Steve Schorer, chairman and CEO of Alion Science and Technology, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, the second time that Schorer has received the highest honor in all of government contracting (GovCon), during a recent visit to Alion from Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic. “Steve Schorer has proven himself as a lateral conceptualizer. He...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $447.2 million order under a U.S. Navy basic ordering agreement to manufacture 12 MH-60R Seahawk multimission helicopters for South Korea. The order, which is intended to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement, covers production and delivery services, the Department of Defense said Monday. Naval Air S...
President Joe Biden has nominated Christine Wormuth, director of the RAND Corp.’s International Security and Defense Policy Center, as secretary of the U.S. Army. Wormuth served as the Department of Defense’s undersecretary for policy during the Obama administration where she helped inform the defense secretary’s decisions on national...
Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) aviation defense unit will help the U.S. Air Force maintain T-6 training aircraft under a sole-source indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth potentially $95.1 million over five years. Contract work covers sustaining engineering and program management support for the platform used to train military pilots, ...
Carey Smith, president and chief operating officer for Parsons, was presented her third Wash100 Award, the most celebrated and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award, during a recent visit to Parsons. For her 2021 Wash100 Award win, Executive Mosaic recogni...
The Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) continues to help U.S. warfighters manage the modern battlefield’s information overload. JADO unites multiple defense systems and data sources to warfighters to provide combatants with comprehensive situational awareness. JADO enables warfighters to make quick decisions to dive into actions to achieve inf...
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for her data prioritization efforts and policy advancements, which will ready the federal defense sector for the future of warfare. This marks Hicks’ first Wash100 Award. Hicks, a former Department of Defense (DOD) official, was co...
Mike Madsen, deputy director and director of strategic engagement at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), has received his first Wash100 Award, the most significant award in government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership, innovation and success to drive commercial technology and partnerships to advance IT capabilities for both sectors. Visi...
Federal acquisition processes must be on the cutting edge of technology to stay relevant and efficient. Federal leaders have worked to modernize their acquisition systems so as to increase the adoption rate of innovative solutions, including information technology (IT), cloud and other emerging technologies. Agencies must continue to implement new a...
Five companies have won spots on a five-year, $25 million contract to help the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command connect with external organizations to develop a science, technology, engineering and math talent pipeline. Contractors will support CCDC in networking pursuits in the government, commercial and academic sectors to...
