Gerry Fasano, president of Leidos’ Defense Group, received his 2021 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to Leidos for his leadership and efforts to drive massive defense contracts with federal customers and spearheading valuable acquisitions, which has expanded Leidos revenue and influence in the market...
Seven companies based in California and Virginia have received a modification to previously awarded U.S. Navy contracts for continuous maintenance of guided missile destroyers, cruisers and amphibious ships stationed in or visiting San Diego. The potential $114.7 million contract modification awarded to Colonna’s Shipyard West, East Coast Repair a...
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...
West Coast, a Coos Bay, Oregon-based joint venture, has secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $95 million to maintain, repair and build facilities at three U.S. Air Force sites in Nevada. The five-year contract under the Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements program provides for a range...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Jill Singer, vice president of Defense and National Security for AT&T’s public sector business and First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) program, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for driving the advancement of 5G capabilities in the federal and commercial sectors as well as leading FirstN...
Ball Aerospace has appointed federal sector veterans Raha Hakimdavar and Tom McIntyre to serve as directors of space sciences and government relations, respectively. Hakimdavar and McIntyre will work in support of the company’s Washington operations, Ball Aerospace said Wednesday. Hakimdavar, former acting national program lead for remote sen...
Federal acquisition processes must be on the cutting edge of technology to stay operable and efficient. Federal leaders have worked to modernize their acquisition systems to increase the adoption rate of innovative solutions, including information technology (IT), cloud and other critical emerging technologies. Agencies need to continue to implement...
A joint venture between Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary received a $143.2 million delivery order to help the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force address logistical requirements for Osprey military tiltrotor aircraft parts. Bell Boeing Joint Program Office will deliver and repair components of Osprey’s MV-22B and ...
Barbara McQuiston, who is performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said the Department of Defense has established a steering group focused on innovation, Nextgov reported Tuesday. “We’re very lucky we just started the innovation steering group under Deputy Secretary [Kathleen] Hicks, and what we...
A new McAleese & Associates report says the Biden administration proposed a $769 billion budget for non-defense domestic programs for fiscal year 2022, a 16 percent increase over enacted FY 2021 spending levels, plus $753 billion for the Department of Defense and national security programs, up 1.7 percent from current funding levels. Jim McAlees...
