Aerospace and defense leaders are indispensable in bolstering national security and safeguarding the well-being of United States citizens. They are at the forefront of supplying cutting-edge equipment, advanced weaponry, and sophisticated systems to maintain aerial supremacy and assert dominance in the face of imminent threats. Their unwavering commitment to innovation and expertise empowers the nation’s […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has named nine companies to develop and demonstrate conceptual designs for an uncrewed aerial system with vertical landing and takeoff, and long endurance leap-ahead capabilities. The AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY initiative seeks to develop and flight demonstrate a VTOL aircraft that can be deployed and recovered from […] More

Several Virginia-based defense, aerospace and government services companies landed spots on the 2023 Fortune 1000 list, which ranks the 1,000 largest U.S. public and private corporations by total revenue, Virginia Business reported Monday. Boeing and Raytheon Technologies, previously based in Chicago and Massachusetts, respectively, relocated their headquarters to Arlington County in 2022. New to the […] More

Sean Thompson is a growth enabler who has left his mark on a slew of technology organizations. Throughout the last 20-plus years, he embraced a particular interest in serving government customers at the federal, state and local levels. The attacks on September 11, 2001 moved him to double down on aiding the missions of national […] More

The Department of Defense has unveiled the second group of projects selected to receive funding from the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies pilot program. DOD said Monday Congress approved a total of $150 million in funding for 11 projects for APFIT’s fiscal year 2023. Established through fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, […] More

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has dedicated a new program to build models of human population movement patterns worldwide. The Hidden Activity Signal and Trajectory Anomaly Characterization research initiative has awarded lead contracts to seven organizations, which will collaborate with 27 companies, nonprofit groups and academic institutions, IARPA said Thursday. HAYSTAC will employ artificial […] More

Last week, the highly prestigious popular vote contest for the 2023 Wash100 Award came to a close and now Executive Mosaic has announced the triumphant winner: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. This year’s competition was the fiercest yet, drawing tens of thousands of submissions and widespread attention from across the federal sector. Since the end of January, motivated […] More

Jeffrey Weiss, a more than 17-year federal contracting professional and former group vice president of finance and business operations at ASRC Federal, has been appointed as chief financial officer of Qlarant. He brings his extensive experience in business development and project management to Qlarant as the contractor continues its leadership team expansion efforts, the Easton, Maryland-based technology company said […] More

Rocket Lab USA has unveiled a suborbital testbed launch vehicle it developed based on its flagship Electron reusable small rocket. The Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron, or HASTE, is scheduled for an inaugural flight from a launch site at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in the first half of this year, the company said […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to honor Andrew Hunter, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, with his first-ever Wash100 Award for his remarkable leadership in driving research, development and acquisition activities within the service branch. The coveted Wash100 Award reached its incredible 10th anniversary this year as it once again hand-picked the top 100 […] More

Leidos subsidiary Dynetics has completed several hardware demonstrations and tasks on its human landing system for NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration program in the past 17 months. Recent technology demonstrations for HLS included the propulsion system, lunar dust mitigation, cryogenic fluid management, power and docking systems, Leidos said Wednesday. The company performed the most tasks on […] More

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