Wash100 Voting Ends June 1st; Last Chance to Vote Before Sunday’s Deadline

Wash100 Voting Ends June 1st; Last Chance to Vote Before Sunday’s Deadline

After five months of rigorous competition and boundless participation from the government contracting (GovCon) community, the 2020 Wash100 Award voting will come to an end on June 1st. That means you have until Sunday night at midnight to cast your votes to determine who is considered the most significant executive of consequence to the GovCon […]

Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan: JAIC Adopts Air Force’s Cloud One

Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan: JAIC Adopts Air Force's Cloud One

Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, director of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said JAIC has begun using the Air Force’s Cloud One platform to support its AI work, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. “The lack of an enterprise cloud solution has slowed us down, there’s no […]

USAF to Submit Final Space Force Acquisition Strategy Report; Gen. John Raymond Quoted

USAF to Submit Final Space Force Acquisition Strategy Report; Gen. John Raymond Quoted

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) plans to submit to Congress a revised version of its report on proposed alternatives to the U.S. Space Force's procurement strategies, SpaceNews reported Sunday. Ann Stefanek, a spokeswoman for the Air Force, said in a statement obtained by the publication that the service branch is working with the Department of Defense […]

KBR Secures Honeywell MSA Extension, Byron Bright Quoted

KBR Secures Honeywell MSA Extension, Byron Bright Quoted

KBR has been awarded a five-year extension of its Honeywell Master Services Agreement (MSA) for professional services in metrology, global property management and quality assurance, KBR announced on Tuesday.  "This extension strengthens our important and strategic partnership with Honeywell," said Byron Bright, KBR president, Government Solutions U.S. and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient. "KBR will continue […]

USSPACECOM to Oversee Multinational Space Operation; John Raymond Quoted

USSPACECOM to Oversee Multinational Space Operation; John Raymond Quoted

Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, has authorized the transition of a multinational space operation to the U.S. Space Command. Operation Olympic Defender, previously under the U.S. Strategic Command, is focused on optimizing the nation’s space operations with allies and reducing the amount […]

James Geurts: Attendance Increasing for Navy, Supply Chain Personnel

James Geurts: Attendance Increasing for Navy, Supply Chain Personnel

James Geurts, the U.S. Navy’s acquisition chief and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said he is “seeing many more” suppliers continue operations following closures resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday. Geurts, who serves as assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, told reporters at a teleconference that over 200 […]

Gen. John Raymond: Space Force Eyes Single Command Focused on Acquisition

Gen. John Raymond: Space Force Eyes Single Command Focused on Acquisition

Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the service branch plans to combine independent space acquisition agencies under a single field command, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. “One of my key priorities is to drive unity of effort across the department,” he said Wednesday during […]

NGA’s Vice Adm. Robert Sharp Unveils Intent to Sustain GEOINT Supremacy

NGA's Vice Adm. Robert Sharp Unveils Intent to Sustain GEOINT Supremacy

Vice Adm. Robert Sharp, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, has published a document expressing his intent to realign the GEOINT community’s priorities to meet mission needs in an evolving operational environment. The Director’s Intent seeks to sustain GEOINT advantage by maintaining primacy of core missions, being the […]

Less Than One Month to Vote; Wash100 Award Voting Ends June 1st

Less Than One Month to Vote; Wash100 Award Voting Ends June 1st

The Wash100 Award recognizes the premier group of private and public sector leaders selected by Executive Mosaic’s organizational and editorial team who influence the government contracting (GovCon) sector. GovCon leaders demonstrate skills in leadership, innovation, achievement and vision as they orchestrate and implement pivotal moves within both the public and private sectors.  Now, you have […]

Sens. Marco Rubio, Richard Blumenthal Want NASA Artemis to Expand Industrial Collaboration

Sens. Marco Rubio, Richard Blumenthal Want NASA Artemis to Expand Industrial Collaboration

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., wrote a letter to Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, to promote industrial collaboration as the space agency plans to revive manned exploration. Rubio and Blumenthal want NASA's Artemis exploration program to demonstrate safety measures, produce information on lunar resources and develop technologies for future explorations, with the […]