Zero trust has quickly gained a foothold in the U.S. federal government as the latest and greatest cybersecurity measure. At the start of 2022, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum that mandated a federal zero trust architecture strategy and required agencies to meet cybersecurity standards by fiscal year 2024’s close. Now, as...
Dr. Colin Chinn, chief medical officer of the global health and financial solutions sector at Peraton, has joined a federal advisory committee that advises the Department of Defense on health-related matters. He will serve a four-year term on the Defense Health Board and help provide independent advice to the DOD secretary on issues associated with...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $7.63 billion contract modification to continue lot 15 production of F-35 fighter jets and technical hardware for U.S. and international defense customers. The modification covers the delivery of 129 units of the aircraft’s conventional takeoff and landing, short takeoff/vertical landing and carrier varian...
Crowley‘s government services business will operate and maintain six container roll-on/roll-off vessels for the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command under a potential five-year, $343.2 million contract. The company will provide support services to the government-owned Maritime Prepositioning Force fleet, which moves military equipment be...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $524.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to obtain long-lead items, components and support services needed to build the 15th and 16th batches of F-35 aircraft for the Italian military. The procurement funds are for equipment and efforts required for manufacturing 14 units of the aircraft’s c...
A Thales subsidiary has acquired the remaining stake of Leonardo DRS in Advanced Acoustic Concepts, the joint venture between the two organizations, for an undisclosed amount as part of the former’s efforts to expand engineering offerings for the U.S. military. Thales Defense & Security Inc. now has full ownership of AAC, which generated $...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business was awarded a six-year, $273 million contract modification to perform technical engineering work required to manufacture subsystems of the fire control technology for U.S. and U.K. nuclear ballistic missile submarines. This award from the U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs office ...
Does Lockheed Martin have government contracts? The primary activities of Lockheed Martin, a multinational security and aerospace company, are the design, research, manufacture, business development, integration, and maintenance of high-tech equipment. Although the company is a private company, it mainly offers its products and services to th...
With the threat of cyberattacks on the rise, the U.S. military is making cyber defense capabilities a top priority. The cyber domain of today is highly volatile; our adversaries are becoming more sophisticated in their cyber warfare tactics, and any vulnerability within an organization’s IT environment can and will be exploited. “We’re not...
In the wake of President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request, Executive Mosaic sat down with GovCon Expert Jim McAleese, principal and owner of McAleese and Associates and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, to get a comprehensive breakdown of the FY23 defense budget and understand which programs, military branches and initiatives rank among t...
