Aaron Weis needs little introduction. The technology maven built a reputation through years spent as a chief information officer and business leader in the private sector at small and midsized companies, before becoming a senior advisor to the Department of Defense CIO in 2018. He had overseen technology divisions of multibillion-dollar organization...
Marin Halper has been appointed vice president of the Department of Defense and services center at MITRE, he announced on LinkedIn Tuesday In his new role, Halper will lead efforts supporting the National Security Engineering Center within the company’s national security sector. He will supervise a workforce tasked with addressing ch...
The U.S. government and its contractors are keenly focused on getting ahead of potentially devastating threats posed by polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, and by outdated critical infrastructure. Susannah Kerr, senior vice president and general manager of federal and environmental solutions at Jacobs, spoke with GovCon Wire about how the com...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded contract modifications worth $219 million combined to SupplyCore, I-Solutions Direct and TW Metals to continue delivering commercial metal products to U.S. military branches. The Department of Defense said the modifications exercise the second 18-month option term in the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/...
Raytheon has booked a $282.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for Small Diameter Bomb Increment II, GBU-53/B Production Lot 11. The Department of Defense said Thursday the RTX company will provide up rounds and containers for the StormBreaker munition. Production will be conducted at Raytheon’s facility in Tucson, Arizona. The con...
Executive Mosaic has selected Aaron Weis, managing director of technology at Google Public Sector and a five-time Wash100 awardee, as chairman of the CIO Group for the 4×24 Executive Leadership Series. The 4×24 Executive Leadership Program provides a space for government contracting leaders and industry executives to connect...
A Cherokee Federal business has won a U.S. Navy contract worth $175.3 million for logistics services to help manage, operate and support the Marine Corps Consolidated Storage Program warehouse network. The Department of Defense said Thursday Cherokee Nation Government Solutions will perform work on the bridge contract in Arizona, California, North C...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected FedData Technology Solutions to provide high performance computing capability in support of the Department of Defense’s Research, Development, Test and Evaluation community. According to a contract award notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov, the Maryland-based company will receive $169 million as part...
HII has announced its intent to acquire the assets and workforce of the South Carolina-based complex metal fabricator W International SC and Vivid Empire SC. The shipbuilder said Wednesday that the transaction will increase its capacity to support military customers. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2...
John Zangardi, former chief information officer of the Department of Homeland Security, has decided to retire as chief executive officer of Redhorse. The San Diego, California-based company said Monday Zangardi, chairman of Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 Leadership Group 2, will officially retire at the end of 2024. The seasoned...
