Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force, as an inductee into the 10th edition of the Wash100 — an esteemed group of executives and officials with influence in the government contracting sector. His selection to this year’s prestigious class of influential GovCon figures is in […] More

The Department of the Treasury has selected REI Systems to implement a cloud-based grant management system for a U.S. foreign assistance agency that backs grassroots development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean region. REI said Monday the Inter-American Foundation will adopt the company’s GovGrants software-as-a-service platform, an offering based on the Salesforce customer relationship management application. […] More

Software as service startup SandboxAQ has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to mature quantum sensor technology intended for navigation use in mission areas where global positioning systems can be interrupted. The Direct-to-Phase-II Small Business Innovation Research award from USAF will support research and development efforts for the quantum navigation system, SandboxAQ said Monday. USAF and […] More

KBR has introduced a framework that employs cloud-based technology for government and commercial customers to manage the life cycle of their assets. Asset Ikigai is designed to combine analytics, processes and data into a single asset management platform and compliant with International Organization for Standardization 55001, the company said Monday. Customers can apply the framework […] More

American Rheinmetall Vehicles and General Motors‘ defense subsidiary have teamed up to develop vehicle prototypes for a multi-stage industry competition to replace the U.S. Army’s family of heavy tactical trucks. The two companies jointly proposed an Americanized version of Rheinmetall’s militarized HX3-series truck for the first phase of the Common Tactical Truck program, GM Defense […] More

Alex Whitworth, cybersecurity solutions vertical executive at Carahsoft Technology, discussed the ransomware attacks on health care organizations and utilities that information technology administrators should understand as they assess the cybersecurity posture of their organizations and implement measures to protect their networks from such attacks. Whitworth wrote in a blog post published Monday that ransomware attacks […] More

ICF has received a potential five-year, $51 million contract to help the Puerto Rico Housing Department scale up funding programs for home repair and reconstruction in communities struck by natural disasters. The contract entails support to expand the agency’s community development block grant programs focused on disaster recovery and mitigation, the company said Monday. “Our […] More

James Yeager, vice president of public sector and health care at CrowdStrike, said there are three trends cyber defense teams in health care and public sectors should watch out for in 2023 and one of those is advancing the federal government’s zero trust strategy amid the increase in identity-based attacks. “The federal government’s zero-trust strategy […] More

Capella Space has created a subsidiary with the goal of bringing synthetic aperture radar imagery products to defense and civilian agencies. Eric Traupe, former assistant director of the CIA for the Near East and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, will lead Capella Federal as president, the company said Tuesday. The newly formed business aims to […] More

InDyne has won a $63 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to support the operations and maintenance of a ground-based radar system used to detect ballistic missile launches and monitor orbiting objects. The company will perform O&M work for the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System located at Cavalier Space Force Station in North […] More

As research and development gains traction and funding across the federal government, organizations are taking a closer look at the R&D model and identifying where improvements need to be made.  Battelle is one such organization exploring how it can inject a new sense of speed and innovation into the traditional R&D pipeline. 2023 Wash100 Award winner […] More

Adam Harrison joined Amentum after the completion of the PAE acquisition in 2022. Prior to Amentum, he was appointed to PAE’s leadership team just as the company was going public in early 2020. As head of strategy and corporate development for PAE, Harrison oversaw the company’s growth strategy in addition to helping lead PAE’s acquisitions […] More