ExecutiveBiz News on Video 2/7/2023

Executive Mosaic is proud to recognize William LaPlante, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, as a winner of the 2023 Wash100 Award. This marks the second consecutive time William LaPlante has been selected to the annual Wash100 list of highly esteemed leaders who influence and shape the government contracting narrative. LaPlante took his oath of […]

Artificial intelligence is shaping technology innovation across the federal landscape and paving the way for the next generation of advanced capabilities.  For the Department of the Air Force, AI is a top technology priority. Lauren Knausenberger, Air Force chief information officer and 2023 Wash100 Award winner, shared the service’s AI projects, use cases and applications currently in […]

Oshkosh‘s defense business will deliver more Joint Light Tactical Vehicle platforms to the U.S. Army under an $84.9 million contract modification. The additional purchase by the Army Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal is the third supplementary order in two months, leading to a total contract value of $730 million, Oshkosh Defense said Monday.  All three orders […]

HII’s Mission Technologies unit has secured a five-year, $21 million recompete contract to help the Defense Logistics Agency simplify the process of delivering products and materials to American warfighters. The company said Monday it will research and develop strategies to improve the defense system logistics services, supply chains, materials and products that the DLA manages to maximize […]

Integra Technologies, a semiconductor assembly and test company, is planning a $1.8 billion expansion project in the Wichita region and was recently granted an incentive package from the State of Kansas. The employee-owned company said Thursday the five-year plan covers the establishment of a 1 million-square-foot facility to serve as its headquarters and manufacturing site– […]

Army Contracting Command-Redstone intends to award Textron‘s aviation business a potential five-year, $99.8 million sole source contract to manufacture and deliver King Air and Cessna aircraft to foreign military sales customers, including the government of Peru. The proposed indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a one-year base ordering period with four option years and covers the provision of […]

General Dynamics’ information technology business has received a potential $45.6 million contract from the Environmental Protection Agency to provide infrastructure and program support for the Superfund program, which handles cleanup operations at areas experiencing oil spills, natural disasters and other environmental emergencies. EPA disclosed the Superfund Quality and Sample Support contract award to General Dynamics […]

A Leidos-led partnership on defense health has delivered the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record system to 11 military treatment facilities across eight states as part of the program’s latest double deployment wave. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health deployed the Military Health System Genesis system to additional 12,000 clinicians and providers in Connecticut, […]

The U.S. Special Operations Command will work with Parallel Flight Technologies on the potential military application of the latter’s propulsion technology under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.  USSOCOM will look into the development of PFT’s parallel hybrid drone technology for medical delivery applications in harsh environments, the company said Monday.  Compared to existing electric […]

Intuitive Machines will support NASA’s priority objectives for the Artemis program by redirecting the landing site of its first mission to the South Pole Region on the moon. The company said Monday the IM-1 mission is scheduled to deploy its Nova-C lander to the lunar surface’s South Pole region by late June. “Redirecting Intuitive Machines’ […]