As cloud technology matures and continues to take over the federal landscape, leaders across the government contracting ecosystem are learning key lessons that are helping shape the path forward. Chief among those lessons is that a multi-cloud approach works best, which is why the Department of Defense awarded its massive enterprise-wide cloud contr...
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of the Department of Defense, said President Joe Biden’s defense budget request of $842 billion for fiscal year 2024 includes about $6 billion in funding to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and supply chains, DOD reported Monday. The $6 billion budget allocation includes long-term investments in the area...
McAleese and Associates is hosting its 14th Annual Defense Programs Conference, one of the largest and most informative yearly events in the government contracting industry, on March 15. This year’s star-studded speaker lineup consists of the top decision makers across the Department of Defense, including officials like Heidi Shyu, Will...
Executive Mosaic is honored to induct Department of Defense Chief Information Officer John Sherman into the 2023 edition of the Wash100 for his work cultivating closer partnerships with the DOD’s industrial base and allied forces, trailblazing the department’s cloud adoption journey and spearheading information technology innovation across...
BioMADE, a Department of Defense-sponsored manufacturing innovation institute, has received a budget hike of about $450 million from DOD to help advance bioindustrial manufacturing education and innovation. “BioMADE’s research and development is already yielding significant progress in biomanufactured proteins, chemicals, fabrics, rubber, and mo...
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...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, for the third consecutive year, as a winner of the Wash100 Award for championing innovation with contractors to support tactical and strategic goals across the Department of Defense. Hicks was sworn in as the Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian official in February 2021 and...
Artificial intelligence has become increasingly important in the ever-evolving modern warspace. To address this emerging technology and harness its benefits to ensure decision-making advantage, the Department of Defense recently established the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, which holds a goal of accelerating the department&#...
Executive Mosaic is honored to unveil Craig Martell, chief digital and artificial intelligence officer of the Department of Defense, as the latest member of the 2023 Wash100 in recognition of his leadership over DOD’s AI adoption and enterprise data management initiatives. Martell is a first-time selection to the prestigious roster of 100 este...
The Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has published an update to its long-term open call for new technologies to support the adoption of artificial intelligence/machine learning as well as data and digital analytics. The invitation was launched in cooperation with the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Is...
