Veronica Daigle, former assistant secretary for readiness at the Department of Defense, has joined venture capital firm Red Cell Partners as a partner and president of the national security practice. She will oversee the development and implementation of the McLean, Virginia-based firm’s national security strategy and partner with entrepreneur...
A McAleese & Associates report on President Joe Biden’s proposed $850 billion budget for the Department of Defense offers a look at how much funding will go to service branches and programs in fiscal year 2025. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, reported that the Department of the Air...
Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERIC) has established a new entity focused on helping U.S. defense and federal government agencies accelerate 5G-driven digital modernization efforts to improve U.S. national and economic security. Christopher Ling, a nearly three-decade Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) veteran, will serve as CEO of Ericsson Federal Technologies Gro...
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has closed its proposed $28 billion acquisition of San Francisco-based software company Splunk as part of a push to expand its networking capabilities and security and observability platforms designed to help organizations drive digital resilience while advancing the adoption of artificial intelligence. The transaction is expect...
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the digital world, but the U.S. government is still working to understand its role in military use cases. This technology could have massive impacts on the Department of Defense’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, which aims to enable joint warfighting by improving connectivity an...
Charles Fielden, a nearly two-decade Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) veteran, has joined QinetiQ Group‘s U.S. subsidiary as executive vice president and general manager of the intelligence, cyber and information advantage business unit. The former U.S. Army sergeant will oversee operational testing, functional evaluation and capability assessment...
EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) subsidiary Hughes Network Systems will continue to deploy Open Radio Access Network-based private 5G networks at military installations in Hawaii and Washington State through 2025 under a contract extension awarded by the Department of Defense. The contract extension awarded by DOD’s Office of the Undersecretary for Researc...
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce that SAIC CEO Toni Townes-Whitley has secured a 2024 Wash100 Award for taking the helm of the government contracting powerhouse and reorienting its strategy to drive continued success in the market. Don’t forget to cast your vote for Toni Townes-Whitley in the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition! Visit...
Today’s national security landscape is incredibly complex. As the Department of Homeland Security evolves to combat the wide array new threats posed by rapidly advancing technologies and extreme climate events, it has adopted a forward thinking approach focused on what DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology Dimitri Kusnezov called “ove...
Steven Williams, formerly vice president of business development at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has been named VP of growth at Anduril Industries, according to his LinkedIn post. The three-decade industry veteran will support the development of the growth teams at the Irvine, California-headquartered defense technology contractor. Prior to jo...
