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Amentum CEO John Vollmer Highlights Transformational Company Growth in 2021

John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum and a six-time Wash100 Award winner, recently posted a retrospective piece on LinkedIn highlighting and breaking down the transformational growth that the company underwent over...

ASRC Federal Space and Defense Wins Positions on GSA Astro for Robotics Work; CEO Jennifer Felix Quoted

ASRC Federal Space and Defense (AS&D) has won prime positions on six pools of the General Services Administration’s ten-year ASTRO contract vehicle, which funds work on manned, unmanned and optionally...

Derek Tournear: SDA to Field Tracking Layer Satellites for Hypersonic Threat Detection

Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said SDA will deploy satellites in low-Earth orbit as part of the tracking layer to help...

DHS Unveils Climate Change Professionals Program; Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Quoted

The Department of Homeland Security has launched a two-year program to provide federal employees and recent graduates opportunities to contribute to efforts that could help DHS adapt to climate change...

Managing Director John Song Highlights Record Shattering Year for Baird

John Song, managing director for Baird and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, recently posted a full breakdown of the company’s accomplishments in 2021, which includes its Government & Defense M&A...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Gives New Designation to Defense Microelectronics Activity

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who was a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, has declared the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) as a Center for Industrial Technical Excellence (CITE), highlighting DMEA's role as...

Antony Blinken: US, Japan to Sign Host Nation Support Framework, Defense R&D Agreement

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. and Japan will sign a five-year framework to support U.S. military presence in the East Asian country and another pact to pursue...

David Spirk: DOD Eyes Expanded Data Partnerships to Improve Military Operations

David Spirk, Department of Defense's chief data officer and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, has revealed plans of speeding up information flow for military operations through expanded data partnerships between his...

Amentum Appoints Charles A. Mathis as New CFO; CEO John Vollmer Quoted

Amentum announced on Wednesday that the company has appointed Charles A. Mathis as its new chief financial officer to assume responsibility for Amentum’s corporate finance activities including financial strategy, business...