Capt. Ben Van Buskirk, director of NavalX, will join the “Next Digital Domain- Driving UX, Data and Platform Success” panel at an upcoming Potomac Officers Club event. Van Buskirk assumed his current role on March 19 and lead the organization that aims to scale non-traditional agility approaches across the Department of the Navy workforce. Previ...
John Zangardi, president of technology services contractor Redhorse, has joined the board of directors of cybersecurity company Forcepoint. He brings to the board more than three decades of experience as an information technology leader in the government and private sector, Forcepoint said Thursday. “I’m thrilled to join the Forcepoint Board...
The Department of Defense has released requests for prototype proposals for Risk-Informed Spectrum Access and Multiband Control Channel Architecture requirements under a potential five-year, $2.5 billion other transaction agreement with the National Spectrum Consortium. The RISA RPP seeks industry feedback to build and demonstrate prototype spectrum...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $447.2 million order under a U.S. Navy basic ordering agreement to manufacture 12 MH-60R Seahawk multimission helicopters for South Korea. The order, which is intended to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement, covers production and delivery services, the Department of Defense said Monday. Naval Air S...
The Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) continues to help U.S. warfighters manage the modern battlefield’s information overload. JADO unites multiple defense systems and data sources to warfighters to provide combatants with comprehensive situational awareness. JADO enables warfighters to make quick decisions to dive into actions to achieve inf...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for her data prioritization efforts and policy advancements, which will ready the federal defense sector for the future of warfare. This marks Hicks’ first Wash100 Award. Hicks, a former Department of Defense (DOD) official, was co...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a pair of three-year base contracts worth $112.8 million combined to provide electronic components to U.S. and foreign military sales customers. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts include one three-year option period and an additional option to extend work by four yea...
Jim Bridenstine, who led NASA from April 2018 to January 2021 and is a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, has been appointed chairman of Voyager Space Holdings’ advisory board. He will work with a group of aerospace and defense sector veterans to guide the Denver-based company on its mission to become known as a...
Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business has received a two-year, $79.4 million contract to provide Small Diameter Bomb Increment 2 testing platforms to the U.S Air Force’s joint acquisition program with the U.S. Navy. The sole-source cost-plus-fixed-fee contract will also include tasks to assemble, test and integrate...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to name Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics, as a recipient into the 2021 Wash100 Award for leading company initiatives in meeting federal government requirements and helping defend national security interests. The recognition marks Novakovic’s seventh Wash100 Award and her sixth consecutive year a...
