Last week, the highly prestigious popular vote contest for the 2023 Wash100 Award came to a close and now Executive Mosaic has announced the triumphant winner: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. This year’s competition was the fiercest yet, drawing tens of thousands of submissions and widespread attention from across the federal sector. Since the end of January, motivated […] More

Astra Space has won an $11.45 million task order from the U.S. Space Force to launch an ESPA-class space vehicle and other cubesats. Under the contract, which was issued as part of the service branch’s Orbital Services Program-4 vehicle, Astra is responsible for launching Rocket 4 in support of the STP-S29B mission, the Alameda, California-headquartered enterprise said […] More

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce that Craig Halliday, CEO of Unanet, has joined the ranks of the 2023 Wash100 class for his dedicated efforts to deliver the company’s premier enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management platforms to government contractors while harnessing the current landscape of changing trends to best suit customer needs. The annual Wash100 Award […] More

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce the induction of Akash Jain, president of Palantir Technologies’ federal business unit, into the incredible 2023 Wash100 class for his triumphant efforts to further cement Palantir USG as an immovable force in the government contracting industry by driving significant contract awards and fostering partnerships. Jain’s impressive leadership shined during the highly-competitive Wash100 […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to honor Andrew Hunter, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, with his first-ever Wash100 Award for his remarkable leadership in driving research, development and acquisition activities within the service branch. The coveted Wash100 Award reached its incredible 10th anniversary this year as it once again hand-picked the top 100 […] More

Executive Mosaic is excited to present CGI Federal President Stephanie Mango with her second Wash100 Award in recognition of her enduring leadership that carried the wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI through a triumphant year of contract awards and technological accomplishments. The coveted award, which annually recognizes the government contracting industry’s most notable figures, reached its momentous […] More

Event organizing is a pretty big task, yet many are hooked up and doing it for a living. If you are planning to be a planner, you might encounter one of the most known issues in the industry – how to get sponsors for an event. Spray-and-pray is the most common strategy used by event […] More

Barbara Humpton, president and CEO of Siemens USA and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, has joined the advisory board of the CTO Forum.

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Lockheed Martin has announced three industry partners for its proposed offering for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial tanker drone program, Defense News reported Monday. Lockheed officials announced Monday that General Electric and United Technologies Corp. will respectively supply the F404 turbofan engine and the F-35C landing gear, while Triumph Aerostructures will produce the drone’s internal structure. Lockheed’s Skunk […] More

The IKONOS imaging satellite made by Lockheed Martin for DigitalGlobe has been retired after nearly two decades of gathering and sharing more than 400 square kilometres of images of the Earth’s surface. The satellite, launched in September 1999, concluded its operation on March 31 after 15 years of collecting high-resolution images used in mapping, agriculture, […] More

Lockheed Martin plans to upgrade a wind tunnel in Grand Prairie, Texas it has acquired from Triumph Aerostructures. The company previously leased the facility and has performed subsonic, transonic and supersonic research and development tests there, the company said Wednesday. “The high speed wind tunnel in Grand Prairie is an aerospace engineering treasure, serving as a proving ground […] More

CPI Aerostructures Inc., today announced that Terry Stinson will be brought onto CPI’s Board of Directors to serve a three-year term. With over 45 years of leadership in the aerospace and defense industry under his belt, Stinson has played a number of executive roles with companies including AAR Corp., Textron Aerospace, Triumph Group Inc., and his […] More