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  • Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall Named to 2023 Wash100 for Advancing Power Projection Through Operational Imperatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall Named to 2023 Wash100 for Advancing Power Projection Through Operational Imperatives

    Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall as a winner of the 2023 Wash100 Award for driving strategic initiatives for the Air and Space Forces to improve their abilities to project power. Kendall has been selected four times to Executive Mosaic’s annual list of leaders who shape the government contracting narrative […] More

  • C3 AI, AWS to Deliver AI Platforms to Public Sector Customers Under Expanded Collaboration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    C3 AI, AWS to Deliver AI Platforms to Public Sector Customers Under Expanded Collaboration

    C3 AI and Amazon Web Services will deliver artificial intelligence platforms to help customers address critical challenges across defense, intelligence, local and state government sectors under an expanded strategic collaboration agreement meant to advance digital transformation and reduce data siloes. C3 AI said Tuesday it will integrate its C3 AI Law Enforcement and other applications […] More

  • Counter-Drone Tech Company Fortem Completes Funding Round; Jon Gruen Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Counter-Drone Tech Company Fortem Completes Funding Round; Jon Gruen Quoted

    Fortem Technologies has closed a round of financing led by new investors, including Lockheed Martin’s venture arm, Hanwha Aerospace and AIM13|Crumpton Venture Partners, and will use the capital to expand its airspace safety and security capabilities to meet the increasing market demand for its tech platforms. “Not only does this investment help us address our […] More

  • Rocket Startup Firefly Aerospace Lands 1st Tranche of $300M Series C Funding Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rocket Startup Firefly Aerospace Lands 1st Tranche of $300M Series C Funding Round

    Firefly Aerospace has raised $30.2 million as part of the initial tranche of a Series C funding round valued at $300 million, Austin Inno reported Friday. The fundraising comes as the Cedar Park, Texas-based rocket startup expands its set of launch vehicles and prepares for upcoming launches, including a satellite deployment mission with NASA and […] More

  • Intel Federal’s Steve Orrin: ChatGPT Could Help Transform Interaction With IT Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel Federal’s Steve Orrin: ChatGPT Could Help Transform Interaction With IT Systems

    Steve Orrin, chief technology officer at Intel’s federal arm and GovCon Expert, and other tech executives shared how an artificial intelligence-based chatbot, called ChatGPT, could help chief information officers and other IT leaders improve productivity and address challenges within their organizations, The Enterprisers Project reported Monday. Orrin cited how the AI tool could help improve […] More

  • Final Lockheed-Built GPS III Satellite Gets 'Available for Launch' Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Final Lockheed-Built GPS III Satellite Gets ‘Available for Launch’ Status

    The 10th and final GPS III satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Space Force received the “available for launch” designation from Space Systems Command on Dec. 8. The milestone marks the completion of GPS III satellite production and constellation modernization efforts, SSC said Tuesday. “The GPS III program contributions underpin U.S. national security […] More

  • Army Picks 10 Small Businesses for SBIR Phase I Contract Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Picks 10 Small Businesses for SBIR Phase I Contract Awards

    The U.S. Army has awarded contracts to 10 small businesses under the first phase of the Small Business Innovation Research program to enable them to further develop their proposed platforms in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning and clean technology. Each business will receive up to $250,000 to work on AI and ML […] More

  • Doug Wagoner, President and CEO of LMI, Named to 2023 Wash100 for Space Market Entry & Customer Innovation Vision - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Doug Wagoner, President and CEO of LMI, Named to 2023 Wash100 for Space Market Entry & Customer Innovation Vision

    Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Doug Wagoner, president and CEO of LMI, as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner for shepherding the government consulting firm through its expansion into the space market and innovation support to customers. This recognition is Wagoner’s fourth Wash100 win. “Doug Wagoner has shepherded the fundamental transformation of LMI into one […] More

  • Paperless Innovations on Integrating Commercial SaaS Platforms Into QSMO Marketplaces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paperless Innovations on Integrating Commercial SaaS Platforms Into QSMO Marketplaces

    The Office of Management and Budget designated the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of the Treasury as quality service management offices for cybersecurity services, grant management and core financial management, respectively, as part of efforts to advance shared services modernization. Paperless Innovations said Thursday these QSMOs […] More

  • DARPA Names Research Teams for Reimagining Protein Manufacturing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Names Research Teams for Reimagining Protein Manufacturing Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected research teams from Ginkgo Bioworks, Leidos and Northwestern University for the Reimagining Protein Manufacturing program that seeks to build tools to help accelerate on-demand production of protein-based drugs. “The current process for producing protein-based therapeutics requires more than a year to establish, while still requiring purification and […] More

  • Magellan Federal to Support Recovery Coordination Program Under DHA Bridge Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Magellan Federal to Support Recovery Coordination Program Under DHA Bridge Contract

    Magellan Federal has received a six-month bridge contract from the Defense Health Agency to provide support services for the Department of Defense’s Recovery Coordination Program. The Recovery Coordination Program offers professional services to support the implementation of DOD’s Recovery Care Coordinator initiative, Recovery Coordination Program-Support Solution, Military Adaptive Sports Program, Education and Employment Initiative, National […] More

  • Quantum Tech Startup SandboxAQ Secures $500M in Funding - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Quantum Tech Startup SandboxAQ Secures $500M in Funding

    SandboxAQ, a quantum computing technology startup that spun off from Alphabet in 2022, has raised $500 million in a round of funding from several investors to advance quantum and cybersecurity work, Reuters reported Tuesday. Investors include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who serves as chairman of SandboxAQ, T. Rowe Price funds, Breyer Capital and Time […] More