ICF CEO John Wasson Receives First Wash100 Award for Company Growth
John Wasson, CEO of ICF, was presented his 2020 Wash100 Award on Thursday by Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic. This marks the first Wash100 Award win for Wasson after securing valuable contracts and acquisitions to drive ICF’s revenue and expansion. Most notably, Wasson led the acquisition of Incentive Technology Group for approximately […]
Navy Commissions USS Delbert D. Black Destroyer
The U.S. Navy held a limited-attendance commissioning ceremony for USS Delbert D. Black, the 68th delivered Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. The service branch said Saturday that it live-streamed the event for mass viewing. James Guerts, assistant secretary of the Navy and 2020 Wash100 Award winner, represented Navy Secretary Kenneth J. Braithwaite at the ceremony. USS […]
Sgt. Maj. Sheryl Lyon Assumes Role as USCYBERCOM Senior Enlisted Leader; Gen. Paul Nakasone Quoted
Sgt. Maj. Sheryl Lyon, formerly with Army Cyber Command, has taken up her new role as command senior enlisted leader of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA). She will oversee military advocacy efforts and help officials address military workforce issues in her new role, succeeding Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker, who is […]
Ryan McCarthy: Army Seeks ‘Transformational Change’ With Project Convergence Network Experiment
Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said he hopes the results of the service branch’s recent “Project Convergence” experiment will inform future network modernization efforts. The Army included artificial intelligence technologies such as the “Firestorm” reconnaissance system during a follow-up Project Convergence test that took place last week, […]
James Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Ramp;D and Acquisition, Receives His First Wash100 Award
James “Hondo” Geurts, assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy for research, development and acquisition, received his 2020 Wash100 Award for the first time in his long career for driving innovation and technological capabilities for the service branch. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the most prestigious award in government contracting (GovCon) on Friday, just a […]
James Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Ramp;D and Acquisition, Receives His First Wash100 Award
James “Hondo” Geurts, assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy for research, development and acquisition, received his 2020 Wash100 Award for the first time in his long career for driving innovation and technological capabilities for the service branch. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the most prestigious award in government contracting (GovCon) on Friday, just a […]
Gen. John Murray on Further Dev’t, Testing of Army’s Integrated Tactical Network
Gen. John Murray, commanding general of the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, has said the Army's integrated tactical network (ITN) needs updated commercial technologies to operate at constrained bandwidth ranges. The Army conducted an experiment called "Project Convergence" to test ITN's capacity to ingest data through artificial intelligence, robotics and automated systems. The exercise began […]
Akima CEO Bill Monet Receives First Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson
Bill Monet, CEO of Akima, earned his first Wash100 Award for his leadership and expertise to drive company growth and expand its portfolio by securing major contracts across the government contracting sector. His experience has expanded over 30 years in the federal sector working with federal, state, local and commercial clients. Monet has managed a […]
NavalX to Advance DON Workforce Innovation; Potomac Officers Club to Host 2020 Navy Forum
NavalX serves as the Department of Navy (DON) workforce "super-connector." The agency is focused on scaling agility methods across the DON workforce, offering a culture of decentralized autonomy that has created an innovation landscape. NavalX has worked to connect isolated pockets of excellence to capture and scale the methodologies. The agency’s mission has increased awareness […]
NASA Publishes Economic Impact Report; Jim Bridenstine Quoted
NASA has published the results of its agency wide economic impact report, showing that the agency has generated more than $64.3 billion in total economic output during fiscal year 2019, supported more than 312,000 jobs nationwide and generated an estimated $7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes throughout the nation. "This study confirms, and […]
MG Kimbery Crider, Space Force CTIO, Discusses Digital Service Offerings; Mark Esper Quoted
MG Kimberly Crider, acting chief technology and innovation officer (CTIO) of the Space Force, recently discussed the initiatives of the U.S. Space Force, stating that the agency will be a “digital service” on the leading edge of technology, SpaceNews reported on Friday. “Our goal is to be the first digital service by design, to be […]
Executive Spotlight: John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum, Discusses DynCorp Acquisition
John Vollmer, chief executive officer with Amentum, and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s recent announcement of its planned acquisition of DynCorp. He addressed how the purchase would expand the combined company’s offerings, the expansive culture and the new markets that will come into play after they complete integration. “I really […]
Will Roper Eyes Autonomous Capabilities for Air Force’s Future Tankers
Will Roper, assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics at the U.S. Air Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said a redesign of the KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft’s remote vision system is driving the service to plan for the possible integration of autonomous or semi-autonomous capabilities into its next tanker, the Military website reported Thursday. […]
Akima CEO Bill Monet Receives First Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson
Bill Monet, CEO of Akima, earned his first Wash100 Award for his leadership and expertise to drive company growth and expand its portfolio by securing major contracts across the government contracting sector. His experience has expanded over 30 years in the federal sector working with federal, state, local and commercial clients. Monet has managed a […]
Jim Bridenstine Urges Senate Panel to Approve $3.2B NASA Funding for Artemis Effort
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, testified before a Senate panel to voice the agency’s intent to secure $3.2 billion in funding for the Artemis deep-space exploration program. Bridenstine told the Senate Appropriations Committee’s commerce, justice and science subcommittee at a recent hearing that the amount requested under NASA’s fiscal year 2021 […]