The Pentagon announced an extension of its ban on most military and domestic travel, including permanent change of station moves from May 11 to June 30 as COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the nation, the Pentagon reported on Saturday. The order will take effect on April 20.

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Mark Esper, secretary at the Department of Defense and a 2019 Wash100 winner, met with Mike Petters, president and CEO at Huntington Ingalls Industries and a 2017 Wash100 winner, during his visit at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding facility.

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Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Mark Esper, secretary for the U.S. Army, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of the Wash100 “” Executive Mosaic“™s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena “” for his efforts to modernize the Army“™s technology and his ability to prioritize specific projects that maintain high standards. This latest honor marks his second Wash100 win.

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The U.S. Army looks to expedite the process for developing a prototype of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle, Defense News reported Thursday. Army Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Thursday that the service branch aims to accelerate various programs, including NGCV, to help address goals of the Defense Department’s National Defense Strategy. In September 2017, the Army awarded […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that General Mark Milley, chief of staff at the U.S. Army, was selected to the 2019 edition of the Wash100 “” Executive Mosaic“™s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena “” for supporting development of the service“™s competitive technology efforts.

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Finmeccanica‘s Selex subsidiary has partnered with Northrop Grumman to market a Selex-designed infrared search and track sensor technology to defense customers in the U.S., Defense News reported Monday. Tom Kington writes a Northrop spokesperson told Defense News the company will provide details of the planned offering this month. Selex won contracts to built IRST systems […] More

Ellen Howe, formerly a business development director at L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), has joined physical security information management software provider VidSys as vice president of marketing. The 20-year industry veteran led efforts at L-3 to win new air cargo security business and managed federal sector relationships, VidSys said Oct. 10. From 2006 to 2009, Ellen served as assistant administrator […] More

Harris CapRock Communications has won a contract extension to implement a broadband communications network on 39 of Denmark-based shipping company Norden A/S’ carrier and tanker vessels. Norden currently has Harris CapRock’s Very Small Aperture Terminal communications platform on 30 vessels, the companies announced Friday. The VSAT platform includes corporate networks, Internet access, voice calls, real-time reports and […] More

Corrine Gormont serves as the vice president for marketing communications at L-3 STRATIS, a provider of cybersecurity, information technology and intelligence solutions for government and commercial customers. As VP for marketing communications, Gormont leads a team responsible for all aspects of external and internal communications activities for the division and its business and operating units. The […] More

Mike Gaffney comes to his role as president of CSC“™s North American Public Sector Civil and Health Services Group with a pretty long view “”19 years, at the company, to be exact. Most recently, Gaffney served as president of business development for the public sector unit, a vantage point that allowed him visibility into all […] More

Anthony Tata, a retired U.S. Army brigadier general and former chief growth officer of Air Data Solutions, has been appointed to serve as deputy undersecretary for policy at the Department of Defense on an acting basis, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

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Katie Arrington, chief information security officer in the Department of Defense acquisition office and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said that DoD is exploring how to adjust Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification training activities amid the coronavirus pandemic, National Defense magazine reported Wednesday.

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