Rapid technological advancements have made space more accessible than ever before, opening a new arena for competition between the U.S. and its adversaries. As space continues to grow in influence, the Department of Defense has made it a priority to ensure the security of the evolving domain. Though adversaries are actively working to dominate ...
By Mark Townsend, Vice President of Professional Services at Invicti Security With access to some of the world’s most sensitive and secure data and systems, the U.S. Department of Defense is a natural candidate to lead innovation on zero trust security. To that end, the department has set an ambitious five-year goal to deploy zero...
John Sherman, chief information officer of the Department of Defense and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, discussed how the Defense Information Systems Agency and its operations align with the National Defense Strategy and DOD’s strategic priorities during a fireside chat held Wednesday at a conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Sherman cited DISA’s wor...
The Department of Defense’s long-awaited enterprise cloud effort finally got off the ground in December 2022, when four commercial cloud service providers landed a spot on the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract. Executive Mosaic spoke with leaders from each of the awardee companies — Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and...
General Electric (NYSE: GE), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Carbon-Carbon Advanced Technologies have received separate contracts from the Department of Defense to further build up supply chains for hypersonic systems and strategic platforms. GE will increase capacity to produce high- and ultra-high temperature composites under a potential 39-month...
As of Friday morning, the 2023 Wash100 class has received more than 36,000 votes from their peers and our readers. Thank you for helping Executive Mosaic break last year’s Wash100 Popular Vote record! Today is your last chance to support your favorite leaders from the current roster. While all the inductees have made significant contributions...
Josh Forman, formerly a senior vice president at Core4ce, has been appointed vice president of business development at Slingshot Aerospace, according to a LinkedIn post. He will oversee the space simulation and analytics company’s BD initiatives in the Department of Defense market. Forman served in the U.S. Navy as an intelligence specialist e...
Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has secured a $215.6 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Defense to modernize and expand its facilities at three sites that produce rocket propulsion systems as part of efforts to help DOD meet the increasing demand for tactical missile systems. The company will use the funds from the agreement to...
Chief information officers are the technological architects of organizations. In today’s world, because everything is digitized, this means these C-level executives are essentially responsible for shaping and designing the way a company runs day-to-day. They oversee and facilitate information technology systems in order to result in optimal busine...
The Department of Defense has released a plan to implement the goals of the Software Modernization Strategy and develop capabilities to streamline software delivery efforts. John Sherman, chief information officer of DOD and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, approved the Software Modernization Implementation Plan on March 30, the department said Tuesday. The ...
