkinson, director of product marketing for Unanet and a GovCon Expert, has published the latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. Previously, Wilkinson explored how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the professional services industry and how these firms will be able to adapt to the new “work f...
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has secured a $225 million sole-source contract to perform research, development and engineering work for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. APL will receive task orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help DARPA turn scientific and technical theori...
