Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient, said the Pentagon had taken a warfighter-centric approach to innovation to enable the rapid delivery of combat capabilities to U.S. forces worldwide. “Along the way, we’ve never wavered from our ultimate objective: delivering safe and reliab...
Optical communications are an up-and-coming alternative to radio frequency-based comms that are attracting the attention of the biggest space companies and agencies. Among them: NASA and Elon Musk’s Starlink. “NASA, alongside Starlink, Kuiper, and the Space Development Agency, is advancing optical communication technology, a leap for space and t...
Craig Martell, chief digital and artificial intelligence officer of the Department of Defense, has been selected by Executive Mosaic for the 2024 Wash100 roster of exceptional leaders in the government contracting sector. This year, Martell is credited for his stance and efforts to ensure that artificial intelligence is used responsibly and within t...
Robert Roughsedge, a business development professional, has joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as a vice president responsible for leading strategic captures across the Reston, Virginia-based technology services contractor. He announced the move in a LinkedIn post published Monday. Roughsedge most recently served as director of business development and stra...
Eric Gonzales, a business development executive with over 14 years of industry experience, has joined consulting firm HigherEchelon as vice president of growth for enterprise technology and cyber solutions. He will lead strategic growth efforts for HigherEchelon and H2 Technology Group, the company’s joint venture with Science Applications Int...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) reported double-digit revenue growth in the fourth quarter and full-year 2023 and gave financial guidance for 2024, including revenue growth, free cash flow and dividend payout. “We delivered on our 2023 financial commitments and reported record backlog of $33 billion,” Christopher Kubasik, chair and CEO...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI International, as a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient for his leadership in advancing strategic growth through major contract wins and pushing innovation in support of warfighters. Vote for Mengucci as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popular vote co...
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu has secured her fourth Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic for driving innovation through greater government-industry-academia collaboration in emerging and critical defense technology development. Shyu, who will keynote the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summi...
Melissa Johnson is the Acquisition Executive at the U.S. Special Operations Command. She is one of the speakers for the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit. Get to know Melissa Johnson’s background and professional achievements here. Who is Melissa Johnson? Melissa Johnson is a Senior Executive Servic...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Protecting the frontier of space systems is unquestionably a security priority for governments and industry. Due to our increasing reliance on space, and particularly satellites, for communications, security, intelligence and business, satellite and space cybersecurity is becoming increas...
