Thomas Falk, formerly chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark, has been elected to join the board of directors at Lockheed Martin as independent lead director, succeeding Daniel Akerson, who retired after five years in the role. In his new role, Falk will preside over executive sessions of independent directors, approve agendas for board meetings and provide […] More

The Forward Defense program in the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security has established a new commission tasked with developing recommendations on improving the U.S. military's production and integration of advanced software technologies. Mark Esper, former secretary of defense; Christine Fox, former acting deputy secretary of defense; and Mung Chiang, president of Purdue University, have been named co-chairs of the Commission on Software-Defined Warfare, the Atlantic Council said Friday.

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Trusted contractors collaborate with the United States federal government to deliver a wide range of advanced products and services, spanning various industries, from everyday items like paper clips to heavy equipment such as tankers and aircraft carriers. The government contracting sector is a massive industry due to the fact that the U.S. government holds the […] More

President Joe Biden held a virtual meeting on Monday with Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet and other corporate executives to call for the passage of a bill that seeks to increase semiconductor production in the U.S., Defense News reported Monday. “The CHIPS-Plus Act will help us substantially return leading-edge microelectronics […] More

Executive Mosaic, a leading media and events company in the government contracting sector, announced the recipients of its 2022 Wash100 Award and is now accepting votes to determine the top 10 leaders among the selected individuals who drove innovation in the federal landscape and demonstrated the potential to impact the government and GovCon industry. Visit […] More

The defense industry is a big global market, generating multi-billion contracts from the federal sector, foreign governments, and international customers. As the United States government is the single largest customer of goods and services, American companies top the list of the largest defense contractors in the world, supplying industry-leading weapons, electronic systems, and data analytics. […] More

Eric Brown, senior director of military space mission strategy at Lockheed Martin, said the company is updating its satellite bus for the U.S. Air Force's GPS III follow-on satellite platform to facilitate hardware updates in orbit, SpaceNews reported Friday.

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